Mikael Skrifvars is a Professor of polymer technology in the resource recovery research area at the Department of Resource Recovery and Building Technology, University of Borås. Mikael Skrifvars earned a Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki in Finland in 2000 and has been at the University of Borås since 2003. Mikael Skrifvars’s previous appointments include work in the chemical industry in Finland and at the research institute Swerea SICOMP in Piteå, Sweden. Mikael Skrifvars’s research group aims to develop and study new polymer materials, which are made from bio-based raw materials. Natural fibers and biopolymers are used in composites and plastics, and they particularly study different manufacturing methods to be able to produce these economically.