Junji Matsumura

Education

B.Agr., Kyushu University, Japan, 1990. Master of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyushu University.

Career

Assistant professor Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 1992—2001. Visiting sicentist New Zealand Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, 1996—1997, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1998—1999, Melbourne University, Australia, 1999. Expert Vietnam project Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, 1999, expert China project, 2002.

Associate professor Kyushu University, Fukuoka, since 2001. Editor Journal Wood Science, Wood Industry, Wood Science Kyushu.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents for determination of wood shrinkage by observing wood cross section by using macroscopy, measuring size change of wood cross section under wet and dry conditions. Research in visualization of liquid movement in wood. Research in visualization with time of shrinkage and microcrack. in wood.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to professional journals (prize, 2002).

Membership

Member of Wood Technological Association Japan, Japan Society Microscopy, International Association Wood Anatomists, Japan Wood Research Society.

Connections

Married Natsuyo Oto; children: Suzuna, Takuto.

Spouse:

Natsuyo Oto

child:

Suzuna Matsumura

child:

Takuto Matsumura