Rupert Wimmer
Born (1960-08-19) August 19, 1960
Kuchl, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Occupations
Years activeSince 1987

Rupert Wimmer (Kuchl, August 19, 1960) is an Austrian materials researcher, wood scientist and professor at the Institute for Wood Technology and Renewable Materials at BOKU University,[1] who is an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science.[2]

Career

Wimmer studied wood science and technology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, where he completed all of his graduate studies. He also studied technical environmental protection at the Technical University of Vienna as well as at the BOKU University,[3].

He has been employed as an adjunct professor at Mendel University in Brno in the Czech Republic (Department of Wood Science), full professor and head of the Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites Unit at University of Göttingen, R&D Manager at Funder Industries, and key researcher in the Austrian research institute, Wood K plus.

His research interests include, wood quality, wood biology, bio-based fibre materials, wood-based composites, wood products industry, biomaterials and sustainability issues. Wimmer is an IUFRO office holder in wood technology,[4] and he has been a member of editorial boards in several scientific journals, including Les/Wood, Wood and Fiber Science, Frontiers in Chemistry, Southern Forests, Springer Series in Wood Science, and Dendrochronologia.

His research teams have won awards in the area of biomaterials and wood products.[5][6] Since 2021 he has been organising the The Wood Science Talks.[7]

In June 2023, Wimmer was elected as secretary of the executive committee at the International Academy of Wood Science,[8] an international academy and non-profit assembly of wood scientists, which represents all fields of wood sciences worldwide.[9]

In October 2023, a meta-research carried out by John Ioannidis et al. at Stanford University included Rupert Wimmer in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was ranked in the top 2% of researchers of all time in wood sciences (forestry – polymers), having a c-index of 3.348.[10]

Personal life

Wimmer lives permanently in Vienna, Austria.

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. Rupert Wimmer - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)". Research portal. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Fellows". The International Academy of Wood Science. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Prof. Rupert Wimmer - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)". Research portal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "IUFRO: Officeholder Rupert Wimmer / Who is Who". iufro.org. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Niederösterreichischer Innovation Award::Stabsstelle Öffentlichkeitsarbeit::Stabsstellen::Rektorat::BOKU". boku.ac.at (in German). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Wilhelm-Klauditz-Prize for Wood Research and Environmental Protection 2018 - Award Ceremony, IVTH". ivth.org. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Wood Science Talks". Buzzsprout. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Executive Committee". The International Academy of Wood Science. 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  9. ↑ "International Academy of Wood Science UIA Yearbook Profile". 1966-06-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  10. ↑ Baas, Jeroen (2023), "Bibliometrics", October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators", vol. 6, Elsevier Data Repository, doi:10.17632/BTCHXKTZYW.6, retrieved 2024-01-02
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