Klaus Richter
Klaus Richter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Klaus Richter 1957 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Known for | Wood adhesion technologies, Life cycle assessment, Wood cascading use |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Wood science and technology Bioeconomy |
| Institutions | Technical University of Munich EMPA |
Klaus Richter (born in 1957) is a German wood scientist and professor emeritus at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), who is a honorary fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science,[1] editor-in-chief in the scientific journals, Wood Science and Technology and European Journal of Wood and Wood Products,[2][3] and also, a member of the German Bioeconomy Council.[4]
Research career
[edit]Richter studied wood science at the University of Hamburg, earning his university diploma (Dipl.) in 1983. He completed a doctoral project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on dendrochronology in the Iberian Peninsula, graduating in 1988.[5] He spent one year for his post-doc research at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
From 1987 to 2002, he served as a research associate at EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. Between 2003 and 2011, he headed EMPA's Wood Department and also lectured at the ETH Zurich.[6]
In April 2011, Richter was appointed full professor of wood science at Technical University of Munich (TUM) and became, in 2012, head of the university's, "Wood Research Laboratory",[5][7] coordinating since then several PhD works in the area of wood sciences.[8] He eventually retired from this position in October 2023.[9]
Recognition
[edit]The research work of Richter and his coworkers, has received international recognition in the area of wood science and technology.[5] At Scopus, his published work -until May 2025- has received over 5,000 citations.
Richter also has served as editor-in-chief of the journals Wood Science and Technology and European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, both published by Springer Nature.[10][11]
His yearlong research encompasses the elucidation of structure-property relationships in wood to enhance adhesion, coating, and modification technologies, also focusing on the sustainability of wood and building industry processes, climate efficiency through modeling and transforming cascading and end-of-life processes.[12][5][13]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fellows - The International Academy of Wood Science". IAWS. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ^ "European Journal of Wood and Wood Products". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Wood Science and Technology". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Members of the German Bioeconomy Council" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ a b c d "Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter - TUM Professoren". Technical University of Munich. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ^ "The "Wood" laboratory has a new head". 604 - Communication. 2002-12-18. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Technical University of Munich (TUM)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "PhD Finalization Projects at Wood Research". Holzforschung München. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Team". Chair of Architecture and Timber Construction. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Editorial board". Springer. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ^ "Cascading Wood Use: Boosting Resource Efficiency Explained". Innovations Report. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Klaus Richter – Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering". Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "New potentials of a traditional raw material". TUM School of Life Sciences. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2025-05-11.