Rupert Wimmer (

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, 1960) is an Austrian materials researcher, wood scientist and emeritus professor at the Institute for Wood Technology and Renewable Materials at BOKU University, who is an elected fellow (''FIAWS'') of the

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and serves as the IAWS secretary for the period 2023-2026.

Research career

Wimmer studied

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at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, where he completed all of his graduate studies. Additionally, he studied environmental protection at the

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. He has been employed as an adjunct professor at the

Mendel University in Brno Mendel University in Brno () is located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was founded on 24 July 1919 on the basis of the former Tábor Academy. It now consists of five faculties and one institute - the Faculty of AgriSciences, Faculty of Forestry an ...

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(Department of Wood Science), full professor and head of the Wood Technology and Wood-based Composites Unit at

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, R & D Manager at Funder Industries, and researcher in the Austrian research institute, Wood K plus in the period 2002-2012. His research has focused on topics such as wood quality, wood biology, bio-based fibre materials and composites, as well as wood products industry, biomaterials and sustainability issues. Wimmer is the current IUFRO office holder in wood technology, and he is a member of the editorial board in the wood-related journal, ''Les/Wood''. His research teams have won awards in the area of biomaterials and wood technology. Since 2021, through an initiative of the International Society of Wood Science and Technology, he has been organizing ''The Wood Science Talks''. In June 2023, Wimmer was elected as the secretary of the executive committee of the

, an international academy and non-profit assembly of wood scientists, which represents worldwide all the fields of

s. In October 2023, he was ranked among the top 2% of researchers of all time in

(''forestry – polymers''), having a c-index of 3.348. In August 2024, he also received the same ranking. As of June 2025, he holds an

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of 54, having 8,730 international citations at

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wimmer, Rupert Austrian scientists Fellows of the International Academy of Wood Science Wood scientists 1960 births Living people University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna alumni