Professor | ENSTIB, University of Nancy 1
France | 1995 - present

Chair & Professor | Industrial Chemistry, ENSTIB, Université de Nancy
France | 1995 - present

Academic Registrar | Fair Programme, European Commission

Visiting Professor | University of Florence
Italy

Co-Chair | Working Party S5.04-07 IUFRO

Deputy Director | LERMAB, University of Nancy 1
2004 - 2008

Chair | European Commission COST E13
Brussels | 1999 - 2002

Visiting Professor | Nanjing Forestry University
China | 1995 - 1998

Professor | Polymer Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand
1989 - 1995

Head | Department of Chemistry | University of the Witwatersrand
1991 - 1993

Divisional Director | Processing & Chem Mfg Technology, CSIR
1987 - 1989

Honorary Lecturer | Faculty of Forestry | Stellenbosch University
1988 - 1988

Chief Director | N Timber R I, CSIR
1984 - 1987

Assistant Director | N Timber R I, CSIR
1983 - 1984

Division Head | NTRI-Wood Chemicals | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1980 - 1983

Division Head | NTRI-Comp Products | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1978 - 1980

Section Head | NTRI-Adhesives | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1977 - 1978

Project Leader | NTRI-Tannin Adhesives | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
1976 - 1977

Completed 1985

Doctor of Science

University of the Free State

Completed 1978

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Rome

Completed 1970

Doctor of Chemistry

Swiss Technology Award | Association of Swiss Industry

Grand Prix de la Recherche | Societé Industrielle de l'Est

Schweighofer Prize, for Innovation in Wood Technology | Schweighofer foundation

Finalist Prize, René Descartes Prize for Research Excellence | European Commission

Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques | Republique Française

Finalist 1st René Descartes Prize for Research Excellence | European Commission

The Academy Lecture 2000 Lake Tahoe | International Academy of Wood Science

Mentioned in Who's Who in the World

Scientific Achievement Award | International Union of Forestry Research Organisations

Bronze Award

National Productivity Institute Merit Cert

Winner among Four Outstanding Young South Africans Award

Merit Award | CSIR

Markwardt Wood Engineering Award | Forest Products Research Society

Co-winner: Bark Award | Forest Products Research Society

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