Galina TELYSHEVA

Dr. habil. chem. Galina TELYSHEVA Head of the Laboratory of Lignin Chemistry Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry Dzerbenes iela 27 Riga, LV 1006 Latvia Phone: + 371 67555916 Fax: + 371 67550635 E-mail: ligno@edi.lv

Born: August 17, 1937, Simferopol, Ukraine

Interests:

• Biomass chemical and thermochemical processing including energy production and modification of properties of wood and its components;
• Chemistry of lignin; technologies for novel products obtaining for environment, industry and agriculture;
• Lignin and lignin derivatives as components of disperse systems, behaviour on the interfaces;
• Lignin and silicon containing lignin products in biogeocenosis.

Languages: Russian, English, Latvian

Education

• Riga Technical University (Faculty of Chemistry), 1959
• Dr. chem. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, PhD in Western Countries), Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1967
• Dr.habil.chem (Doctor of Science in former USSR), Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1991

Experience

Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga:

• Engineer, 1959-1962
• Postgraduate, 1962-1965
• Junior Researcher, 1965-1967
• Senior Researcher, 1967-1968, 1972-1984
• Scientific Secretary of the Institute, 1968-1972
• Head of the Laboratory of Lignin Chemistry, 1984 –
• Professor, 1993 -

Honours and Awards

• The Honour Diploma of Latvian Republic Education and Science Ministry, 2003
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences Presidium First Award, 1987
• The Diploma of the USSR Chemical Society, 1977

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Member of Editorial Board, Journal The Chemistry of Plant Raw Material (Russia), 2004-
• Member of Management Committee, Cost Action E38 Woody Root Processes, 2004-
• Member of International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Sosiety
• Member, Council of Promotion, Speciality Forest Science and Material Science (Wood Materials and Technology), Latvia University of Agriculture, 2000 –
• Member of the Executive Board, International Institute of Lignin, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1996 – 1998
• Scientific Editor-in-Charge (1974-1983) and Member (1983 – ), Editorial Advisory Board for journal Wood Chemistry (Latvia, Riga)
• Member, Latvian Chemical Society
• Scientific Secretary (1977-1991) and Member (1992-1998), Habilitation and Promotion Council, Institute of Wood Chemistry
• Scientific Secretary, Scientific Council of Wood Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1976-1991
• Member of the Scientific Council, Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, 1968-

Lectures

• Some lignin-based materials for industrial and agricultural uses. Invited lecture. Third International Forum "Markets for Sulphur-Free Lignin", Fribourg , Switzerland, Feb. 29/March 1, 1996.

Recent/Representative Publications

• G.Zakis, L. Mozheiko, G. Telysheva. Methods of Analysis of Lignin Functional Groups, 1975, Riga: Zinatne, 174 pp. (in Russian).
• G.Telysheva, R. Pankova. Fertilizers on the Lignin Basis, 1978, Riga: Zinatne , 63 pp. (in Russian).
• G.Telysheva. Lignin modification with organosilicon compounds and utilization of products. - In: Lignocellulosics - Science, Technology, Development and Use ( Ed. J.Kennedy, G.Phillips, P.Williams), 1992, London: Ellis Harwood Ltd, pp.643-655.
• M.Telysheva, M. E.Akim, G.M.Shulga, T.N.Dizhbite. Compatibility of water soluble cellulosic ethers with lignosulphonate. - In: Cellulosics: Chemical, Biochemical and Material Aspects( Ed. J.Kennedy, G.Phillips, P.Williams), London: Ellis Harwood Ltd, , 1993, pp. 337-342.
• G.Telysheva, G.Shulga. Chemical transformations of lignosulphonates and LS-based polycomplexes under the action of UV radiation. - In: Cellulosics: Materials for Selective Separation and other Technologies ( Ed. J.Kennedy, G.Phillips, P.Williams), 1993, Chichester: Ellis Harwood Ltd, UK, pp. 233-239.
• G.Telysheva, T.Dizhbite, G.Rossinskaya, E.Paegle. Influence of media acidity on the behaviour of lignosulphonates in water solutions. – In: Cellulosics: Materials for Selective Separation and other Technologies ( Ed. J.Kennedy, G.Phillips, P.Williams), 1993, Chichester: Ellis Harwood Ltd, UK, pp.227-232.
• G.Telysheva, T.Dizbite. Adsorption of lignosulphonates on water-solid interfaces. – In: Biomass for Energy and Industry.( Ed. D.O.Hall, G.Grassi, H.Scheer), 1994,. Brussell-Luxemberg: Ponte Press,. pp. 1166-1170.
• G.Dobele, T.Dizbite, G.Rossinskaya, G.Telysheva. Thermocatalytic destruction of cellulose. – In: Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives: Physico-chemical aspects and industrial application, 1995, Cambridge: Woodhead Pub. Ltd, UK, pp. 125-130.
• G.Telisheva, G.Shulga. Silicon-containing polycomplexes for protection against wind erosion of sandy soil. - J. Agric. Eng. Res., 1995, vol. 62, pp. 221-227.
• G.Telysheva, T.Dizhbite, E.Paegle, A.Kizima. The regularities of lignosulphonate behaviour on different interfaces (water-gas, water-solid) and its alteration by purposeful modification. - In: The Chemistry and Processing of Wood and Plant Fibrous Materials ( Ed. J.Kennedy, G.Phillips, P.Williams), 1996, Cambridge: Woodhead Publ., UK, pp. 399-404.
• G.Dobele, N.Bogdanovich, G.Telysheva, U.Viesturs. Application of sorbent obtained by pyrolysis of sewage sludge for biological treatment of waste water. - Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1996, vol. 57/58, pp. 857-876.
• G.Shulga, G. Telysheva, A. Zezin. Specific features of the interpolymer interaction between sodium lignosulphonate and poly(acrylic) acid in aqueous media. – Polymer Science, Ser. A, 1997, vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 1130-1134.
• T.Dizhbite, G.Zakis, A.Kizima, G.Rossinskaya, E.Lazareva, G.Telysheva, U.Viesturs. Lignin – an expedient bioresource for production of sorption-active materials. - Bioresource Technology,  1999, vol. 67, pp. 221-228.
• G.Telysheva, T.Dizhbite, A.Arshanitsa, J.Hrol. Modification of pulp fibres for their application in the production of composite materials. - Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 1999, vol.33, N5-6, pp, 423-432.
• G.Dobele, G. Rossinskaja, G. Telysheva, O. Faix, D. Meier. Cellulose dehydration and depolimerization reactions during thermal treatment under the action of phosphoric acid. – J. Appl. Analyt. Pyrolysis, 1999, vol. 49, pp. 307-317. 
• G.Telysheva, G.Lebedeva, T.Dizhbite, N.Zaimenko, J.Ammosova, U.Viesturs. The use of silicon-containing products for in-situ soil bioremediation. – In: Remediation of Hazardous Waste Contaminated Soils, Section, II-3 – Soil Specific Bioremediation Techniques, Marcel Dekker, 2000, pp.699-727.
• V.Mnuskina, G.Telysheva, T.Dishbite, U.Viesturs. Novel technology for production of a wood material suitable for fabrication of glass-reinforced plastic parts. – In: Proceedings 1^st Intern. Symp. On Wood Machining (Eds. S.E.Stanze, A.Reiterer), Vienna, Austria, 27-29 September, 2000, pp.231-241
• G.Telysheva, T.Dizhbite, A.Volperts, E.Lazareva. Investigation of lignocellulosic materials adsorptive properties with resonance potentials method. – Latvian Journal of Chemistry, 2001, pp.171-180
• G.Telysheva, T.Dizhbite, E.Paegle, A.Shapatin, I.Demidov. Surface active properties of hydrophobised derivatives of lignosulphonates: effect of structure of organosilicon modifier. – Journal Applied Polymer Sci., 2001, vol.82, pp.1013-1020.
• G.Dobele, T.Dizhbite, G. Rossinskaja, G.Telisheva, D.Meier, S.Radtke, O.Faix. Fast pyrolysis: a promising method for obtaining 1,6-anhydrosaccharides. - J.Anal.Appl.Pyrolysis, 2003, vol. 68/69, pp. 197-211.
• T. Dizhbite, G. Telysheva, V. Jurkjane, U. Viesturs. Characterization of the radical scavenging activity of lignins – natural antioxidants. – Bioresource Tehnology, 2004, v.95, pp.309-317.
• T. Bikova, A. Treimanis, G. Rossinska, G. Telysheva. On-line study of lignin behaviour in dilute alkaline solution. – Holzforschung, 2004, v.58, pp.489-494.
• G. Telysheva, G. Lebedeva, T. Dizhbite. A prospective product for biological agriculture obtained from the wood processing waste. – In: “Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection”, Eds. D.O Hall, G. Grassi, H. Scheer. Ponte Press, Brussell-Luxemberg, 2004, pp. 1659-1661.
• T. Dizhbite, G. Telysheva, A. Skujina, A. F. Danil de Namor. Lignocellulosic-based products for enhancing mineralization of pesticide 2,4-D by soil-indigenous microflora. - In: “Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection”, Eds. D.O Hall, G. Grassi, H. Scheer. Ponte Press, Brussell-Luxemberg, 2004, pp.2033-2036.
• M. Bekers, U. Viesturs, A. Upitis, R. Linde, A. Danilevich, M. Grube, G. Telysheva. Integrated sugar beet biomass processing into biofuels, food and feed products using biotechnological processes - In: : “Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection”, Eds. D.O Hall, G. Grassi, H. Scheer. Ponte Press, Brussell-Luxemberg, 2004, pp. 1572-1573.
• G. N. Lebedeva, G. M. Telysheva. Efficiency of the use of lignosilicon fertilizers and growth activators in cerials cultivation. - In: Proc. 2^nd Scientific Practical Conference “Earthworms and Soil’s Fertility”, Vladimir, Russia, March 17-19, 2004, chapter III, pp. 204-207.
• T. Dizhbite, G. Telysheva, T. Bikova, G. Rossinska, M. Gulbis, A. Abacherli. Soda lignins of agricultural plants interconnection of functionality and structural characteristic with the antioxidant properties. – In: Proc. EWLP'04. 8^th European Workshop on Lignocellulosic and Pulp, Latvia, Riga, August 22-25, 2004, pp.127-130.
• G. Dobele, G. Rossinskaja, G. Telysheva, D. Meier, O. Faix. Potentials of fast pyrolysis for producing 1,6-anhydrosaccharides. – In: Proc. EWLP'04. 8^th European Workshop on Lignocellulosic and Pulp, Latvia, Riga, August 22-25, 2004, pp. 537-540.
• G. Telysheva, T. Dizhbite, V. Nikolaeva, A. Abacherli. Lignin products for decontamination of enviroment objects from pathogenic microflora. – Proc. 7^th Inter. Forum” Bringing Lignin Back to the Headlines: Priority, Research and New Approach”, Barselona, Spain, 2005, 71-74.
• G.Dobele, G.Rossinskaja, T.Dizhbite, G.Telysheva, D.Meier, O.Faix Application of catalysts for obtaining 1,6-anhydrosaccharides from cellulose and wood by fast pyrolysis. - J. Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis, 2005, 73, 2,401-405.
• G. Telysheva, G. Lebedeva, T. Dizhbite. Regulation of sorption properties of commercial lignins by their modification. Proc. International Conference «Physicochemistry of lignin», Arkhangelsk, 3 – 6 July 2005, 213-216.
• T. Bikova, G. Rossinskaja, T. Dizhbite, G. Telysheva. Characterization of the chemical heterogeneity of lignin. Proc. International Conference «Physicochemistry of lignin», Arkhangelsk, 3 – 6 July 2005, 244-245.
• G. Telysheva, T. Dizhbite, G. Lebedeva, N. Zaimenko, S. Popovs, Regulation of lignocellulose materials sorption properties by modification for environmental application. In: J.M. Loureiro, M. Kartel (Eds.), Combined and Hybrid Adsorbents. Fundamentals and Applications, Springer, Netherlands, 2006, pp. 271-276.
• G. Telysheva, T. Dizhbite,  L. Jashina, A. Andersone, N. Mironova-Ulmane. Synthesis of lignin-based hybrid materials using a -Keggin’s type polyoxometalates as inorganic building blocks. - Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 2006, N 2, pp. 13-22.
• T. Dizhbite, G. Telysheva, V. Jurkjane. Evaluation of antioxidant properties of lignin products from pulping process. “Advances in Chemistry and Processing of Lignocellulosics”, Proceedings of 9^th EWLP, BOKU, Vienna, Austria, 2006, pp. 227-230. 
• T. Bikova, G. Rossinska, T. Dizhbite, G. Telysheva , Multiwave UV/VIS detection at SEC analysis. Evaluation of reactive sites and polyconjugated substructures over MW distribution of lignins. - La Chimica e Industria, 88 (2006) 2, pp. 82-86.

Research Projects

• G.Telysheva (Head of Project). Regulation of Lignin Adsorption Force Ratios on the Water-Solid Interface by Means of Changing the Macromolecule Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance. Latvian Council of Science (1993-1996).
• G.Telysheva (Head of Project). Mechanisms of Thermooxidation in the System Lignin-Variable Valency Metal. Latvian Council of Science (1993-1996).
• G.Telysheva (Head of Project). Mechanisms of Lignin Structure Transformations under Chemical and Thermochemical Affects in Multi-Phase Systems Containing Polymer-Oligomer Co-Reagents. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000).
• G.Telysheva (Head of Project).Development of Supra-molecular Systems Based on Lignins and Lignocellulosics. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004).
• G.Telysheva (Head of Project).Modified Lignins as the Basis of Functionally Active Polycomponent Systems.   Latvian Council of Science (2005 - ).
• G.Telysheva (Head of Latvian Part of Project). Lignosulphonates Modification and Applications. Borregaard LignoTech Ltd. (Norway) (1992-1996).
• G.Telysheva (Head of Project). Characterization of Lignin Residues from Ethanol Production by Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Materials. Swedish Ethanol Foundation (1993-1997).
• G.Telysheva (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). Pyrolysis of Wood for the Obtaining of Value Added Products". Institute for Wood Chemistry and Technology, FRG Ministry for Wood, Agriculture and Forestry (1997-1999).
• G.Telysheva (Head of Project). EUREKA Project E! 2522 “OPTI-SOILCLEAN”, LR Ministry of Education (2001-2004)
• G.Telysheva (Head of Latvian Part of Project). INCO COPERNICUS RDT Project ICA2-CT-2000-10002 “Development of Methods for the Remediation of Pesticides”.   European Commission (2000 –2003)
• G.Telysheva (Head of Latvian Part of Project). CRAFT Project “WOOD COMP”.   European Commission (2001 – )
• G. Telysheva (Head of Latvian Part of Project). INCO COPERNICUS STREP IRRISEASOIL “A Cheap Easy-to-Handle Desalination Approach for Crop Irrigation under Mediterranean Conditions”, European Commission Contract FP6-509152-INCO-MPC-1 (2004-2007)
• G. Telysheva (Head of Latvian Part of Project). Integral Project NILE „New Improvements for Lignocellulosic Ethanol”, European Commission Contract n⁰ 019882 (SES6) – (NILE) (2005-2009)
• G. Telysheva (Head of Latvian Part of Project). RTD Project „Lignin as raw material for chemicals”, Nordic Innovation Centrs, Contract 06246 (2006-2008).

Last update 20.02.2008