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EUCHIS 2026 rules of etiquette and user guidelines

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Welcome to EUCHIS 2026 board for networking and exchange! Please add your profile and a photo.

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Please read and respect the rules of etiquete

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Name: Francisco M. Goycoolea

Institution: University of Murcia

Role: Professor

Interests: Chitin and chitosan processes. Characterisation methods (AF4 and SEC-MALS-QELS-DRI, rheology, thermal properties). Biological properties using in vitro methods. Biomicrofluidics. Mucoactive properties. Applications in soft materials, food, pharma, feed and nanobiotechnology.

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Name: Katja Richter
Company: Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH (HMC+)
Role: Founder and CEO, Euchis Board-Member

Professional interests:
Chitin, chitosan and chitosan derivatives for scientific, pharmaceutical and medical technology applications. HMC+ manufactures more than 100 tightly specified chitosans and derivatives in high purity and consistent quality in Germany. ISO-13485, GMP.

Looking to connect about:
Chitosan-based applications, material development, regulatory questions, pharmaceutical and medical technology use cases, contract analytics, contract manufacturing and industry-academia exchange.

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Senior Chemist at Heppe Medical Chitosan

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Name: Dr. Christian Willems

Company: Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH (HMC+)
Role: Senior Chemist

Professional interests:
My professional focus is on the chemistry, characterisation and application-oriented development of chitin, chitosan and chitosan derivatives for scientific, pharmaceutical and medical technology applications. At HMC+, we manufacture more than 100 tightly specified chitosans and derivatives in high purity and consistent quality in Germany. ISO-13485 and GMP.

Looking to connect about:
Chitosan-based applications, material development, pharmaceutical and medical technology use cases, contract analytics, contract manufacturing, and industry-academia exchange.

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Post-doctoral at Max Planck institute of Colloids and Interfaces

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Post-doctoral at Max Planck institute of Colloids and Interfaces

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Name: Fuzhu Yang

Institution: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Role: Post-doctoral

Professional: Synthesis of chitin or chitosan oligomers and polymers. Developing new tools for glycan synthesis.

Interests: Biosynthetic pathway of chitin and chitosan. The application of chitin and chitosan oligomers in material, biological, medical area.

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This is me, the old startupper CEO, on my way to the airport

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Novochizol™ is a a chitosan cross-linking technology that differs from other methods because it is mono- and intramolecular and super scalable. We think it can enable the industrialization of any cool project that relies on chitosan nanoparticles. The sky is the limit!

We are super collaborative :-)

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Margareta Hellmann

Postdoc at the University of Münster, Lab of Bruno Moerschbacher

Excited about chitosan analytics, enzymes and bioactivity and always happy to connect!

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Full prof. At Lyon 1 University.

Actual President of Euchis

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Physico-chemist specializing in chitosan-based gels, coatings, and nanoparticles for a wide range of applications, from tissue engineering (e.g., spinal cord repair) to insect cuticle biomimetics. Development of chitosan-based macrochelants for metal cations, with applications in water and food purification, metal homeostasis, and radionuclide decorporation.

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Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russia

Low-molecular-weight chitosan–prednisolone conjugates for sustained drug delivery to the inner ear

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PhD student at Complutense University of Madrid

Working on nanoparticles for chronic wound healings

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Working on biocatalysis in the preparation of chiral building blocks. Specially interested in neoteric solvents (biosolvents, DESs, ...)

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Board Member of the European Society of Applied Biocatalysis. Leader oeesf the ESAB' Sustainable Chemistry Working Group. Full Professor in Organic Chemistry 

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sales director of Beijing Be Better

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Beijing Be Better is manufacturer of Chitosan and Chitin. Fungal&  Sea source. Acid soluble& water soluble Chitosan. bebetterchitosan.com

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Carolina Gálvez Iriqui

Universidad de Sonora

I’m a food scientist and microbiologist passionate about biopolymeric coatings and nanomaterials to control fungi in fruits.

I love exploring how science can be applied in real-life food safety and biotechnology, and sharing the excitement of scientific discovery in fun, interactive ways.

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Postdoctoral Researcher at Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Finland.

Research interest: Interfacial phenomena in Biobased Materials, Colloidal assemblies, Bio-inspired Materials, Nanochitins, Nanocellulose.

Connect with me here: https://tr.ee/d3u4RnANzr

G-Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iUGns18AAAAJ&hl=e

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vishnu-Arumughan

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Tebrio is a Spanish biotech company focused on breeding and transforming the insect Tenebrio molitor into high-value sustainable ingredients. We’re currently building the largest industrial-scale insect production plant in the EU, based in Salamanca, Spain.

One of our main innovation areas is the development of insect-derived chitin and chitosan for applications in cosmetics, medical devices, and pharma. We’re always interested in connecting with companies, researchers, and innovation partners to co-develop the next generation of chitosan-based products and technologies.

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Inmaculada Aranaz

TRANSBIOMAT research group UCM

Assistant professsor

EUCHIS vicepresident

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More than 20 years involved in chitin science, from isolation to applications.
Keywords: green isolation, polymer characterization, soft materials, nanoparticles, drug delivey, wound healing, haemostasia.
Strong oriented to industry.
Contact:
https://es.linkedin.com/in/inmaculada-aranaz-46635311

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Katharina Eickelpasch

PhD Student at the University of Münster, Germany, in Bruno Moerschbachers Lab

Working on identifying structure-function relationships of chitosans in antibacterial and antifungal activity and disease-resistance inducing activity in plants

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my reasearch is focused on the porous materials of biopolymers. Chitosan is one of the active polymer engaging my research to be active and interesting. I am looking forward to have a great support from the Industries to build the bridge.

Kathirvel Ganesan

German Aerospace Center, Cologne, Germany.

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Thank you everyone for having made of EUCHIS 2026 a successful and wonderful get together in Murcia!!