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Holger Militz

Holger Militz is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Holger Militz rather than just read about it. In short: Holger Militz (Waldbröl, 25 March 1960) is a German wood scientist, senior researcher and professor at the University of Goettingen. He is an elected fellow (FIAWS) and distinguished member of the International Academy of Wood Science, and recipient of both the Schweighofer Prize and the Marcus Wallenberg Prize.

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Reference excerpt

Holger Militz (Waldbröl, 25 March 1960) is a German wood scientist, senior researcher and professor at the University of Goettingen. He is an elected fellow (FIAWS) and distinguished member of the International Academy of Wood Science, and recipient of both the Schweighofer Prize and the Marcus Wallenberg Prize. He has made key contributions to the understanding of wood’s physical and chemical properties and to the development of chemical modification technologies, such as acetylation, furfurylation, and resin impregnation, which are well documented in the scientific literature of wood science. His yearlong research work has held a worldwide recognition.

Early years Militz was born in 1960 in Waldbröl, a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Career He pursued his studies in wood science at the University of Hamburg. He then completed his PhD work in 1990 at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, focusing on enhancing the impregnation of wood through anatomical cell wall changes. Between 1987 and 2000, he held positions in the Netherlands, initially serving as the head of wood technology at TNO Timber Research and later becoming the director of SHR Timber Research in Wageningen. Militz along with his research corkers started up during the 90's at SHR the first feasible pilot plant, leading thus to the scaling-up of the today-commercial wood acetylation process, that had been initiated by American chemist, Alfred J. Stamm during the 1940's at Forest Products Laboratory. Since 2000, he has held the position of a full professor at Wood Biology and Wood Products in the Georg-August-University in Göttingen. He has been a part-time professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences from 2010-2018. His main research interests include wood technology, wood decay, wood protection and especially, wood modification applying green technologies. He possesses over 600 publications in many scientific journals and book articles in the area of wood science and technology. Militz has won several awards for his novel work in the area of wood products and wood modification. He has been an active member of the editorial boards of the international wood journals, Holzforschung, European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, Wood Research, and Holztechnologie, while he is the chairman of the ECWM - Wood Modification in Europe since 2001. In October 2023, a meta-research carried out by John Ioannidis et al.,. at Stanford University included Holger Militz in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was ranked in the top 2% of researchers in wood science (forestry – materials), having a c-score of 3.495, one of the highest three in this scientific area. In August 2024, Militz has acquired the same high international distinction for his research and scientific work in wood sciences (Elsevier Data 2023). In April 2026, the Marcus Wallenberg Prize was awarded to Holger Militz for his contributions to research and industrialisation of wood modification technologies, most notably, the Accoya (acetylation process), the heat-based Plato process, and the Belmadur process.

Personal life Militz lives permanently in a small town outside of Goettingen. He has been married with Ute Militz, with whom he has two grown-up daughters.

Awards Marcus Wallenberg Prize (2026) Honorary award, IRG Wood Protection, Australia (2023) Ternryd prize university Växjö, Sweden (2016) Josef-Umdasch Forschungspreis, Vienna (2012) Schweighofer-Prize for the development of an innovative new material (2007)

References

External links Google Scholar Webpage Presentation of Prof. Holger Militz on wood modification Lecture of Prof. Holger Militz (in German)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Holger Militz

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Holger Militz claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Holger Militz before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Holger Militz ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Holger Militz

In research: Holger Militz appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Holger Militz in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Holger Militz is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 births, 21st-century German scientists, Fellows of the International Academy of Wood Science, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Holger Militz outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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