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Dr. forest. Jana Gelbrich
Research Scientist and Head of Laboratory Wood and lignocellulosic Building Materials - certified expert for Wood Preservation (EIPOS), Wood Preservation Research and Wood Cultural Heritage Management
Departments: Civil Engineering , Institute for Materials Testing (MPA)
MPA
Paul-Feller-Str. 1
28199 Bremen
Personal data
Research profiles
Restoration and conservation research
Wood heritage management
Thatch as a roofing material
Academic education with degree
2001 | M.Sc./Dipl. Forest Scientist |
1996 – 2001 | Studies of Forest Sciences at the Georg-August-University Göttingen |
Scientific degrees
2009 | Doctorate (Dr. forest.) in the Department of Wood Biology and Wood Chemistry at the Georg-August-University Göttingen Thema: Bacterial wood degradation – A study of chemical changes in wood and growth conditions of bacteria |
Professional career since graduation
Since 08/2016 | Research scientist and Head of Laboratory Wood and Lignocellulosic Building Materials |
07/2009 – 07/2016 | Head of Wood Conservation and Research Laboratory, German Maritime Museum - Leibniz Institute of Maritime History |
2008 | Research scientist at the Department of Wood Biology and Wood Products at the University of Göttingen in 2008 |
2005 – 2008 | Dissertation and other publications on the topic of bacterial wood decomposition |
2002 – 2005 | Research scientist in the EU research project BACPOLES in the Department of Wood Biology and Wood Products at the University of Göttingen |
2000 – 2002 | Student later research assistant at the Department of Wood Biology and Wood Products at the University of Götttingen |
Offices and Memberships
Since 2021 | Leibniz Research Network Conservation / Restoration |
Since 2019 | Auditor for wood materials |
Since 2018 | EIPOS experts for wood preservation |
Since 2016 | Supervision of Bachelor's and Master's theses in the fields of restoration and civil engineering |
Since 2013 | Reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals, e.g: Studies in Conservation, Heritage, Forests, Processes, Applied Science, Conservation, Fibers, Wood Research, Sustainability |
Since 2012 | National expert of DIN, NA Construction Working Committee NA 005-01-36 AA "Conservation of cultural heritage" mirror committee to CEN/TC 346 "Conservation of cultural heritage" |
2011 – 2015 | Member of the Scientific Committee of the Belgian research project "The Cog of the Doel" |
2010 – 2011 | Member of the Scientific Committee COST Action IE0601 - Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage |
Since 2010 | Member ICOM-CC WOAM (Wet organic archaeological material) - Assistant Coordinator 2014 - 2021 |
Latest 10 publications
How knowledge of material changes everything previously planned. ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, Mainz,. Hovmand, I., Felter, M., Stelzner, I., Sangouard, E., Vadiljeva, N., Sulivan K., Hrsg. Mainz: 15, 2023, 159-165. ISBN: 978-2-491997-62-5.
2023.
Long-term properties of treated waterlogged archaeological wood - a comparative study of three treatments. ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, Mainz,. Mainz: 15, 2023, 67-75. ISBN: 978-2-491997-62-5.
2023.
Degradation assessment of archaeological oak (Quercus spp.) buried under oxygen-limited condition. Holzforschung. 77 (3) , 198-207. DOI: 10.1515/hf-2022-0168. OPEN ACCESS
2023.
Microstructural and Chemical Characteristics of Archaeological White Elm (Ulmus laevis P.) and Poplar (Populus spp.). Applied Sciences. 11 (21), DOI: 10.3390/app112110271. OPEN ACCESS
2021.
Investigation of Archaeological European White Elm(Ulmus laevis) for Identifying and Characterizing the Kind of Biological Degradation. Heritage. 3 (4), 1083-1093. DOI: 10.3390/heritage3040060. OPEN ACCESS
2020.
European Standards for Archaeological Wood - theoretical background, purpose, and application. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 949 , 1-6. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/949/1/012107. OPEN ACCESS
2020.