Working Group 1
Wood surface modification and functionalization
Working Group 1 will focus on new treatments to bring enhanced or new functionality on the wood surfaces. It should reach to make even smarter products and to enter new fields of applications. Innovative product design and development requires comprehensive knowledge of the micro-mechanisms for surface modification of the specific materials and a good understanding of its behaviour for explaining the mode and mechanisms of action. Also information about the various user needs and preferences will be collected. Based on these considerations development of new surfaces modification processes can be performed to fulfil the customer needs. It is intended to focus and investigate possibilities of eco-friendly treatments.
Leader WG 1
Dr Gerhard Gruell
SC Member, MC Member, Leader WG1
g.gruell(at)holzforschung.at
Vice-Leader WG 1
Prof. Holger Militz
MC Member, Vice-Leader WG1
hmilitz(at)gwdg.de
Members by Country
Austria
Dr Gerhard Gruell
SC Member, MC Member, Leader WG1
g.gruell@holzforschung.at
Dr Gianluca Tondi
MC Member, WG1
gianluca.tondi(at)fh-salzburg.ac.at
Belgium
Lieve Taets
WG1
labo(at)emulco.com
Lic. Marc Van Leemput
WG1
marc.vanleemput(at)ctib-tchn.be
Croatia
Mr Vjekoslav Zivkovic
MC Member, WG1
zivkovic(at)sumfak.hr
Denmark
Dr Mark Lawther
MC Member, WG1
jml(at)teknologisk.dk
Dr Thomas Mark Venås
WG1
thv(at)teknologisk.dk
Finland
Prof. Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto
MC Member, WG1
riitta.julkunen-tiitto(at)uef.fi
Ms Anna-Kaisa Anttila
WG1
annakaisa.anttila(at)gmail.com
France
Dr Marie-Lise ROUX
MC Substitute Member, WG1
marie-lise.roux(at)fcba.fr
Dr Gilles Sèbe
MC Member, WG1
gilles.sebe(at)u-bordeaux1.fr
Germany
Dr Carsten Mai
WG1
cmai(at)gwdg.de
Prof. Holger Militz
MC Member, Vice-Leader WG1
hmilitz(at)gwdg.de
Ms Lena Wallenhorst
WG1
Wallenhorst(at)hawk-hhg.de
Greece
Dr Ioannis Arabatzis
WG1
iarabatz(at)NanoPhos.com
Prof. George Mantanis
MC Member, WG1
mantanis(at)teilar.gr
Hungary
Dr Csilla Csiha
MC Substitute Member, WG1
cscsiha(at)fmk.nyme.hu
Dr Róbert Németh
MC Member, WG1
robert.nemeth(at)skk.nyme.hu
Italy
Dr Elena Conti
MC Substitute Member, WG1
conti(at)catas.com
Dr Sabrina Palanti
MC Member, WG1
palanti(at)ivalsa.cnr.it
Latvia
Dr Ingeborga Andersone
MC Substitute Member, WG1
brunoan(at)edi.lv
Netherlands
Mr Waldemar Homan
MC Member, WG1
waldemar.homan(at)tno.nl
Norway
Dr Per Otto Flæte
WG1
per.otto.flate(at)treteknisk.no
Dr Kristin Syverud
WG1
kristin.syverud(at)pfi.no
Poland
Wojciech Grzeskowiak
WG1
wojblack(at)up.poznan.pl
Prof. Bartlomiej Mazela
MC Member, WG1
bartsimp(at)up.poznan.pl
Portugal
Ms Sónia Duarte
WG1
sduarte(at)lnec.pt
Mr Bruno Esteves
WG1
bruno(at)demad.estv.ipv.pt
Romania
Dr Gheorghe Dinescu
WG1
dinescug(at)infim.ro
Dr Maria Cristina Popescu
MC Member, WG1
cpopescu(at)icmpp.ro
Serbia
Dr Milan Jaic
WG1
milan.jaic(at)sfb.bg.ac.rs
Dipl. Ing. Tanja Palija
WG1
tanja.palija(at)sfb.bg.ac.rs
Slovakia
Prof. Ladislav Reinprecht
MC Member, WG1
reinprecht(at)tuzvo.sk
Slovenia
Prof. Marko Petric
MC Member, WG1
Marko.Petric(at)bf.uni-lj.si
Dr. Andreja Kutnar
WG1
andreja.kutnar(at)upr.si
Spain
Ms Patrícia Soares Bilhalva Dos Santos
WG1
patricia.bilhalva(at)hotmail.com
Sweden
Dr Dennis Jones
MC Member, WG1
dennis.jones(at)sp.se
Switzerland
Mr Martin Arnold
MC Member, WG1
Martin.Arnold(at)empa.ch
Ms Marion Noël
WG1
marion.noel(at)bfh.ch
Turkey
Dr. Hüseyin Sirvikaya
MC Member, WG1
hsivrikaya(at)bartin.edu.tr
Ukraine
Prof. Pavlo Bekhta
MC Non-COST Participant, WG1
bekhta(at)ukr.net
United Kingdom
Prof. Callum HILL
MC Member, WG1
enquiries@jchindustrial.co.uk