Thermochemical conversion entails the use of high temepratures (and/or high pressures) to convert biomass and biomass residues into added-value products like biofuels, biobased platform molecules and functional carbonaceous materials (activated carbon and biochar). This project funding supports the scientific costs (including consumables, maintenance of lab infrastructure and small equipment) associated to this running research. Specific topics which are within the framework of this project are: (a) catalytic pyrolysis in reactive environments including high pressure hydrogen gas, high pressure ammonia and/or molten salts, (c) the production of platform molecules from lignocellulosic biomass including furanics, cyclic ketones and aromatic alcohols and amines, (c) as well as the production of functional carbonaceous solid materials like microporous chars and biochar.