Welcome to Wendy Rodriguez Castellanos – Researcher at Innofibre (CEGEP de Trois-Rivières)
wendy.rodriguez.castellanos@cegeptr.qc.ca
Expertise
- Cellulosic packaging and bui-based materials
- Alternative biomass processing
- Polymer and composites science
Wendy Rodriguez Castellanos is a principal researcher at Innofibre (Centre d’innovation des produits cellulosiques, affiliated with Cégep de Trois-Rivières), where she coordinates the research axis on cellulosic thermoforming. Her work focuses on the formulation and forming of biosourced materials — natural-fibre/polymer composites, starch-cellulose and protein-cellulose matrices — and on characterizing their mechanical and barrier properties. She has expertise in extrusion, thermoforming, coatings, and the chemical modification of biopolymers, applied to developing cellulosic alternatives to single-use plastics. She holds a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering (Technological Institute of Oaxaca, 2007) and a Master’s and Doctorate in Materials Science (Cinvestav, Mexico, 2015), followed by postdoctoral fellowships at the Center for Research on Advanced Materials (CERMA), Université Laval (2015–2016) and at UQTR (2019–2020; 2021) before joining Innofibre in fall 2021. Co-inventor on two patents for extrusion pulping of agricultural fibres, she is first author on several peer-reviewed articles and a speaker at national and international conferences. Her expertise in the forming of multiphase polymer systems and in biomass valorization complements CREPEC’s research axes.