Wood Science

Dr. Yeling Zhu

Postdoctoral Fellow

sustainable material, wood fiber, biomass valorization, biomaterials, insulation material, environmentally friendly technology

Simon Ellis

Simon Ellis

Associate Professor and Program Director

Wood processing and manufacturing

Jack (John) Saddler, PhD

Professor of Bioenergy/Biofuels

Bioconversion, biofuels, Bioenergy, Biojet fuels, drop in biofuels, biorefinery, renewable energy, pulp and paper, bioeconomy, climate change, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

 

Cristiano Loss

Cristiano Loss

Assistant Professor in Timber Engineering

Associate Chair of UBC Wood Building Design and Construction

Timber Engineering, Timber Design, Mass Timber Assemblies, Engineered Wood Products, Sustainability, Reliability-Based Design, Seismic Design, Dynamic of Structures, Design by Testing, Design for Deconstruction,

Dr. Qingshi Tu

Dr. Qingshi Tu

Assistant Professor

Life cycle assessment, material flow analysis, industrial ecology, machine learning, biofuel, bioenergy, bioproducts, biorefinery, forest products,

Dr. Feng Jiang, PhD

Dr. Feng Jiang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Sustainable Functional Biomaterials

Cellulose, nanocellulose, biopolymer, biodegradable film, foam, hydrogel, 3D printing, additive manufacturing, composite, Converting naturally abundant biomass into functional biomaterials, including plastic replacements,

Dr. Felix Wiesner, MEng, PhD

Dr. Felix Wiesner, MEng, PhD

Assistant Professor

fire safety, timber engineering, fire resistance, fire protection, fire science, flammability, tall timber buildings, structural fire safety,