Klaus Richter
Klaus Richter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Klaus Richter 1957 (age 68–69) |
| 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 an 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
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-doctoral research at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
From 1987 to 2002, he was 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 retired from this position in October 2023.[9]
Recognition
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 has received over 5,000 citations.
Richter has been 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 research encompasses the elucidation of structure-property relationships[12] 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.[13][5][14]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Publication list of Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter" (PDF). Retrieved 2026-01-05.
- ^ "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.