{"id":1566,"date":"2019-07-28T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/tissuelab\/?page_id=1566"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:26:02","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/tissuelab\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
Meet the team that makes the Tissue Pack Innovation Lab stand out!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Research Associates <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Laura Covinich <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Research Manager<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Graduate STUDENTS<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Jacob Zwilling <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Market and performance assistant of tissue products <\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Amelys Brito <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Life cycle analysis and sustainability of tissue products <\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Rajnish Kumar<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Development of non-wood fibers for tissue products <\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Ryen Frazier <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Fundamental analysis of dusting in tissue products <\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Keren Vivas <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Consumer perception on the sustainability of tissue products <\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Ramon E. Vera <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

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Our Research Partners<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Gerardo Camacho<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Past members <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Tiago de Assis<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Ph.D. working at Georgia Pacific <\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Franklin Zambrano<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Ph.D. working at Solenis<\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Yuhan Wang<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Ph.D. working at Beyond Meat <\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Phoebe Chang <\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

MSc working at YFY<\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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