Jump to content

Ingo Burgert

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ingo Burgert
Ingo Burgert
Born
Germany
NationalityGerman, Swiss
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
Occupations
Known forFunctional and bio-inspired wood materials
Scientific career
FieldsWood science, Biomimetics, Wood materials
InstitutionsETH Zurich; Empa

Ingo Burgert (born 1968) is a German-Swiss wood scientist and professor at the ETH Zürich, Institute for Building Materials,[1][2][1] who is an elected fellow and vice president of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS)[3][4][2][5]

Career

[edit]

Burgert studied wood science and technology at the University of Hamburg, earning a diploma in 1995 and a doctorate degree in wood biology in 2000.

He conducted postdoctoral research at BOKU Vienna (2000–2003), then led the Plant Biomechanics & Biomimetics group at the Max Planck Institute, Potsdam (2003–2011). In 2011, he became a full professor at ETH Zürich and co-leads the WoodTec group at Empa.[2]

Burgert’s research addresses wood’s structure from nano- to macro- scale, enabling polymer and nanobased modifications to enhance durability, stability, and functionality. His group has developed electrically conductive "wood electronics" via laser induced graphitization, suitable for smart building sensors, and explores reversible wood–water actuation and piezoelectric composites.[2][6]

In 2018, his work earned the Heinzel Mondi Sappi Award for "Delignified and Densified Cellulose Bulk Materials" by the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,[2] while in 2020, he receivied the SDG Award for his research work towards the sustainability.[7]

In October 2023, a meta-research carried out by John Ioannidis et al. at Stanford University included Burgert in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was ranked at the top 2% of researchers in wood science globally ("forestry – nanoscience/nanotechnology").[8] In August 2024, Ingo Burgert has been also included for his research work in wood science at the Stanford/Elsevier top 2% list, having a high c-score of 3.6912.[9]

Until July 2025, the research work of Burgert has received more than 17,000 international citations at Google Scholar, having an h-index of 74.[10]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Executive Committee". IAWS. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Prof. Dr. Ingo Burgert". Institute for Building Materials. ETH Zürich. Archived from the original on 2025-03-21. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
  3. ^ Vaughan, Adam (10 March 2021). "Wooden floors rotted by fungi generate electricity when walked on". NewScientist. Archived from the original on 2025-06-15.
  4. ^ "Swiss Scientists Generate Electricity From Wood". SciTechDaily (Press release). Archived from the original on 2024-11-30.
  5. ^ "BPI Welcomes Dr. Ingo Burgert for his Sabbatical!". Bioproducts Institute. University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05.
  6. ^ Dreimol, Christopher H.; Guo, Huizhang; Ritter, Maximilian; Keplinger, Tobias; Ding, Yong; Günther, Roman; Poloni, Erik; Burgert, Ingo; Panzarasa, Guido (2022). "Sustainable wood electronics by iron-catalyzed laser-induced graphitization for large-scale applications". Nature Communications. 13 3680. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.3680D. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31283-7. PMID 35760793.
  7. ^ Six, Andrea (3 September 2020). "Wood as high-performance material". Empa.
  8. ^ Baas, Jeroen (2023). "Bibliometrics". October 2023 data-update for 'Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators'. Vol. 6. Elsevier Data Repository. doi:10.17632/BTCHXKTZYW.6. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
  9. ^ Ioannidis, John P.A. (2024). "Bibliometrics". August 2024 data-update for 'Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators'. Vol. 7. Elsevier Data Repository. p. line: 52,085. doi:10.17632/BTCHXKTZYW.7. Retrieved 2025-07-18. (career data)
  10. ^ "Ingo Burgert". ‪Google Scholar‬. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ingo_Burgert&oldid=1301941302"