Alex Wiedenhoeft
Title
- Research Botanist and Team Leader, Center for Wood Anatomy Research USDA Forest Service
Contact Information
alex.c.wiedenhoeft@usda.gov
Forest Products Laboratory
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726-2398
Overview
Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., Botany
University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S., Botany
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., Botany
Research Interests
- Botanical wood anatomy: evolution of wood anatomical diversity; structure-function relationships in woody plants; phenotypic characterization of naturally existing mutants
Biocentric wood science: biological origins of wood properties; performance of wood flooring; biology of wood baseball bats
Forensic wood science: forensic wood identification; machine vision wood identification; molecular methods in wood identification; the use of forensic wood science to investigate wood product supply chains
Awards & Honors
- International Academy of Wood Science Fellow, 2018
Forest Stewardship Council Leadership Award, 2017