Associate Professor in Wood Science and Director of the InnoRenew Centre of Excellence

E-mail: Andreja.Kutnar@upr.si
Web: https://innorenew.eu/employee/andreja-kutnar/

Dr. Andreja Kutnar is an Associate Professor in the field wood science at University of Primorska in Koper Slovenia and director of the InnoRenew CoE. She is an Executive Board member of InnovaWood and a director on the board of the Society of Wood Science and Technology. Her areas of expertise include wood composites, thermo hydro mechanical treatment of wood, and adhesive bonding. Her work focuses on research projects in the fields of natural science, technology, sustainable development of the wood industry, environmental impact assessment of new materials, products, and technologies from origin, manufacturing, use/alteration to reuse or recycle. For the wood industry, she performs life cycle assessments (LCA), and advises on improving environmental impacts across the wood value chain.

In 2014, she co-authored “Contemporary Slovenian Timber Architecture for Sustainability” a book published by Springer International Publishing AG in the Green Energy and Technology series. In 2016, dr. Kutnar co-edited “Environmental Impacts of Traditional and Innovative Forest-based Bioproducts” a scientific book published by Springer International Publishing AG in the Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes series. She is chair of COST Action FP1407 “Understanding wood modification through an integrated scientific and environmental impact approach” (ModWoodLife).

In 2016, she was recognized with the “Prometheus of Science for excellence in communication” award for successful multi-level communication in wood science and supporting sustainable development and in 2018 with the prestigious Zois Certificate of Recognition for important scientific achievements in the field of wood science.