Dawn A. Smith
Scion, New Zealand
Biography
Dawn is the Research Leader of Polymers and Composites at Scion in Rotorua, New Zealand, where she has been for the past six years. Scion is the New Zealand government-owned research institute that specialises in science and technology development for forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials and other biomaterials. Dawn’s team has expert capabilities in polymer synthesis, characterisation and compounding of polymers, with a focus on renewable systems. Dawn came to New Zealand from the US where she had worked nine years in the biomedical device industry in R&D and new product development (CIBA Vision/Novartis). Her Ph.D. is in Polymer Science from the University of Connecticut Institute of Material Science in the USA.
Abstract
Abstract : Advances in the use of biobased resources in polymer products