{"id":28,"date":"2015-10-06T13:43:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/ronaldsgonzalez\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:44:29","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/ronaldsgonzalez\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Research associates<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Laura Covinich<\/strong><\/p>\n

lgcovini@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Associate<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Graduate students<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Jacob Zwilling<\/strong><\/p>\n

jzwilli@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Nanomaterials and lignin-derived high-value applications<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Amelys Brito<\/strong><\/p>\n

ambritoc@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Supply Chain and Bleaching<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Antonio Su\u00e1rez<\/strong><\/p>\n

ajsuare2@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Sustainability, economics, and performance of bioplastics for nonwoven applications<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

David Cruz<\/strong><\/p>\n

cdcruzri@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Catalytic upgrading of carbohydrates in waste streams to hydrocarbons<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Rajnish Kumar<\/strong><\/p>\n

rkumar9@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Alternative fibers for tissue paper and nonwoven products<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Ryen Frazier<\/strong><\/p>\n

rfrazie@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Leader<\/strong> Dissolving Pulp & fiber spinning<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Alonzo Pifano<\/strong><\/p>\n

aapifano@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Non-wood processing economics<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Ramon Vera<\/strong><\/p>\n

rverave@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Leader<\/strong> Pulping<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Keren Vivas<\/strong><\/p>\n

kvivasm@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Consumer perception of non-wood derived products<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Ivana Azuaje<\/strong><\/p>\n

ipvillas@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Life Cycle Analysis<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Naycari Forfora<\/strong><\/p>\n

ngforfor@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Leader<\/strong> Sustainability<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Jorge Franco<\/strong><\/p>\n

jhfranc2@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Pulping specialist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Past members<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Camilla Abbati<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. working at Fisher International, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Tiago de Assis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. working at Georgia Pacific, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Carolina Londo\u00f1o<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. working at Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Phoebe Chang<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc. working at YFY, Taiwan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Grant Culbertson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. & MBA working at Georgia Pacific, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicolas Clauster<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. working at Instituto Investigaciones, Argentina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Damien Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc. working at Weyerhauser, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Bruno Kaneski<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. working as Faculty at Mississippi State University, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Radickz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. working at Scion, New Zealand<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Pedro Takahashi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Undergraduate working at Suzano, Brazil<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Yali Li<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D student at Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, China<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Gustavo Batista<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D student at Universidade Federal de S\u00e3o Carlos, Brazil<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Yuhan Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D working at Beyond Meat, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Portrait<\/p>\n

Franklin Zambrano<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D working at Solenis, USA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Ronald Marquez<\/strong><\/p>\n

Post-doc working at Total, France<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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