Marko Petrič graduated in chemistry (MSc) from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Ljubljana (UL), Slovenia and received his PhD in chemistry from the same institution in 1994. Since 1990 he has been working at the Biotechnical Faculty where he is now a full professor for the field of “Science of wood and lignocellulosic composites and wood processing technologies”. Between 2004 and 2020, he held three mandates as Vice Dean for Wood Science and Technology (WST) at Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has also held various positions of responsibility at UL. The most important was the chairmanship of the Election Committee at UL (2013-2017). He heads the Wood Surface Finishing Laboratory at the Department of WST. His research interests are wood coatings for interior and exterior use, their interactions with various wood and wood-based substrates, wood liquefaction and preparation of new wood coatings based on liquefied wood, applications of nanomaterials in wood coatings and in the treatment of wood, and surface properties of solid wood and lignocellulosic composites. These topics are the focus of the courses he holds for students at all levels of study. Under his supervision, 6 students obtained their PhDs and he has co-supervised 2 dissertations. He has supervised quite some post-doc trainings of researchers from abroad. He was a coordinator of several national projects and a member of teams of various international research projects.