Joris Van Acker

Joris Van Acker is Professor at the Ghent University (Belgium) since 2005 and head of the research group Laboratory of Wood Technology (Woodlab). His team is part of an interfaculty collaboration called the Centre for X-ray Tomography (UGCT). He is Past President of InnovaWood (European federation of wood research institutes) and President of the International Research Group on Wood Protection. He is chairperson of national organisations like the Flemish Commission on forest policy as well as of international networks like CEN TC38 standardisation working group on fungal testing and a working party of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) of FAO. He is (co-)author of over 100 publications in refereed journals.