M.Kirpluks is a senior researcher at the Polymer Laboratory of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of polyurethane materials – from polyol synthesis and analysis to polyurethane formulation development and final characterization of polyurethane materials. He has actively participated in the activities of several EU FP7 and ERA-NET projects. He also has experience in projects with the European Space Agency, such as CRYOFOAMS and CRYOFOAMS-LW. The first-ever bio-based cryogenic insulation is being developed in the Bio4Cryo project and up-scaled in ESA funded BioSpace project. His scientific endeavors have resulted in 76 research papers indexed in Scopus and his Hirsh-index is 23.
M.Kirpluks is a senior researcher at the Polymer Laboratory of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of polyurethane materials – from polyol synthesis and analysis to polyurethane formulation development and final characterization of polyurethane materials. He has actively participated in the activities of several EU FP7 and ERA-NET projects. He also has experience in projects with the European Space Agency, such as CRYOFOAMS and CRYOFOAMS-LW. The first-ever bio-based cryogenic insulation is being developed in the Bio4Cryo project and up-scaled in ESA funded BioSpace project. His scientific endeavors have resulted in 76 research papers indexed in Scopus and his Hirsh-index is 23.