Personal:

Date of Birth: April 5, 1958
Place of Birth: Lewiston, Maine
Marital Status: Married

Education:

Ph.D.

Mississippi State University 1981 - 1985
Major: Wood Science and Technology
Minor: Chemistry

Certificate of University of Maine at Orono 1980 - 1981
Advanced Study: Major: Pulp and Paper Management

B.S. University of Maine at Orono 1976 - 1980
        Major: Forestry (Wood Science Curriculum)

Qualifications:

Wood/paper Surface Chemistry Wood Microstructure and Areas of Phenolic-Adhesive Chemistry Wood Composites

Study: Analytical Chemistry Wood Adhesion

Experience:

University of Maine
Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center
Department of Forest Management June 1998-present
Orono, Maine

Interim Director October 1997-June 1998
Associate Professor January 1995-June 1998
Michigan Technological University
Institute of Wood Research
Houghton, Michigan

Associate Professor May 1994 - Dec. 1994
Assistant Professor Feb. 1988 - April 1994
West Virginia University
Division of Forestry
Morgantown, West Virginia

Post Doctoral Research Associate June 1986 - Jan. 1988
School of Forestry
Auburn University, Alabama

Graduate Research Assistant 1981 - 1985
Mississippi Forest Products
Utilization Laboratory
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Research Technician 1980 - 1981
Forest Products Laboratory
University of Maine

Lab Technician/Maintenance Summers
Marcal Paper Company 1977 - 1979
Mechanic Falls, Maine

Professional Activities

Memberships:

American Chemical Society, Northern West Virginia Section, Chairman 1992-1993
Forest Products Society

Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST)

University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation

Sigma Xi

Miscellaneous Professional Activities:

Certified Commercial Pesticide Applicator Wood Preservation and Products Treatment
Panel Review Member 1990 USDA Competitive Grants Program. Wood Utilization
Miscellaneous Wood Science Consulting Work

1993 Faculty Development Tour to Austria/Slovakia

1994 Faculty Exchange, The Technical University, Zvolen, Slovakia

1994 SWST Accreditation Team, North Carolina State University

1996 Faculty Visit, The Technical University, Zvolen, Slovakia

Teaching Responsibilities:

Adhesion and Adhesive Technology
Wood and Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Processing

Honors and Awards:

Mississippi State University
Department of Wood Science and Technology
Outstanding Graduate Student 1983-1984

University of Maine Pulp and Paper
Foundation Scholarship

Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Scholarship

Forest Products Research Society Award

University of Maine
Department of Forest Products
Outstanding Senior 1980

Senior Skulls - Highest Non-Academic
Honor Society at UMO

Xi Sigma Pi

Dean's List

1992 Cahn Award

1993 SWST Visiting Scientist

1994 SWST Visiting Scientist

1997 Who's Who in Science and Engineering