Dr. chem. Bruno Andersons

Scientific interests and competences

• Formation of macromolecular structure of wood cell walls, thermodynamic compatibility of components
• Structure, physical and chemical properties of wood and wood materials, degradation by biological organisms. Wood degradation/aging mechanisms
• Wood protection, means and techniques
• Wood modification incl. thermal modification
• Cultural-historical wooden heritage (including sacred): research and preservation
• Implementation of scientific findings in the national economy
• A cluster of science, forestry and wood industry, as an integral priority in the field of Latvian bioeconomy.

Additional information

From 2000 - representative of Latvia in the General Assembly of the INTAS program

2002 -2008 representative of Latvia in the Action Committee of the Communication Committee "Mobility Strategy in the Field of European Science"

2002 – elected to the coordination council of the national program of Latvian Forests and related industries

From 2004 - Member of the Board of the Department of Chemistry, Biology and Medicine of LZA

From 2007 - expert in the advisory group in the 2nd priority of the EU 7th Framework program "Food, agriculture and biotechnology"

From 2007 – Latvian representative of COST Domain FPS (Forests, their Products and Services – Forests, their products and services)

From 2009-2018 – member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "European Journal of Wood and Wood Products"

From 2010 to 2015, a member of the Latvian Science Council

From 2015 – member of the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Diploma of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania and Forest Industry Award "Golden Cone" "For lifetime contribution to the development of the industry"

Awards

• Letter of recognition from the Prime Minister "For lifetime contribution to the development of the forest sector"
• "Latvija Finiera" 25th anniversary silver medal for contribution to the "Execution of the Stock Exchange Program"
• Latvian Academy of Sciences Grand Medal
• LZA award for scientific achievement; Letter of Appreciation of the Cabinet of Ministers "For contribution to the development of the wood chemistry industry and the national economy"

The most important projects

2021-2024-EraNet project No. 145: "Promote the safe and wider use of wood products in health care buildings by developing antimicrobial surfaces, hygiene concepts and guidelines. (WOODforHEALTH)"; 2019-2022-H2020 project "CollectionCare. Innovative and affordable service for the Preventive Conservation monitoring of individual Cultural Artefacts during display, storage, handling and transport"; 2008-2011 - "The implementation of research potential of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry in the European Research Area" project of the "Capacities" section of the 7th IP research and technology development special program WOOD-NET); 2021-2023-LIAA No. NP-2021/11 (in accordance with the Norwegian financial instrument program agreement): "Testing and product environmental impact assessment works of higher quality outdoor furniture and accessories that can be realized in e-commerce"; 2019-2020- ERAF project "Research of gluing and impregnation processes for the development of production of new bent-glued wood products"; 2017-2020-ERAF project No. 1.1.1.1/16/A/133 "Wood with improved service characteristics by combining thermal modification and impregnation treatment". Obtain wood material with a long service life by studying the processes of impregnation and hydrothermal modification of wood, their mutual interaction and the impact of the product on the environment during its life cycle; 2014-2018- Head of the state research program VPP No. 6 "Investigation of forest and underground resources, sustainable use - new products and technologies" (ResProd), partners LU, RTU, LLU, LV Institute of Forestry "Silava", LV KĶI.; 2003-2006 - EU RTD 5th IP (in the Ouality of Life section) center of excellence project "Integration of Institute of Wood Chemistry in the European Research Area, WOODPRO".  

The most important publications

Kuka, E., Cirule, D., Andersone, I., Andersons B., Kurnosova N.,Verovkins, A., Puke, M. 2023,Environmental performance of combined treated wood. Wood Material Science and Engineering, 18(1), pp. 88–96; Andersone, I., Cirule, D., Kurnosova, N., Andersons, B., Kuka, E. 2023,Service properties of pine after combining an impregnation treatment with a thermo-hydro modification process. Wood Material Science and Engineering, 18(1), pp. 11–18; Kuka, E., Cirule, D., Andersone, I., Andersons, B., Fridrihsone, V. 2022. Conditions Influencing Mould    Growth for Effective Prevention of Wood Deterioration Indoors. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12(3), 975. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12030975; Cirule, D., Kuka, E., Sansonetti, E., Andersone, I., Andersons, B. 2022. Wood photosensitivity to different artificial light sources. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. DOI 10.1007/s00107-022-01842-2; Kuka, E., Andersone, I., Kurnosova, N., Andersons, B., Danieks, M. 2022. The potential of improving wood preservative penetration into glued wood products bonded with one-component polyurethane by discontinuous adhesive bondline design. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 80(1), 223–234.  DOI: 10.1007/s00107-021-01753-8; Cirule, D., Kuka, E., Kevers, M., Andersone, I., Andersons, B. 2021. Photodegradation of unmodified and thermally modified wood due to indoor lighting. Forests, 12(8), 1060. doi.org/10.3390/f12081060; Cirule, D., Sansonetti, E., Andersone, I., Kuka, E., Andersons, B. 2021. Enhancing thermally modified wood stability against discoloration. Coatings, 11(1), 81 (13 p.) doi.org/10.3390/coatings11010081; Andersone I., Dobele G., Andersons B., Kurnosova N., Kuka E., Volperts A., Grinins J. 2019. Study of thermo-hydro-treated (THT) birch wood by chemical analysis and Py-GC/MS. Holzforschung, 73(7), 653-661. doi.org/10.1515/hf-2018-0169; Andersons B., Andersone I., Zudrags K., Sansonetti E. 2018. Impregnated and covered birch plywood performance during external exposure. Wood Material Science & Engineering, 13 (1), 21-27. doi.org/10.1080/17480272.2016.1231715; Andersons, B., Noldt, G., Koch, G., Andersone, I., Meija-Feldmane, A., Biziks, V., Grinins, J. 2016. Scanning UV microspectrophotometry as a tool to study the changes of lignin in hydrothermally modified wood. Holzforschung, 70 (3), 215-221. DOI 10.1515/hf-2015-0027; Biziks, V., Van den Bulcke, J., Grinins, J., Militz, H., Andersons, B., Andersone, I., Van Acker, J. 2016.  Assessment of wood microstructural changes after one-stage thermo-hydro treatment (THT) by micro X-ray computed tomography. Holzforschung, 70 (2), 167-177. DOI 10.1515/hf-2014-0337; Biziks V., Andersons B., Sansonetti E., Andersone I., Militz H., Grinins J. One stage thermo-hydro treatment (THT) of hardwoods: an analysis of form stability after five soaking-drying cycles. Holzforschung, 2015, 69(5), 563-571 (doi: 10.1515/hf-2014-0083);  Rowell, R.M., Andersone, I., Andersons, B. Heat treatment. Chapter 14 in Handbook of Wood Chemistry and Wood Composites. Second Edition, CRC Press, 2012, 511-536.6.