PhD Marko Petrič
no.: 00395

Wood, surface properties, surface treatment of wood, wood coatings, wood protection, nanomaterials on wood surfaces and in coatings, biorefineries, liquefied wood, plasma

Education: PhD: 1994, chemistry, University of Ljubljana, FNT-chemistry and chemical technol., Slovenia; MSc 1990, chemistry, University of Ljubljana, FNT-chemistry and chemical technol., Slovenia; BSc chemistry, 1987, University of Ljubljana, FNT- chemistry and chemical technology, Slovenia. Work Experience: Current position: Marko Petrič, PhD Chemistry, Full professor for the field “Wood working and wood processing technologies”; Employments: November 1987 - November 1990 junior researcher at the Department of technical ceramics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; from 15. November 1990: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty (UL BF), Department of Wood Science and Technology (from March 2000 working as university professor). Elections (habilitations): September 1993 at UL BF assistant for the course “Wood Protection”; November 1994 at UL BF assistant for the field “Wood Chemistry”; May 1997 at UL BF assistant professor for the field “Wood Pathology and Protection”; November 2002 at UL BF associate professor for the fields “Wood Protection” and “Furniture”, October 2008 at University of Ljubljana full professor for the field " Wood working and wood processing Technologies". Leadership functions: From 1st March 2000 till 1st October 2002 head of the Chair for furniture (UL BF, Department of Wood Science and Technology); 1st October 2002 – 1st October 2004 substitute of vice-dean for the field of Wood Science & Technology (UL BF); from 1st October 2004 till 1st October 2010 vice-dean for the field of Wood Science & Technology (BF); currently head of the wood surface finishing group; Chairman of the Committee for Protection of Environment at the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce - Wood Processing Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2004-2006); October 2013 - September 2018 Chairman of the Committee for Elections (habiltations) of the University of Ljubljana Activities in professional committees: Leader of the Section 3 (Wood Protecting Chemicals) in the International Research Group for Wood Protection (IRG/WP), Stockholm, Sweden and member of the Scientific Programme committee (SPC) in IRG/WP (till including 2009); Leader of the field »Wood Science and Technology« in Slovenian Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (SGLTP); Member the Committee for Protection of Environment at the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce - Wood Processing Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia (from 2006); Member of the editorial boards of the journals “Les” (Wood) Ljubljana, Slovenia, “Drvna industrija” (Wood industry) (Zagreb, Croatia); “Journal of adhesion science and technology” (2012-2013), “Reviews of adhesion and adhesives” (2013-); Member and now Chairman of the committee for elections into academic titles of the University of Ljubljana; member of scientific programme committees of the conferences ICECFOP (2004), Ecowood (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012), ECWM6, ICWSE 2017; Invited external examiner at University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya, 2012-2015 Awards: In 1996 the “Ron Cockroft Award” of the IRG/WP , in 2009 award of the Slovenian Wood cluster for successful collaboration between UL BF with the Wood Cluster, in 2011 award of UL BF for the exemplary pedagogic, research and professional work. Research activities: Wood coatings for interior and exterior, their interactions with various substrates (wood, modified wood, densified wood), wood liquefaction and preparation of new wood coatings on the basis of liquefied wood, applications of nanomaterials in wood coatings and in treatment of wood; previously he has studied a lot new environmentally friendly wood preservatives. Leader of various national research projects and collaboration in various international projects. Work with visiting scientists from abroad: supervisor of two post-doc training of researchers from abroad: dr. Manabendra Deka (India) and dr. Arnaud Maxime Cheumani Yona (France / Cameroun). He is currently collaborating with the post-doc Dr. Anuj Kumar (Natural