Dr. Marek Wieruszewski currently works at the Department of Mechanical Wood Technology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland. He achieved his M.Eng. in mechanical wood technology and his doctorate of forest sciences in the field of woodworking from the Faculty of Wood Technology of the Agricultural University of Poznan in 1996 and 2004, respectively. His research topics include technologies for the primary processing of coniferous and hardwood wood, the suitability of fast-growing wood species for sawmill processing, technological characteristics and suitability of Douglas-fir wood for the production of sawn timber and solid products and processing of coniferous wood into segments of structural timber.