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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)

Phone
+49 421 53708 23
Email
gelbrich@mpa-bremen.de
Office
Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien - IWT
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

2001M.Sc./Dipl. Forest Scientist
 
1996 – 2001Studies of Forest Sciences at the Georg-August-University Göttingen


Scientific degrees

2009Doctorate (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 08/2016Research scientist and Head of Laboratory Wood and Lignocellulosic Building Materials
 
07/2009 – 07/2016Head of Wood Conservation and Research Laboratory, German Maritime Museum - Leibniz Institute of Maritime History
 
2008Research scientist at the Department of Wood Biology and Wood Products at the University of Göttingen in 2008
 
2005 – 2008Dissertation and other publications on the topic of bacterial wood decomposition
 
2002 – 2005Research scientist in the EU research project BACPOLES in the Department of Wood Biology and Wood Products at the University of Göttingen
 
2000 – 2002Student later research assistant at the Department of Wood Biology and Wood Products at the University of Götttingen

Offices and Memberships

Since 2021Leibniz Research Network Conservation / Restoration
 
Since 2019Auditor for wood materials
 
Since 2018EIPOS experts for wood preservation
 
Since 2016Supervision of Bachelor's and Master's theses in the fields of restoration and civil engineering
 
Since 2013Reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals, e.g: Studies in Conservation, Heritage, Forests, Processes, Applied Science, Conservation, Fibers, Wood Research, Sustainability
 
Since 2012National 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 – 2015Member of the Scientific Committee of the Belgian research project "The Cog of the Doel"
 
2010 – 2011Member of the Scientific Committee COST Action IE0601 - Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage
 
Since 2010Member ICOM-CC WOAM (Wet organic archaeological material) - Assistant Coordinator 2014 - 2021

Latest 10 publications

  • Goldbach, P., Gelbrich, J. 2025.
    Using nanocellulose mixtures for the wood stabilisation of a Lilienthal glider. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 76 , 177-183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2025.09.006. OPEN ACCESS
  • Gelbrich, J., Schmidt-Reimann, P. 2025.
    State of preservation of a medieval wooden causeway found in Berlin city centre. 16th ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, Göteborg, Schweden, 15.-19.09.2025. Hovmand, I., Felter, M., Stelzner, I., Sangouard, E., Sulivan, K., Shen, D., Vadiljeva, N., Hrsg. Göteborg, Schweden: 2025, OPEN ACCESS
  • Gelbrich, J. 2025.
    From the desire to preserve the original colouring of a wooden figurehead to the evidence that the whole object is in danger. Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2025 Jahrestagung, Dresden, Deutschland, 05.12.2025. Ferreira, E. S. B., Helfrich, E., Löffler, I., Retzmann, A., Kramell, A. E., Herm, C., Hrsg. Dresden, Deutschland: Metalla Sonderheft, 13, 2025, 68-70. DOI: 10.46586/metalla.v.2025.i13. OPEN ACCESS
  • Gelbrich, J. 2025.
    European standards for cultural heritage—The work of CEN/TC 346. 16th ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, Göteborg, Schweden, 15.-19.09.2025. Hovmand, I., Felter, M., Stelzner, I., Sangouard, E., Sulivan, K., Shen, D., Vadiljeva, N., Hrsg. Göteborg, Schweden: 2025, 86-88. ISBN: 978-2-487970-11-15. OPEN ACCESS
  • Gelbrich, J. 2025.
    Förderliche Eigenschaften für Reet zur Dachdeckung. Denkmalpflege Niedersachsen. (1), 53-58.
  • Ghavidel, A., Jorbandian, A., Bak, M., Gelbrich, J., Morell, J. J., Sandu, I., Hosseinpourpia, R. 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
  • Gelbrich, J., Frick, J., Gänz, P., Simon, S., Conrad, S., Reichert, M. 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, Deutschland, 30.01.-03.02.2023. Mainz, Deutschland: 15, 2023, 67-75. ISBN: 978-2-491997-62-5.
  • Gelbrich, J. 2023.
    How knowledge of material changes everything previously planned. ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, Mainz, Deutschland,. Hovmand, I., Felter, M., Stelzner, I., Sangouard, E., Vadiljeva, N., Sulivan K., Hrsg. Mainz, Deutschland: 15, 2023, 159-165. ISBN: 978-2-491997-62-5.
  • Ghavidel, A., Hosseinpourpia, R., Gelbrich, J., Bak, M., Sandu, I. 2021.
    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
  • Ghavidel, A., Gelbrich, J., Kugo, A., Vasilache, V., Sandu, I. 2020.
    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