Rupert Wimmer
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Rupert Wimmer
Institute of Wood Technology and Renewable Materials
Location Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau
Email rupert.wimmer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-89156
ORCID: 0000-0002-7023-6209
B-3642-2012: ResearcherId
Career
- 2023 - 2023 Guest Scientist at the University of South Australia
- 2019 - 2019 Guest Professor at the University of Goettingen, Germany
- 2018 - 2019 International Expert and Group Leader at the Czech University of Life Science Prague
- 2018 Full Professor for Natural Materials Technology
- 2013 - 2016 Adjunct Professor at Mendel University Brno, Czech Republic (Department of Wood Science)
- 2012 - 2018 Leader of the Sustainable Biomaterials Group (SBG) at the Institute of Natural Materials Technology, IFA-Tulln
- 2009 - 2011 Full Professor und Head of the Wood technology and Wood-based Composites Unit at Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany
- 2003 - 2005 R&D Manager at Funder Industries Ltd.
- 2003 - 2008 Full Professor for Bio-based Fibre Materials
- 2002 - 2012 Key Researcher Wood K plus
- 1998 - 2001 APART Fellowship, Austrian Academy of Science
- 1997 Habilitation in wood science and technology
- 1993 - 1994 Schrödinger Fellowship, Oak Ridge Nat Lab, USA
Awards
- Year: 2019 Awards: Nominierung Rudolf Sallinger S&B Innovation Award;
- Year: 2018 Awards: Nominierung Rudolf Sallinger S&B Innovation Award
- Year: 2010 Awards: Deutschen Studienpreises für Holzwerkstoffforschung (als betreuender Professor)
- Year: 2005 Awards: Ernennung zum „Fellow” der International Academy of Wood Science
- Year: 2004 Awards: Josef-Umdasch Forschungspreis
- Year: 1998 Awards: Anschaffungspreis der Wiener Wirtschaftskammer
- Year: 1995 Awards: Preis der Stiftung 120 Jahre Universität für Bodenkultur
Projects
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Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
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Lectures
Year: 2023 - 3DP BIOWALL – CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN WOOD CONSTRUCTION THROUGH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF FULLY RECYCABLE WALLS
Autoren: Benjamin Kromoser , Sara Reichenbach , Roman Myna , Raphaela Hellmayr , Bernhard Reinholz , Rupert Wimmer
Event: WCTE - World Conference on Timber Engineering
Year: 2023 - Mycelium-based biocomposites from recycled wood: influence of fungal species on properties of biocomposites
Autoren: Hýsek, Š; Daňková, M; Jozífek, M; Němec, M; Wimmer, R
Event: 32th International Conference on Wood Science and Technology - ICWST 2023
Year: 2023 - Additive manufacturing of fully recyclable walls solely made from renewables – a possible quantum leap in sustainable building construction
Autoren: Kromoser, B; Reinholz, B; Myna, R; Reichenbach, S; Liebner, F.; Wimmer, R
Event: IASS Annual Symposium 2023 - Integration of Design and Fabrication
Year: 2023 - 3DP Biowall - Circular economy in wood construction through additive manufacturing of fully recyclable walls
Autoren: Kromoser, B; Reichenbach, S; Myna, R; Hellmayr, R; Reinholz, B; Wimmer, R
Event: World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023)
Year: 2023 - The Effect of Surface Treatment on Triboelectric Activation of Wood by Brushing
Autoren: Leiter, LM; Wimmer, R..
Event: 66th International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology
Year: 2022 - Dancing Wood Fibers - Engage Children in Wood Science with Triboelectricity
Autoren: Leiter, LM; Wimmer, R
Event: 65th International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology 2022
Year: 2022 - Developing a Continuous Measurement Setup for Electrostatic Surface Charges, Implemented in Woodworking Processes
Autoren: Leiter, LM; Myna, R; Wimmer, R
Event: 65th International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology 2022
Year: 2021 - Heizwertzuwachs und Trockensubstanzverlust durch Lufttrocknung von gelagertem Rundholz
Autoren: Außerwöger, S., Stelzer, M., Vospernik, S., Wimmer, R.
Event: 6. Studentische Departmentkolloquium
Year: 2021 - Improving polymerized lignin properties using green plasticizers.
Autoren: Jimenez Bartolome, M; Bischof, S; Pellis, A; Konnerth, J; Wimmer, R; Weber, H; Schwaiger, N; Guebitz, G.M.; Nyanhongo, G. S.
Event: International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries.
Year: 2020 - Triboelectric Activation of Wood Surfaces by Mechanical Friction
Autoren: Leiter, L; Hellmayr, R; Myna, R; Frömel-Frybort, S; Wimmer, R
Event: 63rd International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology
Year: 2020 - New Bio-Based Sandwich Panel with High Impact-Resistance, following Cradle-to-Cradle Design
Autoren: Hellmayr, R; Deutz, M; Myna, R; Wimmer, R
Event: SWST International Convention 2020
Year: 2019 - Triboelectrical charging of wood: a neglected wood property with potential applications
Autoren: Myna, R., Frybort, St., Hellmayr, R., Liebner, F.W., Wimmer, R.
Event: 62nd International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology
Year: 2019 - Structure-Related Vapor Sorption Phenomena in Wood
Autoren: Hellmayr, R; Wimmer R.
Event: Society of Wood Science and Technology, International Convention
Year: 2017 - Alternative raw materials for bio-based composites
Autoren: Klimek, P., Wimmer, R.
Event: International Conference "Wood science and engineering in the third millenium"
Year: 2015 - 3D Printing and Wood
Autoren: Wimmer, R; Steyrer, B; Wöss, J; Koddenberg, T; Mundigler, N
Event: International Conference "Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium" - ICWSE 2015
Year: 2015 - Processability of wood plastic composites on single-screw extruder
Autoren: Riegler, M; Sykacek, E; Wimmer, R
Event: Inwood2015
Year: 2013 - From Waste to Value - Composite Materials form Industrial Process Wastes
Autoren: Wimmer, R; Hintenberger, J; Mundigler, N
Event: 1st International Conference on Resource Efficiency in Interorganizational Networks ResEff 2013
Year: 2012 - Particle boards from hot-water extracted softwoods and hardwood.
Autoren: Blumentritt, M., Wimmer, R., Liebner, F.
Event: IUFRO Conference 2012
Year: 2012 - REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF A FEEDFORWARD CONTROL PROCESS ADAPTATION AT THE MANUFACTURING OF FIBERBOARDS
Autoren: Riegler, M., Spangl, B., Weigl M., Kuncinger, T., Wimmer, R., Young, T.M., Müller, U.
Event: 2nd Biennial International Conference on Processing Technologies for the Biobased Products Industries PTF BPI 2012
Year: 2012 - Influence of hardwood on the vertical density profile and fracture energy of particleboards
Autoren: Riegler, M., Weigl, M., Harm, M., Rathke, J., Müller, Ul., Wimmer, R.
Event: 5th Conference of Hardwood Research and Utilization in Europe 2012 - Hardwood Science and Technology
Year: 2011 - Particle boards made from hardwoods – what is the significance?
Autoren: Wimmer, R., Weigl, M., Schöneberg, S.
Event: International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing 2011
Year: 2010 - Macro- and micromechanical properties of red oak wood after selective removal of hemicelluloses.
Autoren: Konnerth Johannes, Eiser Martina, Jäger Andreas, Wimmer Rupert
Event: Society of Wood Science and Technology, 53rd International Convention, Innovative Wood products are the Future.
Year: 2008 - Dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/wood flour films.
Autoren: Gregorova A., Wimmer R., Hrabalova M., Koller M., Braunegg G.
Event: 24th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society 2008
Year: 2008 - Effect of surface treatment and preparation method on the properties of polylactic acid/wood flour films
Autoren: Hrabalova M., Wimmer R., Gregorova A., Mundigler N.
Event: 24th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society 2008
Year: 2008 - Effect of Preparation Methods of Cellulose-reinforced Poly(lactic acid) Films on Dynamic-Mechanical Properties.
Autoren: Gregorova A., Hrabalova M., Wimmer R.
Event: 235th American-Chemical-Society National Meeting 2008
Year: 2008 - Effect of softwood-flour loading and annealing on dynamic-mechanical properties of poly(lactic acid) composite films
Autoren: Hrabalova M., Gregorova A., Wimmer R.
Event: Characterisation and application of cell wall macromolecules COST Action E50 2008 - Cell wall macromolecules and reaction wood
Year: 2008 - Dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of silane-treated softwood PHB films
Autoren: Gregorova A., Wimmer R., Hrabalova M., Koller M., Braunegg G.
Event: Characterisation and application of cell wall macromolecules COST Action E50 2008 - Cell wall macromolecules and reaction wood
Year: 2007 - NIR Spectroscopy, a Process and Quality Control Tool applied in Manufacture of Natural Fibre Comnposites
Autoren: Kandelbauer, Andreas; Dolezel-Horwath, Elisabeth; Wuzella, Günter; Wimmer, Rupert
Event: 13th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy ICNIRS 2007
Year: 2007 - Shigometry - Measurement of electrical resistance/conductivity on cool water extracts of wood particles - a smart tool for decay detection.
Autoren: Leder, S., Weigl, M., Grabner, M. & Wimmer, R.
Event: 14th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry ISWFPC 2007
Year: 2007 - Forest Products Education and Training in Austria: Changes and Challenges
Autoren: Teischinger, A., Wimmer, R.
Event: All Division 5 Conference IUFRO 2007 - Forest Products and Environment: A Productive Symbiosis
Year: 2007 - Climate signals in the European isotope network ISONET.
Autoren: Treydte K, Grabner M, Weigl M, Wimmer R, et al.
Event: Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology, TRACE
Year: 2007 - A multi-parameter approach to characterize wood quality for particle boards
Autoren: Wimmer, R., Weigl, M.
Event: All Division 5 Conference IUFRO 2007 - Forest Products and Environment: A Productive Symbiosis
Year: 2006 - Dendroklimatologie – Klimainformationen in der Holzstruktur.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.
Event: 9. Österreichischer Klimatag 2006 - Forschung zu Klima, Klimawandel und Auswirkungen in Österreich
Year: 2006 - Holzqualität als Zielgröße in der Forstwirtschaft - Einfluss von Selektion und waldbaulicher Behandlung.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.
Event: „Wald – Wirtschaft und Genetik“ Seminar
Year: 2006 - Strong evidence for wood characteristics affecting pulp and handsheet properties
Autoren: Wimmer, R., Downes, G.M., Evans, R.
Event: Novel technologies in pulp and paper industry
Year: 2006 - Circumferential variability of parameters that indicate compression wood formation in larch trees.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Dogu, D., Wimmer, R., Sykacek, E., Evans, R., Downes, G.
Event: 2nd workshop of CEMARE Cost E50 2006
Year: 2005 - Reconstructing forest activities in prehistoric Hallstatt, Austria.
Autoren: Klein, A., Grabner, M., Geihofer, D., Reschreiter, H., Barth, F.E., Wimmer, R.,
Event: EuroDendro 2005
Year: 2005 - Studying radial and axial variation of stable isotopes within a single oak tree.
Autoren: Weigl, M., Grabner, M., Wimmer, R., Helle, G., Schleser, G.,
Event: EuroDendro 2005
Year: 2005 - The European Isotope Network ISONET: First Results.
Autoren: Treydte, K., Schleser, G.H., Esper, J., Andreu, L., Bednarz, T., Berninger, J., Böttger, T., D’Allessandro, C.D., Ethien, N., Filot, M., Frank, D., Grabner, M., Gutierrez, E., Haupt, M., Helle, G., Jungner, H., Kalela-Brundin, M., Leuenberger, M., Loader, N., Masson-Delmotte, V., Pazdur, A., Planells, O., Pukiene, R., Reynolds, C., Rinne, K., Saurer, M., Soninen, E., Stieveneard, M., Switsur, R., Szczepanek, M., Todaro, L., Waterhouse, J., Weigl, M., Wimmer, R.,
Event: TRACE, Tree Rings in Archeology, Climatology and Ecology
Year: 2005 - First dendrochronological results from the Bronze Age salt mine at Hallstatt, Austria.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Klein, A., Geihofer, D., Reschreiter, H., Barth, F.E., Sormaz, T., Wimmer, R.,
Event: EuroDendro 2005
Year: 2005 - Wood biological aspects of compression wood in larch.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Gierlinger B., Sykacek, E., Wimmer, R.
Event: 1st workshop of CEMARE Cost E50 2005
Year: 2005 - New master chronologies from historical and archaeological timber in Eastern Austria.
Autoren: Geihofer, D., Grabner, M., Gelhart, J., Wimmer, R., Fuchsberger, H.,
Event: EuroDendro 2005
Year: 2005 - Hydraulic vulnerability of Norway spruce trunkwood assessed by the hydraulic and the acoustic method.
Autoren: Rosner, S., Klein, A., Wimmer, R.
Event: 17th International Botanical Congress 2005
Year: 2005 - The tracheogram method – linkage between wood formation and wood quality.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.,
Event: 2nd European Hardwood Conference 2005 - Hardwood Research and Utilisation in Europe - New Challenges
Year: 2005 - Axial variation of the appearance of compression wood.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.
Event: 1st workshop of CEMARE Cost E50 2005
Year: 2005 - Online-detection of colour as an innovative control parameter in wood drying
Autoren: Pöckl, J., Grabner, M., Teischinger, A., Wimmer, R.
Event: 2nd Internation Workshop on Spectral Imaging 2005
Year: 2005 - Hydraulic vulnerability of Norway spruce trunkwood assessed by the hydraulic and the acoustic method.
Autoren: Rosner, S., Klein, A., Wimmer, R.
Event: 17th International Botanical Congress 2005
Year: 2005 - Predicting thickness swell of hardboards by UV-Vis and NIR spectroscopy
Autoren: Hutter, T., Dolezel, E., Wimmer, R.
Event: 14th International Symposium on Nondestructive Testing of Wood 2005
Year: 2004 - Weathering behaviour of spruce wood treated with melamine formaldehyde resins
Autoren: Hansmann, C., Wimmer, R., Gindl, W.
Event: 2nd Conference Sustain Life and Secure Survival 2004 - Socially and Environmentally Responsible Agribusiness
Year: 2004 - Infrared Spectroscopy and Cluster Analysis – Tools for the Differentiation of Wood
Autoren: Schwanninger, M., Rodrigues, J.C., Gierlinger, N., Grabner, M., Wimmer, R., Gindl, M., Gindl, W., Hinterstoisser, B.
Event: 9th CAC-2004 The Ninth Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry Conference
Year: 2004 - Comparison of earlywood width, latewood width and total ring-width measurements in oak.
Autoren: Weigl, M., Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.,
Event: EuroDendro 2004
Year: 2004 - Tree-ring width variability in the Austrian Alps and ist relation with climate.
Autoren: Leal, S., Melvin T.M., Grabner, M., Wimmer, R., Briffa, K.R.
Event: EuroDendro 2004
Year: 2004 - Properties of natural-fibre reinforced mats and composites
Autoren: Wimmer, R., Bätge, T.
Event: 2nd Conference Sustain Life and Secure Survival 2004 - Socially and Environmentally Responsible Agribusiness
Year: 2004 - Wood growth and quality traits influencing hydraulic and mechanic properties of young Norway spruce clones.
Autoren: Rosner, S., Wimmer, R.
Event: International Symposium on Wood Sciences 2004
Year: 2004 - How heartwood extractives in larch influence densitometric analysis.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.,
Event: EuroDendro 2004
Year: 2003 - Characterization of thermally treated beech wood by UV-VIS microspectrophotometry, FT-MIR and FT-NIR spectroscopy
Autoren: Schwanninger, M., Gierlinger, N., Hanger, H., Hansmann, C., Hinterstoisser, B., Wimmer, R.
Event: 12th ISWPC, International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry 2003
Year: 2003 - Reconstructing the history of log-floating in the Reichraminger Hintergebirge, Austria.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Wimmer, R., Weichenberger, J.
Event: EuroDendro 2003
Year: 2003 - Melamine modification of acetylated Spruce wood
Autoren: Hansmann, C., Gindl, W., Zargar-Yaghubi, F., Wimmer, R.
Event: The 1st european conference on wood modification
Year: 2003 - Estimation of extractives, lignin and natural durability of larch heartwood (Larix spp.) by FT-NIR spectroscopy
Autoren: Gierlinger, N., Schwanninger, M., Wimmer, R., Hinterstoisser, B., Jacques, D., Pâques, L.E.
Event: 12th ISWPC, International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry 2003
Year: 2003 - Wood anatomical, chemical and physico-mechanical properties of various larch (Larix sp.) provenances, grown at different sites in Europe
Autoren: Wimmer, R., Gierlinger, N., Grabner, M., Pâques, L.E., Jacques, D., Schwanninger, M.
Event: IUFRO ¿ All Division 5 Conference, Forest Products Research Providing For Sustainable Choiches
Year: 2003 - Effect of precipitation on ring-width and vessel anatomy of young Eucalyptus globulus Labil. grown in Portugal.
Autoren: Leal, S., Pereira, H., Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.
Event: EuroDendro 2003
Year: 2003 - Growth rate and extractive content of old larch trees from natural stands compared to young plantation trees.
Autoren: Gierlinger, N. Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.
Event: EuroDendro 2003
Year: 2002 - Improving the mechanical properties of wood by impregnation with a water soluble melamine-formaldehyde resin
Autoren: Gindl, W., Zargar-Yaghubi, F., Hansmann, C., Gupta, H. S., Wimmer, R.
Event: 6th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium & Workshop on The Chemical Modification of Cellulosics 2002
Additive manufacturing of fully recyclable walls made of a renewable recondary-resource composite
Autoren: Kromoser, B; Myna, R; Reichenbach, S; Wimmer, R; Hellmayr, R
Influence of felling time on the natural durability of Norway spruce (Picea Abies LL.) Karst.).
Autoren: Hirmke, M., Messner, K., Fellner, J., Teischinger, A., Wimmer, R.
Spurenelementanalyse in Jahresringen von Fichtenklonen für dendrochemische Untersuchungen mittels LA-ICPMS
Autoren: Stadlbauer, C., Prohaska, T., Stingeder, G., Hoffmann, E., Wimmer, R.
Genetic parameters for spiral-grain angle in two 19-year-old clonal trials with Picea abies.
Autoren: Hannrup, B., Grabner, M., Karlsson, B., Müller U., Rosner, S., Wilhelmsson, L., Wimmer, R.
Intra-tree variability of anatomical characters in spruce.
Autoren: Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.
Genetic Parameters of wood properties in Picea abies.
Autoren: Hannrup, B., Cahalan, C.M., Chantre, G., Grabner, M., Karlsson, B., Lebayon, I., Müller, U., Pereira, H., Rodrigues, J.C., Rosner, S., Rozenberg, P., Wilhelmsson, L., Wimmer, R.
Xylem anatomy, a biological indicator in SO2 polluted forests.
Autoren: Wimmer, R., Grabner, M., Halbwachs, G.
A 1000-year Silver fir (Abies alba [Miller]) chronology for East Austria.
Autoren: Liebert, S., Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.
Dendroclimatological potential of Black pine (Pinus nigra ssp austriaca) in the pannonic region of Austria.
Autoren: Strumia, G., Grabner, M., Wimmer, R.