Current Position(s)
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified
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Engineering and technology
- Destructive and non-destructive testing of materials
- Timber, pulp and paper
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Forest protection
- Forestry management and modelling
- Silviculture and agroforestry
- Wood and forest biomass processing
- Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified
Expertise
micro-CT
UGCT
Ghent University Centre for X-ray Tomography
wood
wood technology
sustainable primary production
forest management
non-destructive testing
wood-based products
lignocellulosics
wood construction
Bio-based building materials
tree-ring analysis
tree performance
Bio
Dr. Jan Van den Bulcke obtained his PhD from Ghent University in 2006. Since 2016, he has served as a professor at UGent-Woodlab, which is part of the Department of Environment within the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering. His research encompasses a range of topics including wood formation, tree ring analysis, dendroclimatology, sustainable wood use in construction, and micro-mechanical modeling of wood.
For over 15 years, Dr. Van den Bulcke has specialized in non-destructive 2D optical and NIR imaging, with a particular focus on 3D-4D X-ray Computed Tomography. He is an active member of the UGent Center for X-ray Tomography (UGCT) Core Facility. More information about his work can be found at UGent-Woodlab (www.woodlab.be) and UGCT (ww.ugct.ugent.be), and a list of projects and publications can be found on Research Explorer.