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International Academy of Wood Science Candidacy Form

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IAWS FELLOW ELECTION 2017

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11 Candidates


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Candidate, position, organization: AGARWAL, Umesh P. Dr. Senior Research Chemist, Wood Fiber and Chemical Science; USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison WI 53726

Email address: [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae. Dr. Agarwal was born in 1953 in Agra, India. He received his bachelor’s degree in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and master’s degree in

Chemistry from Agra University (India) in 1972 and 1974, respectively, and his doctoral degree in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of

Technology, Kanpur (India) in 1979. Subsequently, Dr. Agarwal worked as a post-doctoral fellow, in the University of Salford (UK) in 1979

and University of Durham (UK) in 1980. In 1981, he joined, as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, the Department of Chemistry, the

University of Bielefeld (Germany) where he remained until mid of 1982. Towards the end of 1982, Dr. Agarwal joined, as a postdoctoral fellow,

the Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton (USA; later called Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta and more recently, as

Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Atlanta) where he was later appointed first as Research Fellow and Instructor (1984) and later as Research

Scientist and Assistant Professor (1985). In 1989, Dr. Agarwal joined, as a Research Chemist, the USDA FS, Forest Products Laboratory in

Madison (USA) where he continues to be employed as a Senior Research Chemist and currently, serves as the Director of the Raman

Laboratory.

Major awards and honors, leading positions, visiting positions, significant memberships, editorial boards, and

consultancies. 1. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Holzforschung, the premier wood science journal, 2004 to 2010.

2. 2011 – Present, listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, New Providence, NJ 07974, Who’s Who is a renowned directory of the US scientists who are leaders in their fields.

3. June 2016, reviewed a Grant proposal titled “Multivariate measures of in-process wood pulp composition and morphology: Smart sensors for real-time process

control and fibre product optimization” for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 4. November 2012, evaluated the application “Plant Surfaces and Interfaces in Plants: Lignin, Suberin and Cutin” submitted to the START project, Austria

5. May, 2011, was invited by Professor Søren Barsberg, Faculty of Life Sciences. University of Copenhagen, Denmark to be a member of the evaluation

committee of Ms. Kiki L. Larsen, one of Professor Barsberg’s PhD students. 6. June 2010, served as an examiner of the doctoral thesis of Tuomas Hänninen’s, Aalto University (Finland).

7. 2004, acted as the opponent for the Ph.D. dissertation of Jouko Vyörykkä, (Department of Forest Products Technology, Helsinki University of Technology,

Helsinki, Finland). Now called Aalto University, Finland.

Principal Wood Science Achievements (maximum 250 words) For more than 35 years Dr. Agarwal has carried out pioneering work in the following areas - wood chemistry, pulp and paper technology, wood

cell wall ultrastructure, lignin structure, cellulose structure, cellulose nanomaterials, enzymatic hydrolysis of wood to ethanol, photoyellowing of

mechanical pulps, and Raman spectroscopic applications to wood and its components. He has pioneered the use of Raman spectroscopy in the

analysis of lignin, wood, and other lignocellulosics and furthered its use in the R & D of cellulose based materials. Dr. Agarwal also has

teaching and graduate student advising experience. He has published more than 90 refereed papers and over 10 book chapters regarding wood

science, wood utilization, and related technology and engineering. Currently, Dr. Agarwal is co-editing the American Chemical Society

Symposium Series book “Nano-celluloses, their Preparation, Properties, and Applications” that will be published by ACS in 2017 in the USA.

Dr. Agarwal is the well-known leader in the applications of Raman spectroscopy to wood and other cellulose materials. He heads the Raman

Group at the Fiber and Chemical Sciences Unit at FPL. His research succeeded in establishing the structure of wood cellulose in the native state

and in the development of a Raman spectroscopy based method for estimating cellulose crystallinity in cellulose materials (e.g., from

nanocelluloses to wood). Dr. Agarwal’s other accomplishments include development of technologies that will lead to production of cellulose

nano-crystals and ethanol from wood.

Number of refereed publications: 90 patents: 1, pending books and chapters: 11 reports: 6 Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published; most recent listed first; Google Scholar citations are from

http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=wyAjpj0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate) 1. Umesh Agarwal, Sally Ralph, Richard Reiner, Carlos Baez. Production of Cellulose Nano-crystals directly from wood that are better than those from Wood

Pulps. Provisional patent filed (2016). Full patent Application pending.

2. Agarwal, U.P., Ralph S.A., Reiner, R.S., C. Baez. Probing crystallinity of never-dried wood cellulose with Raman spectroscopy, Cellulose 23: 125-144(2016). GS Citations 5

3. Yan Qing, Ronald Sabo, Umesh P. Agarwal, J Y Zhu, Zhiyong Cai, Yiqiang Wu, A comparative study of cellulose nanofibrils disintegrated via multiple

processing approaches. Carbohy. Polymers 97: 226-234(2013). GS Citations 50 4. Agarwal, Umesh P., Reiner, Richard R., Ralph, Sally A. Enzymatic hydrolysis of loblolly pine: effects of cellulose crystallinity and delignification,

Holzforschung 67, 371-377(2013). GS Citations 20

5. Chundawat, Shishir P.S.; Bellesia, Giovanni; Uppugundla, Nirmal; Sousa, Leonardo da Costa; Gao, Dahai; Cheh, Albert M.; Agarwal, Umesh P.; Bianchetti, Christopher M.; Phillips, Jr., George N.; Langan, Paul; Balan, Venkatesh; Gnanakaran, S.; Dale, Bruce E. Restructuring the crystalline cellulose hydrogen bond

network enhances its depolymerization rate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133: 11163-11174(2011). GS Citations 148 6. Agarwal, U.P., McSweeny, J.D., and Ralph, S.A., FT–Raman Investigation of Milled-Wood Lignins: Softwood, Hardwood, and Chemically Modified Black

Spruce Lignins, J. Wood Chem. & Techno. 31: 324-344(2011). GS Citations 48

7. Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Bryon S. Donohoe, Leonardo Costa Sousa, Thomas Elder, Umesh P. Agarwal, Fachuang Lu, John Ralph, Michael E. Himmel, Venkatesh Balan and Bruce E. Dale. Multi-scale visualization and characterization of lignocellulosic plant cell wall deconstruction during thermochemical

pretreatment, Energy Environ. Sci. 4: 973-984(2011). GS Citations 225

8. Agarwal, U.P., Reiner, R.S., Ralph, S.A. Cellulose I crystallinity determination using FT-Raman spectroscopy: univariate and multivariate methods, Cellulose 17: 721-733(2010). GS Citations 95

9. Agarwal, U.P. Raman Imaging to Investigate Ultrastructure and Composition of Plant Cell Walls: Distribution of lignin and cellulose in black spruce (Picea

mariana), Planta, 224: 1141-1153(2006). GS Citations 177 10. Agarwal, U.P. Assignment of the Photoyellowing Related 1675 cm-1 Raman/IR band and Its Implication to the Mechanism of Color Reversion in Mechanical

Pulps, J. Wood Chem. & Techno 18: 381-402(1998). GS Citations 55

11. Agarwal, U.P., Ralph, S.A. FT Raman Spectroscopy of wood: Identifying contributions of lignin and carbohydrate polymers in the spectrum of black spruce (Picea mariana). Applied Spectroscopy 51: 1648-1655(1997). GS Citations 201

12. Atalla, R.H., Agarwal, U.P. Raman Microprobe Evidence for Lignin Orientation in Cell Walls of Native Woody Tissue, Science 227, 636- 638(1985). GS

Citations 211


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Candidate, position, organization: BROSSE, Nicolas

Professor, Laboratory of Research and Study on Wood Material, University of Lorraine, France


Curriculum Vitae Dr Brosse was born in 1966 in France. He received is master’s degree in Chemistry in 1990 and his doctoral degree in organic chemistry from University H.

Poincaré (Nancy) in 1993. From 1994 to 2006 he was assistant professor in organic chemistry with experience in multiple areas of organic synthesis,

characterization of organic compounds and solid phase synthesis. He joined the Wood Sciences in 2006 when he became a full professor in LERMAB laboratory.


consultancies In 2008, Dr Brosse worked as a fellow (invited professor) in the Institute of Paper Science and Technology in Georgia Tech (Atlanta), in Prof Artur Ragauskas’s group (A. Ragauskas is fellow of the IAWS). He is Concurrent Professor in Nanjing Forestry University (PR of China) since 2012.

He was chairman of the colloquium Woodchem in 2013 (International congres on Wood Chemistry).

He is Associate Editor for Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Ashdin publishing and Guest Editor for Energy Conversion & Management (Elsevier) He is also member of the Scientific Advisory Board in two french society (CETELOR and UNGDA) and

co-author of two educational books for undergraduate students.

Since 2016 he worked as a consultant for two international industrial groups (about 1 day/month).

Principal Wood Science Achievements (maximum 250 words) Dr. Brosse has 10 years academic research and teaching experience in wood science.

He is a group leader in LERMAB since 2009 (group of about 10 persons). He has published in total 95 referred papers (more than 60 in Wood

Sciences). His current interests include wood and biomass deconstruction, lignocellulosics pretreatment, polyphenolics (lignin and tannins)

characterizations and utilizations.

Main results in the field of wood chemistry :

Lignin chemistry during pretreatment process and for specific applications (adhesive, anti-oxidant, anti-corrosion) ~25 papers

Mechanism of wood pyrolysis (at a molecular level) ~10 papers

Wood pretreatment for bioethanol. ~20 papers

Dr Brosse’s current research interests also concern the steam explosion process for polymers and fibers extraction and the valorization of

phytoremediation wood.

He has supervised (or co-supervised) 15 PhD in the field of wood chemistry (including 4 ongoing).

He teaches Wood Chemistry and biorefinery for graduate students at the university of Lorraine and at the University of Beyrouth (Lebanone).

He is currently work package leader in regional (2 projects), national (1 project) and international (1 project) funding programmes. He also is in

charge of 3 current industrial projects.

Since 10 years, Dr Brosse has established active collaborations (with student exchange) with many universties abroad (Congo, Malaysia, USA,

Canada, Tunisia, Benin, Thailand, China…).

Number of refereed publications: 95 patents: 1 books and chapters: 4

Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published, IF = Impact Factor) 1. Issam Dababi, Olinda Gemello, Elimame Elaloui, Françoise Quignard, Nicolas Brosse. Influence of the lignin extraction conditions on

the adhesive performance. Polymers 2016, 8, 340 (IF=2.94)

2. Yann Le Brech, Jesus Raya, Luc Delmotte, Nicolas Brosse, Roger Gadiou, Anthony Dufour. Characterization of biomass char

formation investigated by advanced solid state NMR, Carbon. 108, 165-177 (2016) (IF =6.16)

3. Brahim M., Boussetta N., Grimi N., Vorobiev E., Brosse N., Innovative physically-assisted soda fractionation of rapeseed hulls for

better recovery of biopolymers, RCS Advances 2016 6 (24) 19833-19842 (FI=3.29)

4. Y. Le Brech, T. Ghislain, S. Leclerc, M. Bouroukba, L. Delmotte, P. Chaimbault, N. Brosse, C. Snape, A. Dufour, Effect of potassium

on the mechanism of biomass pyrolysis as studied by 1H NMR, TG-DSC and LC/MS, ChemSusChem, 2016 9(8), 863-872. (IF =7.65)

5. El-Sayed R. E. Hassan, Fabrice Mutelet, Jean-Charles Moise and Nicolas Brosse, Pretreatment of miscanthus using 1,3-dimethyl-

imidazolium methyl phosphonate (DMIMMPh) ionic liquid for glucose recovery and ethanol production, RCS Advances 2015,

5(75), 61455-61464 (IF =3.70)

6. Le Brech, Yann; Delmotte, Luc; Raya, Jesus; Brosse, Nicolas; Gadiou, Roger; Dufour, Anthony, High resolution solid state 2D NMR

analysis of biomass and biochar Analytical Chemistry 2015, 87(2), 843-847 (IF =5.82)

7. Yakindra Prasad Timilsena, Idi Guga Audu, Sudip Kumar Rakshit, Nicolas Brosse, Impact of the lignin structure of three

lignocellulosic feedstocks on their organosolv delignification. Effect of carbonium ion scavengers Biomass Bioener. 2013, 52, 151-

158 (IF = 3.65)

8. Yakindra P. Timilsena, Chandana J. Abeywickrama , Sudip K. Rakshit, Nicolas Brosse.Effect of different pretreatments on

delignification pattern and enzymatic hydrolysability of miscanthus, oil palm biomass and typha grass. Bioresour. Technol. 2013 135,

82-88 (IF = 5.00)

9. Nicolas Brosse, Anthony Dufour, Men Xianzhi, Qining Sun, Arthur Ragauskas, Miscanthus: a fast growing crop for bio-fuels and

chemicals production Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining 6 (5), 580-598, 2012. (IF = 4.74)

10. Patrick Obama, Guillaume Ricochon, Lionel Muniglia, Nicolas Brosse, Combination enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol organosolv

pretreatments : effect on lignin structures, delignification yields and cellulose-to-glucose conversion Bioressource Technology 2012,

112, 156–163. (IF = 5.0)

11. Anthony Dufour, Miguel Castro-Diaz, Nicolas Brosse, Mohamed Bouroukba, Colin Snape, Origin of molecular mobility during

biomass pyrolysis as revealed by in situ 1H 1NMR analysis ChemSusChem 2012, 5, 1–9 (IF = 6.82)

12. Roland El Hage, Nicolas Brosse, Laurent Chrusciel, Christian Sanchez, Poulomi Sannigrahi, Arthur Ragauskas, Characterization of

milled wood lignin and ethanol organosolv lignin from Miscanthus Polymer Degradation and Stability 2009 94(10), 1632-1638. (IF

=2.320)


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Name of Candidate: BUSTOS, Cecilia

Position of Candidate: Associate Professor, Dr.

Candidate Mailing Address: Depto. Ing. en Maderas, Centro de Biomateriales y Nanotecnología

Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Collao 1202, Concepción, Chile

Candidate email address: [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae. Dr. Cecilia Bustos has a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering in Forest Industries (1995) from Universidad del Bío-Bío in Concepción, Chile.

She obtained a Master Degree in 2000 and a PhD degree in 2003 both in wood science from the Laval university in Canada. She is associate

professor at Universidad del Bío-Bío where she developed undergraduate and graduate courses in wood technology, wood mechanical

properties, wood engineering products. She also developed a research in the same areas, dealing mainly with wood engineering products

thermo-hygro-mechanical performance and wood quality. She supervised or cosupervised about 14 graduate students and author or coauthored

about 20 papers in peer reviewed journals. She is member of the “Centro de Biomateriales y Nanotecnología” (Biomaterials and

Nanotechnology Center) at Universidad del Bío-Bío. She is Member of the editorial board of the journal Maderas: Ciencia y tecnologia,

Universidad del Bío Bío, Concepción, Chile. She has been Reviewer for several journals: Wood and Fiber Science, Wood Science and

Technology, Maderas Ciencia Tecnología, Chapingo, etc. She is member of the Society of Wood Science and Technology and was the Chair of

Education Committee, 2010-1013. She was Board Member as a Director of Society of Wood Science and Technology, 2011-2013. Dr. Bustos

regularly presents her work at international conferences. She is actually the Director of the graduate programs at Depto. Ing. en Maderas,

Universidad del Bío-Bío.


consultancies. She has been involved in research of wood science technology area, including develop of wood products, nanotechnology, wood densification,

value added wood products. The study of wood quality and properties has been part of their principal research She has worked in the scope of

teaching, research, technical assistance and administration. She was Director of both program of wood science (Civil Engineering in Forest

Industries and Wood Engineering). Actually she is the Director of the both graduate programs at Depto. Ing. en Maderas, Universidad del Bío-

Bío (MSc. and Ph.D in Wood science and technology). Cecilia has contributed on a dynamic and competent way in all areas that she has

worked. She has strongly contributed on the academic development of the Wood Engineering Department. About teaching issues, she has

worked successfully in the following courses for graduate and undergraduate students: Wood Engineering products, Management of the

secondary industry, Wood utilization, Wood machining processing and wood technology, Wood mechanical properties. She also give courses

for graduate students in other Departments within the Architecture Faculty on the Master degree program of Wood Construction. In addition,

she also had been invited to participate as a professor in the Master degree program of Wood Industrial Engineering at Universidad Privada

Santa Cruz de la Sierra (UPSA) in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

About research scope, she has lead with notoriety national projects related to value added of wood products such as engineered wood products,

appearance wood products and valorization of underutilized species. It has generated the development of projects for undergraduate students, to

be related with companies and institutions of the forest and wooden sector, national and international publications and participation on national

and international congress. This has meant that Cecilia has been able to represent the Wood Engineering Department in different national and

international congress and work meetings.

She has had a good and rich relation with companies of the forest and wooden sector, this has allowed to the Wood Engineered Department to

develop a good relation with the main wooden companies, such as Aserraderos Arauco, Mininco, Instituto Forestal, etc.

She had a significant contribution within the international accreditation process of the undergraduate program in the Departamento de Ingeniería

en Maderas at the Universidad del Bio-Bio in Concepcion, CHILE with the Society of Wood science and technology, (USA).

Number of refereed publications: 21 patent: 1 books and chapters: reports: 20 Patent: William Gacitúa, Cecilia Bustos, Paulina Valenzuela. 2013. Método para la nanocaracterización mecánica y morfológica de material

fibroso en la línea de fabricación de la celulosa. WO2015095982 A1, PCT/CL2014/000088

Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published) 1. Pierre Blanchet, Alireza Kaboorani, Cecilia Bustos. 2016. Understanding effects of drying on wood mechanical properties at ultra and cellular levels. Wood and Fiber Science. 48(2): 117-128.

2. Paulina Valenzuela; Cecilia Bustos, Jean Pierre Laserre; William Gacitúa. 2015. Caracterización de propiedades mecánicas para segregar familias de

Eucalyptus nitens por nanoindentación en relación al grado de agrietamiento de las trozas. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología 17(3): 533-544. 3. Georges Koumba, Romina Conzuelo, Cecilia Bustos, Alain Cloutier; Tatjana Stevanovic. 2014. Chemical changes induced in pinus radiata and Eucalyptus

Nitens following the densification Process. J-FOR. Journal of Science and Technology for Forest Products and Processes. 4(5) : 20-22.

4. Manon Vincent, Queju Tong, Nasko Terziev, Geoffrey Daniel, Cecilia Bustos, William Gacitúa, Isabelle Duchesne. 2014. "A comparison of nanoindentation cell wall hardness and Brinell wood hardness in jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.)" Wood Science and Technology. 48(1):7-22.

5. Armstrong, James P., Cecilia A. Bustos, H. Michael Barnes. 2014. Education in Wood Science an Technology: An update. Wood and Fiber Science. 41(1): 3-

14 6. Sepúlveda D., C. Bustos, Gacitúa W., Dechent P., Cloutier A. 2013. Efecto del comportamiento termohigromecánico a macroescala de madera bajo

compression perpendicular a la fibra en las propiedades nanomecánicas de su estructura celular. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología 15(2): 205-222.

7. Acevedo A, C Bustos, J.P. Laserre ; W. Gacitúa. 2013. “Efecto de un envejecimiento acelerado mediante rayos UV en la propagación superficial de grietas de debobinado en tableros contrachapados de Eucalyptus nitens. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología. 15(1): 45-56.

8. Valenzuela P.; C Bustos, J.P. Laserre ; W. Gacitúa. 2012. Caracterización nanomecánica de la estructura celular y anatómica de Eucalyptus nitens y su

relación con las grietas y rajaduras en madera redonda. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología 14 (3):321-327. 9. M. Figueroa, C. Bustos, P. Dechent, L. Reyes, A. Cloutier y M. Guliano. 2012. Análisis del comportamiento reológico y termo-higromecánico de tableros

tensados de madera para puentes a condiciones ambientales variables. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología 14 (3):303-319.

10. Acevedo A, C Bustos, J.P. Laserre ; W. Gacitúa. 2012. Efecto de la tasa de compresión en la morfología de grietas de debobinado para chapas de Eucalyptus nitens. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología 14 (3):289-301.

11. Bustos, C, Gacitúa W, Cloutier, A., Fang, C.-H., Valenzuela, P. 2012. Densification of Wood Veneers Combined with Oil-Heat Treatment. Part III: Cell Wall

Mechanical Properties determined by nanoindentation. BioRes. 7(2):1525-1532. 12. Bustos C.; R. Hernández; R. Beauregard; M. Mohammad. 2011. Effects of end-pressure on the finger-joint quality of black spruce lumber: a microscopic

analysis. Maderas Ciencia y Tecnología 13(3):319-328.


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Candidate, position, organization: CAO, Jinzhen

Professor, Department of Wood Science and Technology,

Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China


Curriculum Vitae. Dr Cao was born in 1976 in Jiangsu, China. She received her undergraduate and doctoral degrees in wood science and technology from Beijing

Forestry University (China) in 1996 and 2001, respectively. During Ph.D. program, she visited Shimane University (Japan) for one year as a

short-term research student. Dr Cao was appointed assistant professor at Beijing Forestry University (BFU) soon after her doctorate. After an

absence of some months (post-doctoral work at Michigan State University, USA from March 2002 to Jan. 2004), Dr Cao returned to BFU as a

full professor and leader of wood preservation and modification program.


consultancies. Awards and honors: 2003 National Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award (issued by the State Council of China); 2004 New Century Talents in

China (issued by the Education Bureau of China); 2006 Science and Technology Award for Youth in Forestry Area (issued by the Department

of Forestry, China); 2014 National Excellent Teacher Award (issued by the State Council of China). Memberships and leading positions:

Executive Council member of IRG/WP (International Research Group on Wood Protection) 2010-2013; IUFRO 5.03.05 deputy coordinator;

Committee member of Chinese Association of Wood Science; Committee member of Chinese Association of Wood Industries; Vice-chair of the

Chinese Wood Protection Research Association.

Visiting position: Post doctoral fellow at Michigan State University.

Principal Wood Science Achievements (maximum 250 words)

Professor Cao has a broad background in wood science with a research focus on wood protection and modification systems as applied to novel

wood and wood composite products. Professor Cao’s voluminous quality publications in peer-reviewed journals have established her as a world

leader in these areas. She has ably and enthusiastically promoted wood science both domestically within China and internationally in

outstanding ways. Her research has focused on frontier wood science areas aimed to promote environmentally friendly technologies for

producing novel high performance products from wood, including wood particles, residues and fibers. Some examples are: micro-emulsions

based preservative systems, fixation of copper- and boron-based wood protection systems, wood property enhancement using conventional and

nanotechnologies and novel composite systems. Professor Cao has extensive experience of teaching courses in wood modification and

protection, including Wood Protection and Modification (undergraduate course) and Functional Modification of Wood (graduate course),

supervising student research (16 MS level students and 8 doctoral students) and continues to serve on key committees within her university and

in international scientific organizations, such as the International Research Group on Wood Protection (IRG).

Number of refereed publications: 118 patents: 9 books and chapters: 3 reports: 18 (IRG/WP documents) (All as first author/inventor or corresponding author)

Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published)

1. Xi Guo, Jinzhen Cao, Yao Peng, Ru Liu. Incorporation of microencapsulated dodecanol into wood flour/high-density

polyethylene composite as a phase change material for thermal energy storage, Materials & Design, 2016, 89: 1325–1334

2. Yuan Zhu, Liangpeng Zhuang, Barry Goodell, Jinzhen Cao, James Mahaney. Iron sequestration in brown-rot fungi by oxalate

and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS),International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2016,109: 185-190

3. Shupin Luo, Jinzhen Cao, Armando G. McDonald. Interfacial improvements in a green biopolymer alloy of poly(3-

hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and lignin via in-situ reactive extrusion, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.,2016,DOI:

10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00495, Published online.

4. Wang Wang, Yuan Zhu, Jinzhen Cao, Xi Guo. Thermal modification of southern pine combined with wax emulsion pre-

impregnation: effect on hydrophobicity and dimensional stability,Holzforschung, 2015,69(4): 405-413.

5. Yao Peng, Ru Liu, Jinzhen Cao. Effects of vitamin E combined with antioxidants on wood flour/polypropylene composites

during accelerated weathering, Holzforschung, 2015, 69(1): 113-120.

6. Wang Wang, Yuan Zhu, Jinzhen Cao. Morphological, thermal and dynamic mechanical properties of Cathay

poplar/organoclay composites prepared by in-situ process, Materials and Design,2014,59：233–240

7. Li Yan, Jinzhen Cao, Wei Gao, Xinyu Zhou, Guangjie Zhao. Interaction between glycerin and wood at various temperatures

from stress relaxation approach. Wood Science and Technology, 2011,45:215-222.

8. Lili Yu, Jinzhen Cao, Wei Gao, Haitao Su.Evaluation of ACQ-D treated Chinese fir and Mongolian Scots pine with different

post-treatments after 20 months of exposure,International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2011,65:585-590

9. Lili Yu, Jinzhen Cao, Paul Cooper, et al. Comparison of copper leaching from alkaline copper Quat type-D treated Chinese fir

and Mongolian scots pine after different posttreatments, Wood and Fiber Science, 2010, 42(4): 444-449.

10. Jinzhen Cao, Manhua Xie, Guangjie Zhao. Tensile stress relaxation of copper-ethanolamine (Cu-EA) treated wood. Wood

Science and Technology. 2006, 40(5):417-426.

11. Jinzhen Cao, D. Pascal Kamdem. Microdistribution of copper in copper-ethanolamine (Cu-EA) treated Southern Yellow Pine

(Pinus spp.) related to density distribution. Holzforschung. 2005, 59(1): 82-89.

12. Jinzhen Cao, D. Pascal Kamdem. Moisture adsorption characteristics of copper-ethanolamine (Cu-EA) treated Southern

Yellow Pine (Pinus spp.) Holzforschung. 2004, 58(1): 32-38.


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Candidate, position, organization: CELZARD, Alain Professor (full) of Materials Science – Chemistry of Materials

Research scientist, Biosourced Materials

University of Lorraine and Institut Jean Lamour – UMR CNRS 7198, France


Curriculum Vitae. Dr Celzard was born in 1971 in Lunéville, France. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Chemical Physics in 1991 and in Materials Science in 1993, respectively, from Henri Poincaré – Nancy 1 University (France), and his doctoral degree (Honors) in Materials Science from the same University in 1995 after

getting an Excellence scholarship. Dr. Celzard was hired as an assistant professor in 1996 and was welcomed at Maison de la Chimie, Paris, by the Minister for

Higher Education and Research, for being the youngest lecturer of the Nancy – Metz Education Authority. In 2005 he became fulltime professor at ENSTIB (National School of Wood Science and Timber Engineering) in Epinal, France, where he developed an autonomous research team from 2007. In 2010 he was

appointed Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and since 2012 he heads the “Biosourced Materials” team he created at Institut Jean Lamour

(IJL), the largest laboratory of Materials Science in France. In 2015 he became distinguished professor, and he is in charge of the scientific priority “Materials and the Living” at IJL since 2013. He was elected next head of department at IJL in 2016.


consultancies.

Awards Jul 2016 Supervisor of the 2016 winner of the French Carbon Society Award

Jun 2015 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship in Riken Institute (Wako, Tokyo)

May 2015 Outstanding peer reviewer Award, awarded by Elsevier

Mar 2015 Carbon Journal Excellence in Review Award (2013-2014), awarded by Elsevier Jul 2013 Supervisor of the 2013 winner of the French Carbon Group Award

Jan 2013 Carbon Journal Excellence in Review Award (2013), awarded by Elsevier

Nov 2012 1st Award of Innovative Techniques for the Environment (2012), awarded by ADEME Nov 2012 German High Tech Champion Award (2012), awarded by Fraunhofer Ges. (Germany)

Mar 2012 Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award (2011), awarded by Elsevier

Nov 2011 1st Researcher Award (2011), awarded by the Council of the Lorraine Region Oct 2010 Excellence in research bonus, augmented from IUF appointment

Oct 2010 Appointed Junior Member of the French University Institute (IUF) (2010)

Sep 2008 Excellence in research bonus Sep 2004 Excellence in research bonus

Oct 2003 Great Research Award (2003) awarded by the Eastern Industrial Society

Sep 2000 Excellence in research bonus Oct 1993 PhD scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education and Research

Visiting positions Jun 2015–Jul 2015 RIKEN, Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Emergent Bioinspired Soft Matter

Research Team, Wako, Japan Oct 2014–Nov 2014 Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

Feb 2013–Mar 2013 University of Havana, Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Instituto de Ciencia y

Tecnologia de Materiales (IMRE), Havana, Cuba Oct 2009–Nov 2009 National Research Center, Department of Paper and Cellulose, Cairo, Egypt

Oct 2008–Nov 2008 National Research Center, Department of Paper and Cellulose, Cairo, Egypt

Sep 2007–Oct 2007 National Research Center, Department of Paper and Cellulose, Cairo, Egypt Jul 2007–Aug 2007 Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Chemical Engineering, Escola Tecnica Superior

d’Enginyeria Quimica (ETSEQ), Tarragona, Spain

Oct 2006–Nov 2006 Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Laboratory of Chemistry, Chihuahua, Mexico Jul 2006–Sep 2006 Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tarragona, Spain

Jul 2005–Sept 2005 University of Buenos Aires, Department of Industrial Technology, PINMATE group (Program

of Research and Development for Alternative Sources of Raw Materials and Energy), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Apr 1994–May 1994 Umeå University, Department of Physics, Umeå, Sweden

Significant memberships, editorial boards, and consultancies Since 2011 Member of the GDR Bois (“Wood” French Research Network)

Since 2012 Associate expert in Excellence Laboratory (LABEX) ARBRE

Since 2012 Fellow of the Lorraine Academy of Sciences Since 2013 Member of the Board of the French Carbon Group

Regular referee for 50+ international journals

Regular expert for the European Commission, the French Evaluation Agency for Research, and other French and foreign funding agencies

Principal Wood Science Achievements (maximum 250 words) Dr. Celzard started working on biomass-derived materials in 2005, i.e., shortly before becoming professor at ENSTIB. He first started converting lignin into

high value-added carbon materials, whether activated carbons of controlled porosity or fibers, then moved to tannin-based materials, whether in organic or carbon forms. He has published over 260 papers, of which 230 in A-ranked international journals, and 16 book chapters. Out of these, 146 are directly related

to the valorization of wood/crops derivatives, mainly as porous materials for energy and environment applications: thermal insulation or thermal transfer, gas

storage, electrochemical storage, catalysis, pollution removal and detection, electromagnetic absorption and shielding, and biomedical applications. Examples of achievements are: (i) activated carbons from lignin for detection of VOCs, including in exhaled air for lung cancer diagnosis, or as filler in membranes for

extracting dissolved uranium; (ii) activated carbons derived from crop wastes for removing dies and antibiotics from water; (iii) lignocellulosic membranes for

water treatment (removal of As, F, Ca, Mg); (iv) ordered mesoporous carbons derived from tannins for supercapacitor electrodes; (v) tannin-based hydrogels and aerogels and their carbonaceous counterparts for various energy and catalytic applications; (vi) tannin-based cellular monoliths derived from either

emulsions or liquid foams, for thermal and acoustic insulation or for water treatment; (vii) tannin-furfuryl alcohol-based carbon foams and 3D carbon periodic

architectures as photonic crystals for GHz applications; (viii) tannin-based hollow carbon spheres as antireflective coating in the GHz frequency range; (ix) lignin as filler in anti-vibration composites and as base of non-flammable yarns.

Number of refereed publications: 258 patents: 7 + 1 sealed order books and chapters: 16 reports: 40+ Detailed information and papers for download at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alain_Celzard h-index : 38 (Scopus) and 41 (GoogleScholar) ; Citations ~ 4680 (Scopus) and ~ 5850 (GoogleScholar)


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Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published) 1. S. Li, A. Pasc, V. Fierro, A. Celzard. Hollow carbon spheres, synthesis and applications – a review. Journal of

Materials Chemistry A 4 (2016) 12686-12713

2. L.I. Grishechko, G. Amaral-Labat, V. Fierro, A. Szczurek, B.N. Kuznetsov, A. Celzard. Biosourced, highly porous,

carbon xerogel microspheres. RSC Advances 6 (2016) 65698–65708

3. M. Seredych, A. Szczurek, V. Fierro, A. Celzard, T. Bandosz. Electrochemical Reduction of Oxygen on Hydrophobic Ultramicroporous polyHIPEs Carbon. ACS Catalysis 6 (2016) 5618–5628

4. D. Bychanok, S. Li, A. Sanchez-Sanchez, G. Gorokhov, P. Kuzhir, F.Y. Ogrin, A. Pasc, T. Ballweg, K. Mandel, A.

Szczurek, V. Fierro, A. Celzard. Hollow carbon spheres in microwaves: a bioinspired absorbing coating. Applied Physics Letters 108 (2016) 013701-1 – 013701-5

5. F.L. Braghiroli, V. Fierro, A. Szczurek, N. Stein, J. Parmentier, A. Celzard. Hydrothermally treated aminated

tannin as precursor of N-doped carbon gels for supercapacitors. Carbon 90 (2015) 63-74 6. A. Dufour, A. Celzard, V. Fierro, F. Broust, C. Courson, A. Zoulalian, J.N. Rouzaud. Catalytic conversion of

methane over a biomass char for hydrogen production: deactivation and regeneration by steam gasification. Applied

Catalysis A 490 (2015) 170–180 7. S. Schlienger, A.L. Graff, A. Celzard, J. Parmentier. Direct synthesis of ordered mesoporous polymer and carbon

materials by a biosourced precursor. Green Chemistry 14 (2012) 313-316

8. A. Celzard, V. Fierro, R. Kerekes. Flocculation of cellulose fibres: new comparison of crowding factor with percolation and effective-medium theories. Cellulose 16 (2009) 983–987

9. P. Girods, A. Dufour, V. Fierro, Y. Rogaume, C. Rogaume, A. Zoulalian, A. Celzard. Activated carbons prepared

from wood particleboard wastes: characterisation and phenol adsorption capacities. Journal of Hazardous Materials 166 (2009) 491-501

10. A. Dufour, A. Celzard, B. Ouartassi, F. Broust, V. Fierro, A. Zoulalian. Effect of micropores diffusion on kinetics

of CH4 decomposition over a wood - derived carbon catalyst. Applied Catalysis A: General 360 (2009) 120-125

11. A. H. Basta, V. Fierro, H. Saied, A. Celzard. Two-steps KOH activation of rice straw: an efficient method for

preparing high-performance activated carbons. Bioresource Technology 100 (2009) 3941-3947 12. A. Celzard, O. Treusch, J.F. Marêché, G. Wegener. Electrical and elastic properties of new monolithic wood-based

carbon materials. Journal of Materials Science 40 (2005), 63-70


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Candidate, position, organization: JIN, Yongcan Professor, Wood Chemistry

Nanjing Forestry University, China


Curriculum Vitae. Dr. Jin was born in 1968 in Zhejiang, China. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Paper Science and Technology

from Nanjing Forestry University, China in 1989 and 1992, respectively, and his doctoral degree in Wood Chemistry from

Nanjing Forestry University in 1998. Dr. Jin studied as a special research student in Tokyo University of Agriculture and

Technology from 1997 to 1998. He served as a process engineer and project engineer in Wulin Paper Co., Ltd. and Sunds

Defiberator Beijing Office from 1989 to 1992 and 1998 to 1999, respectively. He joined, as an assistant professor, Laboratory of

Wood Chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University in 1999, and was appointed as head of the laboratory in 2002. He was promoted to

associate professor and professor in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He worked at North Carolina State University and the

University of Tokyo as a visiting professor respectively from 2007 to 2008 and 2010 to 2011.


consultancies. Nov. 1999: 2nd prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, State Administration of Forestry.

Dec. 2011: 1st prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Nov. 2005: Outstanding Youth Scientist Award of China Technical Association of Paper Industry (CTAPI).

Sep. 2011: Jiangsu Provincial High Talent Award.

Dec. 2013: Outstanding Researcher Award of Nanjing Forestry University.

Member of American Chemical Society (ACS), Chinese Society of Forestry (CSF) and China Technical Association of Paper

Industry (CTAPI); Board member of China Forest Chemistry and Industry Society.

Editorial board member of Journal of “Nanjing Forestry University (Natural Science Edition)”, “Chemistry and Industry of Forest

Products”, “Journal of Forestry Engineering” and “Paper & Biomaterials”.

Principal Wood Science Achievements (maximum 250 words) Dr. Jin has 24 years R&D and teaching experience in wood chemistry. He has published more than 90 referred papers in academic journals and

over 20 technical reports regarding wood technology and engineering, and co-authored the book “Chemistry of Plant Fiber Resources” that was

published by China Light Industry Press in 2012 in China. Dr. Jin is the leader of Wood and Pulping Chemistry Group at Nanjing Forestry

University. His successful research on new pulping technology on non-wood fiber materials, sand stabilization and vegetation restoration using

technical lignin was got awards for Sci. and Tech. of State Administration of Forestry and Ningxia Province, respectively. Dr. Jin’s current

research interests are pulp and paper engineering, lignocellulosic chemistry, biochemicals and biomaterials. He teaches “Wood Chemistry” and

“Introduction on Pulp and Paper” for undergraduates, as well as “Lignin Chemistry” and “Advanced Wood Chemistry” for graduates at Nanjing

Forestry University.

Number of refereed publications: 99 patents: 5 books and chapters: 3 reports: 22

Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published) 1 Jin Y., Jameel H., Chang H.-m., Phillips R. Green liquor pretreatment of mixed hardwood for ethanol production in a repurposed kraft

pulp mill, J. Wood Chem. Technol, 2010, 30(1): 86–104.

2 Jin Y., Yang L., Jameel H., Chang H.-m., Phillips R. Sodium sulfite-formaldehyde pretreatment of mixed hardwoods and its effect on

enzymatic hydrolysis. Bioresour. Technol. 2013, 135: 109–115.

3 Jin Y., Huang T., Geng W., Yang L. Comparison of sodium carbonate pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw stem and

leaf to produce fermentable sugars. Bioresour. Technol. 2013, 137: 294–301.

4 Jin Y., Chang H.-m., Hasan J., Phillips R. Effect of refining on enzymatic hydrolysis of green liquor pretreated mixed hardwoods.

Journal of Nanjing Forestry University (Natural Science Edition) 2013, 37(6): 116–120.

5 Geng W., Huang T., Song J., Jin Y. Comparison of sodium carbonate-oxygen and sodium hydroxide-oxygen pretreatments on the

chemical composition and enzymatic saccharification of wheat straw. Bioresour. Technol. 2014, 161: 63–68.

6 Wang W., Zhu Y., Du J., Yang Y., Jin Y. Influence of lignin addition on the enzymatic digestibility of pretreated lignocellulosic

biomasses. Bioresour. Technol. 2015, 181: 7–12.

7 Gu F., Wu W., Wang Z., Yokoyama T., Jin Y., Matsumoto Y. Effect of complete dissolution in LiCl/DMSO on the isolation and

characteristics of lignin from wheat straw internode. Ind. Crops Prod. 2015, 74: 703–711.

8 Jin E., Guo J., Yang F., Zhu Y., Song J., Jin Y., Rojas O.J. On the polymorphic and morphological changes of cellulose nanocrystals

(CNC-I) upon mercerization and conversion to CNC-II. Carbohydr. Polym. 2016, 143: 327–335.

9 Zhu Y., Yang L., Wu W., Wang Z., Jin Y. Complete dissolution of ball-milled masson pine using an aqueous sodium hydroxide

solvent. Bioresources 2016, 11(3): 6017–6025.

10 Wang W., Mozuch M.D., Sabo R.C., Kersten P., Zhu J.Y., Jin Y. Endoglucanase post-milling treatment for producing cellulose

nanofibers from bleached eucalyptus fibers by a supermasscolloider. Cellulose 2016, 23(3): 1859–1870.

11 Jiang B., Cao T., Gu F., Wu W., Jin Y. Comparison of the structural characteristics of cellulolytic enzyme lignin preparations isolated

from wheat straw stem and leaf. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01710.

12 Tan X., Jiang B., Min D., Yang Y., Jin Y. Structural characteristics of milled wood lignin (MWL) isolated from green liquor (GL)

pretreated poplar (Populus deltoides). Holzforschung 2016, DOI: 10.1515/hf-2016-0093.


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Candidate, position, organization: LENS, Frederic

Research Scientist, Functional Wood Anatomy,

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300RA Leiden, NL


Curriculum Vitae.

Dr Lens was born in 1977 in Ghent, Belgium. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in comparative wood anatomy

from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium) in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and his doctoral degree in comparative

wood anatomy from KU Leuven in 2005. Dr. Lens worked as a post-doctoral fellow in KU Leuven (2005-2010), Leiden

University (2006, NL) and University of Utah (2009, USA). He joined, as a tenure-tracker, the University of Leiden in 2010,

received a visiting professorship at the University of Bordeaux (2014, France), and moved to Naturalis Biodiversity Center where

he obtained a permanent position in 2014 as assistant professor in functional plant anatomy.

Major awards and honors, leading positions, visiting positions, significant memberships, editorial boards.

-New Phytologist Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science for the paper Lens et al. (2011) Testing hypotheses that link

wood anatomy to cavitation resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer (New Phytologist 190: 709-723);

-Executive Secretary International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) from 2011-2016;

-Member of Expert Group Meeting on timber analysis, organised by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;

-Associate Editor IAWA Journal (2009-present), Journal of Plant Hydraulics (2014-present);

-Member of I.W. Bailey award committee awarding best paper published by junior scientists in IAWA Journal;

-Scientific curator wood collection at Naturalis Biodiversity Center (125.000 specimens).


Dr. Lens has more than 15 years R&D and teaching experience in plant anatomy. He has published more than 55 referred SCI

papers regarding comparative wood anatomy, xylem physiology and wood genetics. Dr. Lens is one of the leading scientists in

the field of functional wood anatomy and leads the international network on secondary woodiness, including over 30 members

covering experts from diverse fields such as plant hydraulics and wood genetics. The major objective of this network is to assess

why herbaceous angiosperm groups develop into woody shrubs or trees and to unravel the molecular mechanism that turns on the

wood development pathway. The candidate has developed a new drought resistance hypothesis linking increased wood formation

with increased drought stress, and he co-authored the paper describing the woodiest Arabidopsis mutant published so far. He

teaches Functional Plant Anatomy for undergraduates at Leiden University, has supervised 2 postdocs, 6 PhD, and 14 BSc/MSc

students, and has (co-)organized eight international symposia/meetings.

Number of refereed SCI publications: 56, mean SCI factor 5.37.

Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published) 1. Lens F, Picon-Cochard C, Delmas C, Signarbieux C, Buttler A, Jansen S, Chauvin T, Chacon Doria L, del Arco M, Cochard H,

Delzon S. 2016. Herbaceous angiosperms are not more vulnerable to drought-induced embolism than angiosperm trees. Plant

Physiology 172: 661-667.

2. Davin N, Hefer CA, Edger PP, Mizrachi E, Schuetz M, Smets E, Myburg AA, Douglas CJ, Schranz ME, Lens F. 2016. Functional

network analysis of genes differentially expressed during xylogenesis in soc1ful woody Arabidopsis plants. The Plant Journal 86:

376-390.

3. Angyalossy V, Pace MR, Evert RF, Marcati CR, Oskolski AA, Terrazas T, Kotina E, Lens F, Mazzoni-Viveiros SC, Angeles G,

Machado SR, Crivellaro A, Rao KS, Junikka L, Nikolaeva N, & Baas P. 2016. IAWA List of Microscopic Bark Features.

International Association of Wood Anatomists Journal 37: 517-615.

4. Kidner C, Groover A, Thomas D, Emelianova K, Soliz-Gamboa C, Lens F. 2016. First steps in studying the origins of secondary

woodiness in Begonia (Begoniaceae): combining anatomy, phylogenetics, and stem transcriptomics. Biological Journal of the Linnean

Society 117: 121-138.

5. Merckx VSFT, and 53 co-authors (incl. Lens, F; for a list of all co-authors see personal webpage). 2015. Evolution of endemism on a

young tropical mountain. Nature 524: 347-350.

6. Lens F, Tixier A, Cochard H, Sperry JS, Jansen S, Herbette S. 2013. Embolism resistance as a key mechanism to understand plant

adaptive strategies. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 16: 287-292.

7. Lens F, Davin N, Smets E, Del Arco M. 2013. Insular woodiness on the Canary Islands: remarkable case of convergent evolution.

International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 992-1013.

8. Choat B, and 23 co-authors (incl. Lens, F; for a list of all co-authors see personal webpage). 2012. Global convergence in the

vulnerability of forests to drought. Nature 491: 752-756.

9. Lens F, Smets E, Melzer S. 2012. Stem anatomy supports Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for insular woodiness. New Phytologist

193: 12-17.

10. Kattge J, and 127 co-authors (incl. Lens, F; for a list of all co-authors see personal webpage). 2011. TRY - a global database of plant

traits. Global Change Biology 17: 2905-2935.

11. Lens F, Sperry JS, Christman MA, Choat B, Rabaey D, Jansen S. 2011. Testing hypotheses that link wood anatomy to cavitation

resistance and hydraulic conductivity in the genus Acer. New Phytologist 190: 709-723.

12. Melzer S, Lens F, Gennen J, Vanneste S, Rhode A, Beeckman T. 2008. Flowering-time genes modulate meristem determinacy and

growth form in Arabidopsis. Nature Genetics 40: 1489-1492.


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Candidate, position, organization: MATTSSON, Jim

Dr., Associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada


Curriculum Vitae. Dr. Jim Mattsson was born 1965 in Falun, Sweden. He was trained from early on in wood working and obtained a professional degree in cabinet

making in 1983. After some time in industry, he began University studies in 1986, and received his bachelor’s degree in biology in 1990, and his

doctoral degree in plant physiology in 1995, both from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Dr. Mattsson thereafter worked as a post-doctoral

fellow at the Institute of Genetics, University of Munich, University of California at Berkeley, and University of Toronto, before obtaining a

faculty position at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, in 2001.

Major awards Postdoctoral training awards from the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (1995), European Molecular Biology Organization (1995-1997),

and the Swedish Natural Sciences Research Council (NFR, 1997-1998). Canadian Foundation for Innovation award in 2003.

Principal Wood Science Achievements (maximum 250 words) Dr. Mattsson has made a series of seminal contributions to the understanding of the hormonal and genetic regulation of vascular development,

the basis of wood development. Mattsson has demonstrated that the distribution and extent of xylem and phloem in all organs depend on the

amount and transport of the plant hormone auxin (1). This publication has been cited extensively in top journals, reviews and textbooks. Follow-

up studies visualized auxin distribution (3) and that auxin transport is required for wood formation (4). His group has identified key genes in this

signaling process (5,6) and hundreds of genes with potential roles in vascular and wood differentiation (7).

Dr. Mattsson’s current research interests include the elucidation of the genetic basis of heartwood rot resistance in Thuja plicata. He has

used genomics technologies to identify ~ 600 genes associated with resin production in foliage and heartwood (11,12). Sequencing of complete

mRNA populations in radial fractions of mature trees have yielded additional sets of candidate genes for resin production, including genes

associated with production of antimicrobial lignans and tropolones in heartwood. Identified genes are now used for development of marker-

assisted selection for heartwood rot resistance in this species. Rare and decorative figured wood is highly valued, and not at all understood at

genetic and cellular levels. Dr. Mattsson and his student has developed a procedure for micro-propagation of maple trees with figured wood, and

is in the process of identifying markers for early prediction of this trait.

Total number of citations: 2209 (Google Scholar Dec. 6, 2016)

Twelve most important publications 1. Mattsson J, Sung ZR, Berleth T (1999) Responses of plant vascular systems to auxin transport inhibition. Development 126: 2979-91,

397 citations, 1999 Journal impact factor, 10.1

2. Berleth T, Mattsson, J (2000) Vascular development: tracing signals along veins. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 3: 406-411 2000

impact factor, 7.4

3. Mattsson J, Ckurshumova W, Berleth T (2003) Auxin signaling in Arabidopsis leaf vascular development. Plant Physiology 131:

1327-39. 342 citations, 2003 impact factor, 5.6

4. Schuetz M, Haghighi-Kia A, Wenzel CL, Mattsson J (2007) Induction of xylem and fiber differentiation in Populus tremuloides.

Canadian Journal of Botany 285: 1147-1157

5. Wenzel CL, Schuetz M, Yu Q, Mattsson, J (2007) Dynamics of MONOPTEROS and PIN-FORMED1 expression during leaf vein

pattern formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal 49: 387-98. 153 citations, 2007 impact factor, 6.6

6. Schuetz M, Berleth T, Mattsson J (2008) Multiple MONOPTEROS-Dependent Pathways Are Involved in Leaf Initiation. Plant

Physiology 148: 870-80. 2008 impact factor, 6.1

7. Wenzel CL, Hester Q, Mattsson J (2008) Identification of genes expressed in vascular tissues using NPA-induced vascular overgrowth

in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology 49: 457-68. 2008 impact factor, 3.5

8. Dolgosheina EV, Morin RD, Aksay G, Sahinalp SC, Magrini V, Mardis ER, Mattsson J, Unrau PJ (2008) Conifers have a unique

small RNA silencing signature. RNA-Publ. RNA Soc. 14: 1508-1515 2008 impact factor, 5.0

9. Wenzel CL, Marrison J, Mattsson J, Haseloff J, Bougourd SM (2012) Divisions in vascular and ground tissues of Arabidopsis

thaliana result in distinct leaf venation defects. Journal of Experimental Botany 63: 5351-5364. 2012 impact factor: 5.2

10. Baylis T, Cierlik I, Sundberg E, Mattsson J (2013) The roles of SHORT INTERNODES/STYLISH genes during leaf vein development

in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 197: 737-750, 2013 impact factor, 6.5

11. Foster A, Hall D, Abercromby S, Mortimer L, Gries R, Gries G, Bohlmann J, Russell J, Mattsson J (2013) Identification of genes in

Thuja plicata foliar terpenoid defenses. Plant Physiology 161: 1993-2004. 2014 impact factor, 7.4

12. Gesell A, Blaukopf M, Madilao L, Yuen M, Withers SG, Mattsson J, Russell JH, Bohlmann J (2015) The gymnosperm cytochrome

P450 CYP750B1 catalyzes stereospecific monoterpene hydroxylation of (+)-Sabinene in Thujone biosynthesis in Western Redcedar.

Plant Physiology 168: 94-106. 2015 impact factor 6.3


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Candidate, position, organization: SANO, Yuzou

Professor, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan


Curriculum Vitae.

Dr Yuzou Sano was born in 1964 in Kumagaya city, Japan. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agriculture from

Hokkaido University (Japan) in 1988 and 1990, respectively, and his doctoral degree in agriculture from Hokkaido University in

1995. Dr. Sano was appointed Instructor in the Department of Forest Products at Hokkaido University in 1990. He was

subsequently appointed Assistant Professor, then Lecturer, and Professor of Research Faculty of Agriculture in 2013.


consultancies.

The Japan Wood Research Society Prize, March 2014

Council Member of International Association of Wood Anatomists, 2007 - 2011

Editorial Board of Journal of Wood Science, 2011 - 2012

Editorial Board of Trees -structure and function, 2012 - present


Dr. Yuzou Sano has more than 25 years research and teaching experience in wood science and interlinked fields such as tree

biology. He has published more than 60 refereed papers and over 20 technical reports regarding wood science and interlinked

fields. Dr. Sano carried out investigations concerning mechanisms of frost cracks in living trees growing in cold regions early in

his academic career, and obtained his doctoral degree in 1995 with this topic. Afterwards, he has studied wood anatomy,

specifically structure and function of pits in wood cell walls using various microscopic techniques. Dr. Sano is particularly skilled

in scanning electron microscopy, and has presented significant findings of pit structures with stunning micrographs. The self-

explanatory micrographs are used in many textbooks for wood science and interlinked fields now. Dr. Sano also developed

methods for microscopically visualizing water distribution and conducting pathways in wood tissues, and indicated important

findings of cell wall minute structures and water movement in living trees. His current research interests are functional

micromorphology of wood cell walls, identification of wooden remains in the prehistoric Far East, and bark anatomy. Dr. Sano

teaches wood anatomy and wood physics for undergraduates, and advanced studies in wood science and forest resources for

graduates at Hokkaido University. He has joined the activity/management of the International Association of Wood Anatomists

and the Japan Wood Research Society, and contributed to organizing conferences and workshop on wood science and interlinked

fields.

Number of refereed publications: 61 patents: 0 books and chapters: 15 reports: 22


1. Sano Y., Fujikawa S., Fukazawa K.: Detection and features of wetwood in Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata. Trees

9, 261-268 (1995).

2. Sano Y., Fukazawa K.: Timing of the occurrence of frost cracks in winter. Trees 11, 47-53 (1996).

3. Utsumi Y., Sano Y., Ohtani J., Fujikawa S.: Seasonal changes in the distribution of water in the outer growth rings of

Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica: a study by cryo-scanning electron microscopy. IAWA Journal 17, 113-124 (1996).

4. Sano Y., Kawakami Y., Ohtani J.: Variation in the structure of intertracheary pit membranes in Abies sachalinensis, as

observed by field-emission scanning electron microscopy. IAWA Journal 20, 375-388 (1999).

5. Utsumi Y., Sano Y., Fujikawa S., Funada R., Ohtani J.: Visualization of cavitated vessels in winter and refilled vessels in

spring in diffuse porous trees by cryo-scanning electron microscopy. Plant Physiology 117, 1463-1471 (1998).

6. Sano Y.: Intervascular pitting across the annual ring boundary in Betula platyphylla var. japonica and Fraxinus

mandshurica var. japonica. International Association of Wood Anatomists Journal 25, 129-140 (2004).

7. Sano Y., Okamura Y., Utsumi Y.: Visualizing water-conduction pathways of living trees: selection of dyes and tissue

preparation methods. Tree Physiology 25, 269-275 (2005).

8. Sano Y.: Inter- and intraspecific structural variations among intervascular pit membranes, as revealed by field-emission

scanning electron microscopy. American Journal of Botany 92, 1077-1084 (2005).

9. Sano Y., Jansen S.: Perforated pit membranes in imperforate tracheary elements of some angiosperms. Annals of Botany

97, 1045-1053 (2006).

10. Sano Y., Ohta T., Jansen S.: The distribution and structure of pits between vessels and non-perforate tracheary elements

in angiosperm woods. IAWA Journal 29, 1-15 (2008).

11. Sano Y., Morris H., Shimada H., Ronse De Craene P.P., Jansen S.: Anatomical features associated with water transport

in imperforate tracheary elements of vessel-bearing angiosperms. Annals of Botany 107, 953-964 (2011).

12. Sano Y.: Bordered pit structure and cavitation resistance in woody plants. In "Secondary Xylem Biology: Origin,

Functions, and Applications", Ed by Kim Y.S., Funada R. Singh A.P., Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp.113-130 (2016).


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Candidate, position, organization: SHI, Junyou, Professor, Beihua University (BHU), China


Curriculum Vitae.

Education 1983–1987 BSc (Polymer science and engineering), Changchun university of engineering, China

1989–1991 MSc (Physical and chemical), Beijing normal university, China

2000–2002 MSc. (Wood Science and Technology), Northeast forestry university, China

2004-2007 Ph.D (Biological material engineering ), Northeast forestry university, China

Experience 1987–1995: Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, Jilin forestry college, China

1995–2002:, Associate Professor, Beihua university, China

2002–present: Professor, Beihua university, China

2007–2009: Chemical engineering poster-doctor mobile station, Tsinghua University, China

2010–present: Diretor, Wooden material science and technology Jilin province key laboratory , China


consultancies.

Major awards and honors: Second prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress, in 2012

First prize of Jilin Province Science and Technology Award, in 2011and 2015

Second prize of Jilin Province Science and Technology Award, in 2006, 2007and 2008

The second batch of national people plan leading talent, in 2016

the New Centuary National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent Project, in 2009

the Special Contribution Award of Jilin City, in 2016

the State Council Special Allowance, in 2012

Jilin Province Changbai Mountain Scholars Distinguished Professor, in 2013

Jilin Province the Third and Fourth Batch of Senior Experts, in 2012 and 2015

Significant memberships: Member, Japan Wood Science Society

Member, American Chemical Society

Executive member, Chinese Society of Biomass Material Science

Executive member, Chinese Society of Wood Science

Executive member, Chinese Society of Forest Chemistry Science

Editorial boards: China Forest Products Industry

China Fine Chemicals

China Adhesives

Principal Wood Science Achievements Dr. Shi’s research has primarily focused on adhesives and biomass conversion. He was the lead professor for the development of the university’s forest chemistry science program, and developed novel methods for the preparation of adhesives and their application. Dr. Shi also investigated the chemical mechanism of

biomass conversion and developed a series of polyoxometallate catalysts for wood fiber. His keen interest in adhesives led him to conduct research on

environmentally-friendly adhesives from soybean, starch and other kinds of biomass. Dr. Shi is currently working on non-formaldehyde adhesives and investigating biomass conversion and utilization with polyoxometallates. Dr. Shi has been in charge of 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China (General

Program), 6 Ministry of Science and Technology programs of china, 14 science research programs of Jilin Province and received 10 awards.

Number of refereed publications:129 patents: 10 reports: 32 Twelve most important publications or patents (authors listed as published)

1. Sun Z, Xue LF, Wang ST, Wang XH, Shi JY. 2016. Single step conversion of cellulose to levulinic acid using temperature-responsive dodeca-aluminotungstic acid catalysts. Green Chemistry 18: 742-752.

2. Tao ML, Yi XH, Delidovich I, Palkovits R, Shi JY, Wang XH. 2015. Hetropolyacid-Catalyzed Oxidation of Glycerol into Lactic Acid under Mild Base‐Free Conditions. ChemSusChem 8: 4195-4201.

3. Tao ML, Xue LF, Sun Z, Wang ST,Wang XH, Shi JY. 2015. Tailoring the Synergistic Bronsted-Lewis acidic effects in heteropolyacid catalysts: Applied in Esterification and Transesterification Reactions. Scientific Reports 5:1-10.

4. Zhang M, Zang DL, Shi JY, Gao ZX, Wang CY, Li J. 2015. Superhydrophobic cotton textile with robustcomposite film and flame retardancy. RSC Advances 5: 67780.

5. Wang H, Poya Y, Chen XL, Jia T, Wang XH, Shi JY. 2015. Hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant in starch oxidation using molybdovanadophosphate for producing a high carboxylic content, RSCAdvances 5: 45725-45730.

6. Gao ZH, Zhang YH, Fang B, Zhang LP, Shi JY. 2015. The effects of thermal-acid treatment and crosslinking on the waterresistance of soybean protei. Industrial Crops and Products 74: 122-131.

7. Wang SL, Shi JY, Liu CY. 2011. Fabrication of a superhydrophobic surface on a wood substrate. Applied Surface Science 257:9362-9365. 8. Wei SY, Shi JY, Gu JY. 2012. Dynamic wettability of wood surface modified by acidic dyestuff and fixing agent. Applied Surface Science 258:1995-1999. 9. Zhang YH, Gu JY, Tan HY, Shi JY. 2013. Preparation and characterization of film of poly vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer emulsion. Applied Surface Science

276:223-228. 10. Xu WB, Shi JY, Wang SM. 2014. Damage mode and failure mechanism of starch-based aqueous polymer isocyanate plywood bonded strcture.

Bioresources 9:4722-4728. 11. Li XQ , Li XY, Wei Q, Shi JY,Zhang JP, Xu YH, Pang JY. 2015. Preparation of magnetic biomass-based solid acid catalyst and effective catalytic conversion

of cellulose into high yields of reducing sugar. Bioresources 10: 6720-6729. 12. Zhang YH, Gu JY, Tan HY, Jiang XK, Shi JY, Zou YF, Weng XL. 2013. Fabrication, performances, and reaction mechanism of urea–formaldehyde resin

adhesive with isocyanate. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 27:2191-2203.


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Candidate, position, organization: PRANOVICH, Andrey

Dr., Senior researcher, Laboratory of Wood and Paper Chemistry

Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland


Curriculum Vitae. Dr. Pranovich was born in 1957 in Leningrad, USSR. He received his master’s degree in wood chemistry and technology from Leningrad

Forest Technical Academy (USSR) in 1979 and his doctoral degree in wood chemistry from Leningrad Forest Technical Academy (USSR) in 1988. Since 1979 till 1993 he worked as a researcher at St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University (Russia). Dr. Pranovich joined Åbo Akademi University as a research scientist in 1993.

Major awards and honors, leading positions, visiting positions, significant memberships, editorial boards, and consultancies. In 2013 Dr. Pranovich was chosen the Researcher of the month by Finnish Bioeconomy Cluster (FIBIC). He got two poster awards at the 9

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EWLP, Vienna (2006). Dr. Pranovich was an Executive secretary of UNESCO-funded International Expert Council on the Chemistry of Vegetal Resources” (1995-1998). At present he is a member of Mendeleyev Russian Chemical Society and Åbo Akademi Process Chemistry Group within the Centre of Excellence. Dr. Pranovich has been a co-chairman and a co-organizer of three “Renewable Plant Resources and Organic Chemistry” international conferences in 2011, 2013 and 2017 (coming) and Russian-Finnish Seminar on ”Renewable resources chemistry” in 2012 in St. Petersburg (Russia). Since 2016 he has been a member of scientific committee of Workshop on Insights and Strategies Towards a Bio-Based Economy, Montevideo, Uruguay. He was an invited lecturer at the V International Conference "Physical chemistry of plant polymers", Arkhangelsk, Russia (2013) , 1st Royal Society of Chemistry RSC , Turku, Finland (2013), scientific seminar at The University of Tokyo, Lab of Wood Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan (2012), Russian Chemical Society, St. Petersburg, Russia (2011). He is a member of two scientific journals’ editorial boards: Chemistry of Plant Raw Materials (ISSN 1029-5151) and Jacobs Journal of Materials Science.

Principal Wood Science Achievements

Dr. Pranovich has more than 35 years R&D and teaching experience in wood chemistry and technology. He has published more than 80 referred papers; 100 non-refereed conference proceedings. Dr. Pranovich supervised and co-supervised 11 PhD Theses, over 25 visiting researchers and Ph.D. students from 17 countries and acted as an official opponent, as a custos and two times as a pre-examiner for PhD dissertations. Dr. Pranovich evaluated two international projects and reviewed articles for15 journals. Dr. Pranovich current research interests are in wood chemistry, fibre chemistry, Bio-refinery, analysis of plant material and chromatography. Since 1998 he has lectured on "Modern Analytical Tools for Pulp and Paper" (International Doctoral Programme) and "Non-cellulosic Plant Polysaccharides”at Åbo Akademi, Finland. In 2012 he taught at Finnish-Swedish Summer School on Biorefinery and Biocomposite Analysis and since 1997 he has taught “Chromatography” for undergraduate students at St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Russia.

Number of refereed publications: 81 conference proceedings: 100 patents: 5 books and chapters: 2


1 A. Pranovich, B. Holmbom, S. Willför. Two-stage hot-water extraction of galactoglucomannans from spruce wood. Journal Wood Chem Technol., 36(2) 140-156, 2016.

2 I.V. Sumerskiy, A.V. Pranovich, B. Holmbom, S. Willför. Lignin and other aromatic substances released from spruce wood during pressurized hot-water extraction. Part 1: Extraction, fractionation and physico-chemical characterization. Journal Wood Chem. Technol., 35(6), 387–397 (2015).

3 I.V. Sumerskiy, A.V. Pranovich, B. Holmbom, S. Willför. Lignin and other aromatic substances released from spruce wood during pressurized hot-water extraction. Part 2: Structural characterization. Journal Wood Chem. Technol., 35(6), 398–411 (2015).

4 J. Krogell, B. Holmbom, A. Pranovich, J. Hemming and S. Willför. Extraction and chemical characterization of Norway spruce inner and outer bark, Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal 1, 6-17 (2012).

5 E.N. Tokareva, A.V. Pranovich, P. Ek and B. Holmbom. Labelling of anionic groups in wood tissues for ToF-SIMS and LA-ICP-MS analysis, Holzforschung 64:1 (2010) 35-43.

6 S. Willför, A. Pranovich, T. Tamminen, J. Puls, C. Laine, A. Suurnäkki, B. Saake, K. Uotila, H. Simolin, J. Hemming, B. Holmbom. Carbohydrate analysis of plant materials with uronic acid-containing polysaccharides – A comparison between different hydrolysis and subsequent chromatographic analytical techniques, Industrial Crops and Products 29:2-3 (2009) 571-580.

7 T. Song, A. Pranovich, I. Sumerskiy and B. Holmbom. Extraction of galactoglucomannan from spruce wood with pressurized hot water, Holzforschung 62:6 (2008) 659-666.

8 E. Tokareva, A. Pranovich, P. Fardim, G. Daniel and B. Holmbom. Analysis of wood tissues by ToF-SIMS. Holzforschung, 61(6) (2007) 647-655.

9 J. Konn, A. Pranovich, P.Fardim and B. Holmbom. Characterisation and effects of new anionic groups formed during thermomechanical pulping of spruce, Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 296:(1-3) (2007) 1-7.

10 A. Wajs, A. Pranovich, M. Reunanen, S. Willför and B. Holmbom. Characterisation of volatile organic compounds in stemwood using solid-phase microextraction, Phytochemical Analysis 17:2 (2006) 91-101.

11 A.V. Pranovich, M. Reunanen, R. Sjöholm and Bjarne Holmbom. Dissolved lignin and other aromatic substances in thermomechanical pulp waters, Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology 25:3 (2005) 109-132.

12 A.V. Pranovich, K.E. Sundberg and B.R. Holmbom. Chemical changes in thermomechanical pulp at alkaline conditions, Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology 23:1 (2003) 87-110.

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