Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie

Prof. Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie is a full professor at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Freiburg, where she leads the chair of Forest Biomaterials.   She obtained her PhD in Forest Products at Virginia Tech in 2002 and then joined the Department of Civil and Environment Engineering at Washington State University as an Assistant Professor, where she received a promotion to associate professor and tenure. She received her habilitation in Polymer Processing and Engineering from Grenoble Polytechnic Institute in 2009 and subsequently joined the University of Freiburg.  Since 2013, she has been an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science. Her team’s research work has been recognized with multiple awards including the German High Tech Champion Award 2013 for tannin-based foams and the Thinking Award 2020 for 3D printing with wood polymers. Her main research interests include lignin, condensed tannins, wood adhesives, 3D printing, polymer blends, tannin- and lignin-based thermosetting and thermoplastic blends.