Dr Véronic Landry is a chemist specialized in the development of wood coatings and densified wood products. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Wood and Forest Science, Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics (FFGG), at Laval University since April 2017. Dr Véronic Landry holds the NSERC/Canlak Industrial Research Chair in interior wood-product finishes. Dr Landry’s team develops indoor wood products that meet the needs of building professionals in terms of mechanical performance, fire resistance and aesthetics. Prior to this, she worked for FPInnovations as an industrial researcher for 10 years, and she maintains several collaborations with companies in the wood industry (Boa-Franc SENC (wood flooring); Canadel (dining-room furniture), Canlak (coating manufacturer)). Her primary research interests focus on the development and characterization of wood finishes that have a low environmental impact and are stimuli-sensitive and the chemical densification of wood products. She has led or collaborated to more than 100 industrial contracts, she has over 65 scientific papers, 4 book chapters, 1 patent, 2 concept disclosures, 30 national and international scientific conferences, more than 20 industrial webinars and 30 professional conferences as guest speaker. She recently won the 40 under 40 award from the Wood Working Network (USA). She has collaborations with several universities.