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Kevin De France is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University. His lab focuses on the design and development of sustainable materials from biomass, with a specific interest in cellulose and protein-based materials. His work is highly interdisciplinary, spanning materials chemistry, engineering, and biotechnology. The primary goal of his research is to replace petroleum-based products with high-performance renewable materials for applications in agricultural, packaging, water treatment, and biomedical sectors. De France leads significant research efforts, including an inter-institutional NSERC Sustainable Agriculture Grant aimed at extracting and assembling materials from canola meal and microalgae. His lab's workflow encompasses the synthesis and modification of nanomaterial building blocks derived from abundant natural polymers like cellulose and proteins, transitioning to bottom-up fabrication of materials such as hydrogels, aerogels, emulsions, and films for a variety of applications. Emphasis is placed on understanding and leveraging the structure-function relationships of these materials to improve performance metrics.
Queen's University • Kingston, Canada
Responsible for teaching and conducting research in the field of Chemical Engineering, with a focus on sustainable materials.
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