Speaker

Prof. Dr. Salim Hiziroglu

Prof. Dr. Salim Hiziroglu is a Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) at Oklahoma State University (OSU) where he teaches courses in the area of forest products. He worked for 1.5 years in Malaysia as an international consultant to develop a new wood products program at University of Tun Hussein Onn in Johor while he was previously employed in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University. Dr. Hiziroglu has been a visiting professor at Lulea University, Sweden, Kasetsart University, Thailand, University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan,  the University of Tokyo, Japan, National Pingtung University Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon,Turkey and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and an Adjunct Professor at Kasetsart University, Thailand and Research Associate at Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. He has 131 refereed journal publications related to wood and wood products in addition to 100 publications in conference proceedings and through Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. Professor Dr. Salim Hiziroglu has Ph.D. degree in Wood Products from Michigan State University, MS degree in Wood Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and BS degree in Forest Products Engineering from Karadeniz Technical University in Turkey.