Salim Hiziroglu has a Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University, an MS degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS from Karadeniz Technical University in Turkiye. Currently, Dr. Hiziroglu is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University, USA, where he had teaching, research, and extension appointments. His research focuses primarily on value-added lignocellulosic composite panel technology. He worked for 1.5 years in Malaysia as an international consultant to develop a new wood-product program at the University of Tun Hussein Onn in Johor while previously employed by the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University. Dr. Hiziroglu has been a Visiting Professor at 10 universities in Europe and Asia. He worked at Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania, for one year as a Fulbright Scholar. He has traveled professionally to 30 countries. He has 223 refereed journal publications related to nature-based materials in addition to 100 publications in conference proceedings and through the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. He hosted forty undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scholars, from various universities in Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Chile, Colombia, Romania, and Turkey in his laboratory during his tenure at Oklahoma State University for durations of 2 to 12 months from 2004 through 2020. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS).