Aleksandrs Volperts, Dr.sc.ing. (2017). Researcher at the Laboratory of Lignin Chemistry at Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry since 1998. His main research areas are biomass thermochemical conversion and pyrolysis, activated carbons, carbonaceous material application for sorption and electrochemical devices, and characterization and study of carbon materials properties. In 2018, he received the award for the best achievements in Latvian science from the Latvian Academy of Sciences.