Gerald Koch
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Gerald Koch | |
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| Born | 1970 |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
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| Years active | Since 1996 |
Gerald Koch (born in 1970) is a German wood scientist and professor,[1] senior researcher and research director at the Institute of Wood Research in Thünen-Institute at Hamburg,[2][3] who is an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science.[4]
Research career[edit]
Koch earned his PhD degree in wood science from the University of Hamburg in 1998.
Since 2004, he is the curator of the scientific wood collection,[5] and also the head of wood anatomy at the Institute of Wood Research in Hamburg.[6]
His main research interests include matters of wood sciences related to macroscopic and microscopic wood identification of internationally traded timbers, forensic timber identification, investigation of wood structure, properties and utilisation of lesser known species, and also, topochemical analyses of wooden tissues on a subcellular level.
Until March 2024, Koch has published and presented more than 200 research works in several referred journals, conferences and symposia, and has more than 4,000 international citations in Google Scholar.[7]
Recognition[edit]
He presently serves as a member in the editorial board of the esteemed wood-related journals, Holzforschung[8] and European Journal of Wood and Wood Products.[9]
In October 2023, a meta-research carried out by John Ioannidis et al. at Stanford University incorporated Gerald Koch in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was ranked in the top 2% of researchers of all time in wood science (forestry – materials).[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Zeller, Florian (13 June 2018). "Gerald Koch". Fachbereich Biologie. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Thünen: Koch,Gerald". Thünen. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Thünen Institute, Braunschweig". ResearchGate. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Fellows". The International Academy of Wood Science. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Gerald Koch in der wissenschaftlichen Holzsammlung des Thünen-Instituts in Hamburg. Dort können die Wissenschaftler auf mehr als 35.000 belegte Holzmuster von 12.000 Arten zurückgreifen". BMEL (in German). 8 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Springer Handbook of Wood Science and Technology". Springer Handbooks. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2023. p. 138. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81315-4. ISBN 978-3-030-81314-7. ISSN 2522-8692. S2CID 257902863. Ch. 3 Wood biology (by Prof. Dr. Gerald Koch et al.
- ^ "Gerald Koch". Google Scholar. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Holzforschung". De Gruyter. 1 January 1947. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "European Journal of Wood and Wood Products". SpringerLink. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Baas, Jeroen (2023), "Bibliometrics", October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators", vol. 6, Elsevier Data Repository, doi:10.17632/BTCHXKTZYW.6, retrieved 2024-03-30
External links[edit]
- Published work
- Google Scholar
- Wood biology, by Koch et al.