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Uni-Graz-Chemiker Martin Mittelbach (r.) erhielt den European Lipid Technology Award, überreicht von Gerrit van Duijn, dem Präsidenten der European Federation for the Science and Technology of Lipids. Foto: KK

Martin Mittelbach wurde für seine Bio-Diesel-Forschung mit dem European Lipid Technology Award ausgezeichnet

Die European Federation for the Science and Technology of Lipids (Euro Fed Lipid), eine Vereinigung von WissenschafterInnen, TechnikerInnen, Unternehmen und Gesellschaften, die im Bereich der Fette und Öle aktiv sind, verleiht einmal jährlich im Zuge der Euro Fed Lipid Konferenz zwei Preise für Wissenschaft und Technologie. Bei der heurigen Tagung in Florenz wurde Uni-Graz-Chemiker Martin Mittelbach mit dem European Lipid Technology Award 2015 ausgezeichnet. Die Gesellschaft würdigt damit „einen herausragenden Wissenschafter für seinen Beitrag zur Entwicklung einer Lipidtechnologie“ – vor allem für die umfangreichen Arbeiten auf dem Gebiet der Herstellung und Charakterisierung von Biodiesel der ersten und zweiten Generation, wie es in der Begründung heißt.
Martin Mittelbach leitet die Arbeitsgruppe Nachwachsende Rohstoffe am Institut für Chemie der Uni Graz und ist Dekan von NAWI Graz.

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