Photo-curable Vegetable Oil-based Acrylate Resins with Lignocellulose Components

Anda Barkāne was born in 1994 in Riga. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Technology (2018) and a Master’s degree in Nanotechnologies (2020) from Riga Technical University (RTU). Since 2018, she has been a scientific assistant at the Polymer Materials Institute of the Faculty of Material Science and Applied Chemistry of RTU and since 2020, a researcher. Currently, she is a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technologies, of RTU and Head of the RTU Doctoral School. Parallel to her bachelor’s studies, Anda was actively involved in the Student Parliament of RTU, where she was head of the Science Department and the coordinator of the Latvian Student Association’s Science Fund. During her bachelor’s studies, Anda completed an internship at Sakret Plus JSC.  She has participated in several research projects and has received RTU Doctoral Grants, a grant for PhD students and academic personnel of Riga Technical University and BA School of Business and Finance in the strategic fields of specialization. Anda is a laureate of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents Program – Baltic, with the support of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO and the Latvian Academy of Sciences award. She has supervised the development of four bachelor’s theses and has been actively involved in academic work, teaching various courses. Anda specializes in photopolymer synthesis, working on resin formulation, photopolymerization studies, composite development, and 3D printing technologies. Her research focuses on the development of bio-based resin formulations and lignocellulose as fillers.