Professor Tatjana Stevanovic was born in Belgrade, where she has completed her
undergraduate and graduate studies up to PhD at the University of Belgrade at which she
was teaching Wood Chemistry and Chemical Transformation of Wood for 19 years (until
1997). Since then she is Professor at Laval University , Quebec City, Canada. Professor
Stevanovic is teaching at the Department of Wood and Forest Sciences of Laval
University, the frollowing courses related to (green) chemistry and (sustainable)
engineering: Physical chemistry applied to wood, Wood Chemistry and Materials based on
cellulosic fibers. She is also acting as director of wood engineering programme within the
same department. Professor Stevanovic’s research interests are related to wood
constiuents, notably lignins and extractive components (polyphenols in particular) and
development of value-added products based on them. She has published numerous
scientific papers and book chapters as well as Wood chemistry textbook (Chimie du bois,
in French). She has deposited in June 2016 an international patent on new organoslv
process leading to highly pure lignin which is convenient for spinning experiments for
carbon fiber production.