Mark Irle

Dr. Irle has worked in France since 2002 as the Research Director of Ecole Supérieure du Bois in Nantes and for a while as Deputy Director of the institute, but, now he is focussing once more research. His research interests cover all wood-based composites and their dimensional stability in particular. He has published more than 60 papers in refereed journals and over 300 articles in magazines, conferences and books. He has successfully supervised the research of 24 PhD, 3 MPhil, 20 MSc and numerous undergraduate students. A summary of his current activities include: President of InnovaWood; co-ordinator and participant in several national and international research projects, and he is a Fellow of The Wood Technology Society of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK).