Skip to main content

Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

Research activity

The staff of the Latvian State Institute od Wood Chemistry represent various scientific disciplines, inlcuding, chemistry, biology, materials science. The main scientific directions of the Insitute are wood materials, biorefinery, green chemistry, which evolve by combining fundamental and applied research.

The research topics of the Institute mirror the versatility of nature, and find applications in different fields.

History

The beginnings of the Institute in the first half of the 20th century

The twenties were a time when wood science developed rapidly all over the world, and important theoretical and practical researches, for example, on rosin extraction, coal burning and wood antiseptics, began in Latvia as well.

Starting from the 1920s, forestry-related departments were introduced in several educational institutions in Latvia, and in the 1930s wood-related research was based mainly on the work of doctoral candidates.

Cooperation

The Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry is open to various forms of cooperation to promote the development of fundamental and applied science, to strengthen students' interest in a science career,  and to promote the implementation of innovative, sustainable technologies in the economy.