Meet one of our industrial PhD-students

My name is Marta Kaliszewicz, and since 2016 I have been working in the Research & Development department at IKEA Industry Poland. Currently, I hold the position of Materials Development Engineer, where my responsibilities include participating in and leading projects related to bioadhesives.

I balance my professional responsibilities with academic work, as I am also an Industry PhD student in the BioGlue Centre enrolled at Linnaeus University. I am a part of the team at WP3 and working on a project called “VOC emissions from wood-based products bonded with bioadhesives”. The aim of my project is to study the different influence of bioadhesive formulas and the manufacturing process on volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from wood-based materials. In addition to evaluating the overall impact, the study includes a detailed analysis of specific compounds following the standard.