Piispanen, Riikka

Ph.D., Researcher

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Expertise

• wood structure and chemistry

Research Projects

Current

• Increased production of bioactive compounds add value of Norway spruce
  
• The effect of forest management and environment on fibre properties and wood chemistry
  
• Uneven-aged forest management
  

Former

• Control of wood properties by the means of forest tree breeding and silviculture
  
• Effect of changing climate on growth and wood properties of silver birch.Study based on provenance transfers
  
• Mechanization of cutting in changing forestry
  
• Properties, quality and measurement of wood raw materials in relation to the intensity of forest production
  
• Structure and properties of wood
  
• The effect of the intensity of forest production on wood properties and wood quality
  
• The yield and biomass balance of energy wood
  
• Wood material from differently managed forests: properties, measurement and modelling
  

Contacts

Keywords: extractives, wood chemistry, wood structure