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
- 2022 - 2024, romoting safe and extended use of wood products in health buildings through development of antimicrobial surfaces, hygiene concepts, and guidelines (WOODforHEALTH)
- 2019 - 2022, Innovative and affordable service for the Preventive Conservation monitoring of individual Cultural Artefacts during display, storage, handling and transport (CollectionCare)
- 2019 - 2021, Study of gluing and impregnation processes for the development of new bent glued wood products’ production
The most important publications
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Environmental performance of combined treated wood
Wood Material Science and Engineering, 2023, 18(1), 88-96, doi: 10.1080/17480272.2022.2153737
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Service properties of pine after combining an impregnation treatment with a thermo-hydro modification process
Wood Material Science and Engineering, 2023, 18(1), 11-18, doi: 10.1080/17480272.2022.2122869
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Conditions Influencing Mould Growth for Effective Prevention of Wood Deterioration Indoors
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2022, 12(3), 975, doi: 10.3390/app12030975
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Wood photosensitivity to different artificial light sources
European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 2022, 80(6), 1507-1519, doi: 10.1007/s00107-022-01842-2
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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, 2022, 80(1), 223-234, doi: 10.1007/s00107-021-01753-8
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Photodegradation of unmodified and thermally modified wood due to indoor lighting
Forests, 2021, 12(8), 1060, doi: 10.3390/f12081060
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Enhancing thermally modified wood stability against discoloration
Coatings, 2021, 11(1), 81, 1-13, doi: 10.3390/coatings11010081
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A study of thermo-hydro-treated (THT) birch wood by chemical analysis and Py-GC/MS
Holzforschung, 2019, 73(7), 653-661, doi: 10.1515/hf-2018-0169
1974 - Engineer chemical technologist, Riga Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Chemistry