Forestry
Master of Applied Science
Department of Wood Science
The department offers graduate degrees in many fields related to wood science & technology, biotechnology and the forest products industry, processing and business.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Avramidis, Stavros | Other natural sciences, n.e.c.; Wood-water relations and sorption thermodynamics.; Fluid flow, heat transfer, and molecular diffusion; Modeling steady-state and dynamic non-isothermal diffusion in wood.; Application of fractals and machine learning to modeling wood physical properties.; Molecular modeling of the wood nano-pore network in the cell wall.; Industrial wood kiln drying optimization and development of new drying strategies.; Radio frequency vacuum (RFV) heating and drying of wood and wood products.; Dielectric wood phytosanitation.; Wood thermal modification. |
| Cool, Julie | modelling, wood products, wood science, wood |
| Cranston, Emily | Nanoparticle synthesis, properties and applications; Bio-based materials and nanocellulose; Atomic force microscopy (forces, adhesion, friction, imaging); Colloid and interface science; Polymer chemistry; Cellulose nanocrystals; Bioproducts; Foams, emulsions, aerogels |
| Dai, Chunping | Forestry sciences; Bamboo; Bio-products; Wood Products; Wood Science; Wood Technology |
| Evans, Philip David | Wood anatomy, wood durability, wood products, wood technology |
| Feng, Haibo | Forestry sciences; BIM; Construction; LCA; sustainability; Wood Products; Zero energy / caron building |
| Gaston, Christopher | Forestry sciences; markets and economics for Canadian wood products |
| Jiang, Feng | bio-based nanomaterials, carbohydrate chemistry, chemistry, sustainability, wood science |
| Joshi, Jaya | Biofoundries; biomass; Carbon; Engineering; Enzyme Design; sustainability; Synthetic biology |
| Kozak, Robert Antal | Forest-dependent communities in transition, international development & poverty alleviation, value-added strategies, forest certification & corporate social responsibility, forest sector sustainability & competitiveness, marketing, management & consumer behaviour |
| Lam, Frank | timber engineering; structural use of wood products, Engineered wood systems |
| Li, Minghao | Earthquake engineering; Structural engineering; Building construction engineering; Concrete, cementitious materials and other architectural and construction materials |
| Loss, Cristiano | Forestry sciences; Wood; Engineered Wood Solutions; Engineering Wood Design; Hybrid Wood-Based Systems; Industrialised Wood Systems; Seismic Design and Analysis of Timber Structures; Timber Engineering; Wood Building Systems; Wood as Structural Material |
| Mansfield, Shawn | plant metabolism, cellulose biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, wood formation, wood quality, cell wall biochemistry, tree biotechnology, transgenics, Tree biotechnology |
| Renneckar, Scott | Advanced renewable materials, biopolymer structure characterization, Clean fractionation of biomass, Electrospinning Fibers, Nanocellulose, Self-assembly of biopolymers |
| Rojas, Orlando | Nanopolysaccharides (based on cellulose, chitin, starches and others); Bacterial nanocelluloses; Cellulose derivatives; Lignins, colloidal lignins, nanolignins and their uses; Renewable biopolymers (hemicelluloses, proteins, chitin and chitosan, alginates and others); Multiphase systems (emulsions, foams, dispersed systems), gels, aerogels; Films, filaments and hybrid materials; Nanocomposites; Bioactive systems; Fiber processing; Pulp and paper |
| Smith, Gregory | Engineering, wood products |
| Sowlati, Taraneh | Wood Science, Industrial Engineering in Wood Science |
| Tu, Qingshi | Forestry biomass and bioproducts; Earth and related environmental sciences; Systems engineering; Environmental engineering; Biomass (Energy); Sustainable Development; Modelization and Simulation; Biofuels and bioproducts; climate change; Computational modeling; Forest biorefineries; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment; Sustainable bioeconomy; Machine Learning |
| van der Ven, Hamish | Sustainable supply chain governance, Impacts of online activism on business behaviour |
| Wiesner, Felix | Fire Safety; Timber Construction; Timber Engineering; Wood Products |
