Conférence de Rod Stirling, intitulée « Modification et préservation du bois » – Le mardi, 26 septembre 2023 – 9h00 – GHK 1358
Vous êtes chaleureusement invité.e.s à la conférence de M. Rod Stirling, directeur des biomatériaux et directeur du laboratoire de Vancouver chez FPInnovations, intitulée « Modification et préservation du bois » qui se tiendra le mardi 26 septembre 2023 de 9h00 à 10h00, à la salle 1358 du Pavillon Gene-H.-Kruger (GHK-1358).
Cette conférence est organisée dans le cadre du cours GBO-3010 : Séchage et préservation I, sous la responsabilité de professeure Véronic Landry.
 Bienvenue à toutes et à tous!
Rod Stirling holds a B.Sc. in chemistry from the University of Victoria and a Ph.D. in wood science from the University of British Columbia. Since 2005 he has held a variety of research and management positions at FPInnovations, serving currently as Manager of Biomaterials and Director of the Vancouver lab. He is an Adjunct Professor at UBC Department of Wood Science, an Associate Editor of Forest Products Journal, and has published more than 30 refereed papers. His research has primarily focused on natural durability, decay detection, and evaluating performance of wood protection technologies. He is the current president of the International Research Group on Wood Protection, and past president of the Canadian Wood Preservation Association. Dr. Stirling is active in standardization as Vice-Chair of the CSA Technical Committee on Wood Preservation and Chair of the American Wood Protection Association committee of evaluation methods.Â