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EMMA JAKAB
Education
- 1978: M.Sc. degree in chemistry at the Loránd Eötvös University.
- 1983: Dr. Univ. in chemical technology at the Loránd Eötvös University.
- 1984-85: Postdoctoral fellow at the Biomaterials Profiling Center , University of Utah , Salt Lake City , USA.
- 1996: C. Sc. in chemistry.
Professional Career
- 1978-1983: Assistant research worker at the Research Laboratory for Inorganic Chemistry (RLIC), Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- 1983-1996: Research worker at RLIC.
- 1993-94: Visiting scientist at the Center for Microanalysis and Reaction Chemistry, University of Utah , Salt Lake City , USA
- 1996- 1997: Senior research worker at RLIC.
- 1998-present: Senior research worker at the Institute for Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Research Interest
Thermal decomposition of wood, lignins and other biomass materials studied by thermal analysis and pyrolysis. Thermal decomposition of polymers using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and thermogravimetry/mass spectrometry. Study the effect of various inorganic and organic additives on the decomposition mechanisms of natural and synthetic polymers.
Memberships
- 1993 – present: Member of the Working Group for Thermal Analysis of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- 2004 – present: Member of the National Committee of The Combustion Institute.
Publications
Author and co-author of 94 papers published mostly in international journals and books.
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