Mehmet-Talha Yapa graduated with distinction in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul University. His academic journey included internships in Turkey's construction chemicals and paint industries, as well as in organic chemistry and separation science at Ghent University. During his undergraduate years, he focused on refining natural materials and synthesizing polymers. Following graduation, Mehmet served as a teaching assistant at Bursa Technical University's Chemical Engineering Department for a year. He later pursued a dual master's program in polymer sciences, jointly offered by the University of Freiburg, and the University of Strasbourg. Currently, Mehmet is immersed in doctoral studies at the University of Freiburg, specializing in advanced materials derived from lignin and cellulose, with a focus on applications in 3D printing and photochemistry. He anticipates completing his doctoral research in the near future.

Prof. Dr. Jacques Lalevée received his Master’s of Physical Chemistry from the University of Nancy in 1999 and PhD from the University of Haute Alsace in 2002. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart in Germany and an associate professor at the University of Alsace/National School of Chemistry in France. He is currently a Full Professor of Chemistry at Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M) National School of Chemistry at the University of Haute Alsace. He is also a member of the Polymer Chemistry Advisory Committee, a deputy editor-in-chief of Molecular, and a deputy editor-in-chief of Chemical Electronics Journal. He has won the Adrerus Award–The Best Doctor Award of Strasbourg and Milus Universities in 2003, the Guy Ourisson Award in 2013, and the National Award of the French Polymer Society in 2014. His main research interests include material characterization, materials, nanomaterials, thin film deposition, nanomaterials synthesis, X-ray diffraction, polymers, thin films and nanotechnology, polymerization, and nanoparticle synthesis.

Prof. Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie is a full professor at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Freiburg, where she leads the chair of Forest Biomaterials.   She obtained her PhD in Forest Products at Virginia Tech in 2002 and then joined the Department of Civil and Environment Engineering at Washington State University as an Assistant Professor, where she received a promotion to associate professor and tenure. She received her habilitation in Polymer Processing and Engineering from Grenoble Polytechnic Institute in 2009 and subsequently joined the University of Freiburg.  Since 2013, she has been an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science. Her team’s research work has been recognized with multiple awards including the German High Tech Champion Award 2013 for tannin-based foams and the Thinking Award 2020 for 3D printing with wood polymers. Her main research interests include lignin, condensed tannins, wood adhesives, 3D printing, polymer blends, tannin- and lignin-based thermosetting and thermoplastic blends.