| Academic degree: | Prof. Dr.Dr.Dr.h.c. |  | | Last name: | Wegener | | First name: | Gerd | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | Wood Research Munich | | Department: | Technical University Munich | | Position: | | | Street, Number, POB: | Winzererstraße 45 | | Postal code, City: | 80797 München | | State: | | | Country: | GERMANY | | Phone: | + 49 / 89/2180-6421 | | Fax: | + 49 / 89/2180-6424 | | E-mail address: | wegener@holz.forst.tu-muenchen.de | | Url: | | | Curriculum vitae: | Professor Dr. Gerd Wegener, born 1945, was appointed Director of the Wood Research Munich, Technical University and to the Chair for Wood Science and Wood Technology at the Faculty of Forestry in 1993.
Preliminary studies in civil engineering at Munich Technical University were followed by studies in Wood Technology at Hamburg University and practical work in civil engineering and forestry. He received his Doctoral Degree in Forestry in 1975 and the qualification as full professor in 1986 at the University of Munich. His research work has been published in over 300 publications. His work encompasses a wide range of subjects in forestry and wood science from wood chemistry to the properties, utilization and uses of wood and wood-based materials. Moreover, he deals with problems concerning roundwood supply, the use of wood in pulp and paper manufacture and as a chemical raw material and energy resource.
In recent years his special interest has focused on environmental issues such as the reduction in greenhouse gases through wood utilization and life cycle assessment of wood products and wood uses.
He is Chief Editor of the journals ´Wood Science and Technology´ and ´Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff´. | | Areas of interest: | | | Articles: | 11 LCA (3) 172-182 (2006), Life Cycle Assessment of Wood Floor Coverings - A Representative Study for the German Flooring Industry (11 pp)
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