Klaus Richter | |
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| Born | Klaus Richter 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Known for | Wood adhesion technologies, Life cycle assessment, Wood cascading use |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Wood science and technology Bioeconomy |
| Institutions | Technical University of Munich EMPA |
Klaus Richter (born in 1957) is a Germanwood scientist and professor emeritus at theTechnical University of Munich (TUM), who is an honoraryfellow of theInternational Academy of Wood Science,[1] editor-in-chief in the scientific journals,Wood Science and Technology andEuropean Journal of Wood and Wood Products,[2][3] and also, a member of the German Bioeconomy Council.[4]
Richter studiedwood science at theUniversity of Hamburg, earning his university diploma (Dipl.) in 1983. He completed a doctoral project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on dendrochronology in the Iberian Peninsula, graduating in 1988.[5] He spent one year for his post-doc research at theForest Products Laboratory in Madison,Wisconsin, USA.
From 1987 to 2002, he served as a research associate atEMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. Between 2003 and 2011, he headed EMPA's Wood Department and also lectured at theETH Zurich.[6]
In April 2011, Richter was appointed full professor of wood science at Technical University of Munich (TUM) and became, in 2012, head of the university's, "Wood Research Laboratory",[5][7] coordinating since then several PhD works in the area of wood sciences.[8] He eventually retired from this position in October 2023.[9]
The research work of Richter and his coworkers, has received international recognition in the area of wood science and technology.[5] AtScopus, his published work -until May 2025- has received over 5,000 citations.
Richter also has served as editor-in-chief of the journalsWood Science and Technology andEuropean Journal of Wood and Wood Products, both published bySpringer Nature.[10][11]
His yearlong research encompasses the elucidation of structure-property relationships in wood to enhance adhesion, coating, and modification technologies, also focusing on the sustainability of wood and building industry processes, climate efficiency through modeling and transforming cascading and end-of-life processes.[12][5][13]