Maris Lauberts at the University of Latvia in the Department of Chemistry ands awarded a doctoral degree in 2018. Since 2009, M. Lauberts has been working at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, in the Laboratory of Lignin Chemistry, as a research assistant and, since 2014, as a researcher. His areas of research include a specialization in biomass fractionation, with an emphasis on biologically active substances, the use of new (advanced) and environmentally friendly solvents for the efficient separation of biologically active substances, including innovative solvents such as ionic liquids for separation of secondary metabolites from different biomass types, the comprehensive chemical characterization and antioxidant activity of both individual compounds and total extracts, the preparation of knowledge-based recommendations for the potential use and extraction of wood extracts and the transmission of developed methods and techniques to industrial scale.