Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina Timar is a Teacher at the Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania. She received PhD from the Brunel University at 1998. From 2000 to 2016, she is a Member of the Council of the Faculty of Wood Engineering, and from 2016 to 2021, she is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School (SDI) of IOSUD UniTBv. Her research interest include: scientific preservation of cultural heritage (wood), wood chemistry, wood modification, protection, lagging and finishing of wood and aging and investigating materials (FTIR, color, microscopy).