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Brian Bond

Associate Dean for Extension, Outreach, and Engagement
  • Professor, SBIO Department
  • Associate Director, CNRE Leadership Institute
  • Extension Specialist
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Biography

Brian Bond, Ph.D., is a professor and Associate Dean of Extension, Outreach, and Engagement in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech. He leads and represents the Extension efforts in college and maintains an extension and research program in the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials. His program in SBIO focuses is on improving the sustainable use and manufacturing of wood products. He has twenty-five years’ experience in wood drying, sawmill performance, and the performance of wood products. He is also the director of the College of Natural Resources Leadership Institute.

Education

  • B.S. - Clemson University, 1991
  • M.S. - Virginia Tech, 1993
  • Ph.D. - Virginia Tech, 1998

Areas of Expertise and Research Interest

  • Wood drying
  • Wood processing and manufacturing
  • Wood identification
  • Performance of wood in use
  • Wood flooring

Classes

  • Yet to be listed

Extension and Research Program Description

For more information about Dr. Bond’s interests and affiliations, please visit these websites: 

CNRE Leadership Institute
Center for Forest Products Business
SBIO Extension

Research Team

Abasali Masoumi
Ph.D. Student
"Cross-Laminated Timber made of Unmodified and Thermally Modified Yellow-Poplar Lumber"