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Holger Militz

University of Göttingen, University Göttingen

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7083-9491
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Head of the Section “Wood Biology and Wood Products”, Georg-August University Göttingen, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology

Prof. Militz is a distinguished Professor in wood biology, protection and technology and head of one of the leading wood science groups in Germany. Since 1990 he has been steering several working groups and bodies at international level in his area (e.g. IRG and ECWM) and has been participating or coordinating many EU research projects (approx. 30). He was the Chairman of the German wood preservation committee (FA Holzschutz) for 12 years (until 2021). He had been opponent of many national (approx. 70) and international (approx. 20) PhD´s in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Belgium, Estonia and The Netherlands. He started, built up and was director of SHR (wood research institute) in the Netherlands from 1990 until 2000. He has published more than 700 articles and has more than 5000 citations.

University Study
Wood Science and Technology 1980 – 1987, University Hamburg, Germany
Promotion (PhD)
1987 – 1990 at the Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands, on „ Improvement of permeability of spruce with enzymes and chemicals“
Professional Career
• 1987 – 1991 Leader of Department of Wood Technology at TNO Timber Research Institute, Delft, The Netherlands (areas wood technology, wood protection, wood drying)
• 1991 – 2000 Scientific director and founder of the SHR Timber Research Institute with 35 co-workers in the areas wood technology, wood preservation, wood modification, wood chemistry, adhesives, coatings, building products
• 1995 – 2002 Professor in Wood Science at the Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands. Areas wood biotechnology, wood quality and wood durability, Teaching in the Forestry curriculum in areas wood quality and wood technology
• Since July 2000: Professor in Wood Biology and Wood Products at the Georg-August University Göttingen, Forestry Faculty. Main research areas: wood deterioration by fungi, wood protection, wood modification, wood quality, wood technology, wood composites.
• 2011-2017: Professor in Wood Science at the University of Life Sciences NMBU, Aas, Norway (20% professorship)
• 2017 - 2019: Advising Expert at InnoRenew Center of Excellence, Slovenia
Functions within the university
Dean (2016-2018), Member of dean´s group (2018-2020), Member of faculty board (2001-2023), Member of financial commission of faculty (2001-today)
Functions outside the university
• Member of Advisory Board and Research coordinator at „Kompetenznetz Holz in Niedersachsen NHN“
• Member of the scientific associations. IAWS (International Academy of Wood Scientists, Scientific Chairman 2013-2016), IAWA (Int. Association of Wood Anatomists), IRG (International Group on Wood Protection, Member of Executive Council 2013-2016), Board of Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, WKI Holzforschung, American Forest Products Society
• Member in Editorial Board of Journals „Holzforschung/ Int. Journal of the Biology, Chemistry Physics and Technology of wood“, “Wood Research“
• German or former Dutch representative in European Research Organisation COST in the area of forest products, wood technology and wood protection in the years 1995-2014 (COST Actions E 2, E22, E13, E34, E37, FP 0802, FP 1006, FP 601, FP 904, FP 1303, FP1407)
• Chairman of ECWM (European Conferences of Wood Modification, follow up organisation of European Network on Wood Modification))
• Member of advisory group of WKI Wood Research, Fraunhofer, Germany
Prices/ honours
• Winner of the very prestigious in the wood science area Schweighofer-Prize (Innovation Award for the European Forest-Based Sector) for innovative wood product using polymer integration, Austria, 2007 http://www.schweighofer-prize.org/index.php?lang=EN
• Winner of Josef-Umdasch Forschungspreis for investigations of plasma treatment of wood, Vienna 2012
• Innovationspreis Landkreis Göttingen 2009, 2012
• Deutschland: Land der Ideen 2012
• Winner of the Ternryds price, Växjö, Sweden, 2016

Employment

  • University of Göttingen
    2000 - Present

Education

  • University Göttingen Prof. Dr.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (30)