October 13, 2011
Grain science and industry professor invited as keynote speaker to international conference
![Dr. Xiuzhi Susan Sun Dr. Xiuzhi Susan Sun](http://www.k-state.edu/k-publisher/custom-images/2011-Oct-12_0754_24-Dr%20Sun.jpg)
Xiuzhi Susan Sun, university distinguished professor of grain science and industry, was invited as a keynote speaker to the 19th BioEnvironmental Polymer Society Conference: Working to Create a Sustainable Future, Sept. 28-30, in Vienna, Austria. Sun addressed biobased polymer structure and their applications. Scientists from more than 30 countries discussed state-of-the-art advanced technologies in biobased polymers from molecular to polymer levels on synthetic, renewable and natural, degradable polymers and (nano)composites.