Wood Science Department
Faculty and Staff MCFARLANE, Paul
Professor Environmental Aspects of Wood Products and Processing B Tech (Hons) (1973), PhD (1979) Massey FIAWS 604.822.7667 paul.mcfarlane@ubc.ca
RUDDICK, John
Professor Wood Preservation BSc (1965), MSc (1966) Newcastle, PhD (1970) London 604.822.3736 john.ruddick@ubc.ca
SADDLER, Jack
Professor Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy BSc (Hons) (1975) Edinburgh, PhD (1978) Glasgow, FIAWS 604.822.9741 jack.saddler@ubc.ca
SMITH, Gregory
Associate Professor Wood Composites BASc (1988), MASc (1992) Brit Col, Dr Sc Techn (1996) Swiss Federal Inst, PEng 604.822.0081 greg.smith@ubc.ca
SOWLATI, Taraneh
Associate Professor Operational Research, Performance Assessment BSc (1990) Sharif, MASc (1996) Tarbiat Modares, PhD (2001) Toronto 604.822.6109 taraneh.sowlati@ubc.ca
TANNERT, Thomas
Assistant Professor and Associate Chair in Wood Building Design and Construction Timber Engineering Dipl-Ing (2001) Bauhaus, Germany, MASc (2002) Bio-Bio Concepcion, Chile, PhD (2008) Brit Col 604.822.1334 thomas.tannert@ubc.ca
Research Associates ARANTES,Valdeir BEng, PhD (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Bioprocessing of Biomass Foodstocks CHANDRA, Richard BSc, MSc (Brit Col), PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology/ Institute of Paper Science and Technology, USA) Wood Chemistry LAZARESCU, Ciprian BSc, MSc, (Transilvania, Brasov), PhD (Brit Col) Wood Physics and Drying PORTH, Ilga MSc, PhD (Vienna) Genomics, Plant Biochemistry SAKAGAMI, Hiroki JSPS (Japan) Fellowship, Faculty of Agriculture, MSc, PhD (Kyoshu) Wood Material Science TIMKO, Joleen BSc, MSc, PhD (Brit Col) Social Equity and Ecological Integrity WANG, Ye BSc, MSc, PhD (China Agricultural) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Post-doctoral Fellows AWAL, Abdul BSc (DU Dhaka), MSc (TUD, Germany), PhD (Toronto) Biocomposites and Textile Chemistry CHANG, Feng-Cheng BSc, MSc (National Taiwan University), PhD (Brit Col) Wood-Based Composite Materials CHEN, Yue BSc (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), MASc, PhD (Brit Col) Timber Engineering and Applied Mechanics CHOWDHURY, Sudip BSc(Calcutta), MSc (Forest Research institute), MS (Washington), PhD (Virginia Tech) Structure and Viscoelasticity of Lignocellulosics GUANGZHENG, Gao BEng (Beijing University of Material Science and Aeronautics), MSc (Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Beijing) MA (Shandong University, Jinan), PhD (Fudan University, Shanghai) Functionalized Lignin Copolymers HAJJAR, Reem BSc (McGill), MSc (Columbia), PhD (Brit Col) Community Forestry Wood Science Department Forest Sciences Centre 2900 – 2424 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Phone: 604.822.9352 Fax: 604.822.9159 wood.reception@ubc.ca www.wood.ubc.ca
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