Mark Irle

Mark Irle
Born (1960-12-21) December 21, 1960
London
Alma materUniversity of Wales at Bangor
Occupations
Years activeSince 1986
Known forStudies on wood-based panels
AwardsFellow of the IAWS (2020) Fellow of the Académie d'Agriculture de France (2024)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Wales
Thesis Physical Aspects of Wood Adhesive Bond Formation with Formaldehyde Based Adhesives  (1986)

Mark Irle (London, 1960) is a British wood scientist, senior researcher at the École Supérieure du Bois and research coordinator at the FCBA, who is an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science[1] and a member of the Académie d'Agriculture de France.[2][3][4]

Research career

Irle holds a BSc degree in wood science (1982). He got his doctorate degree in wood technology in 1986 from the University of Wales in Bangor. He has had a background in teaching and research in the United Kingdom (Biocomposite Centre at Bangor, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College), before relocating to ESB-France in 2002.[5]

He is currently the director of research at the École supérieure du bois (ESB) in Nantes.[6] He has served as the executive director of InnovaWood, a European network for innovation in the forest-based sector from 2017 to 2021.[7] He also serves as a member at the editorial boards of scientific journals: International Wood Products Journal,[8] Wood Material Science and Engineering,[9] and European Journal of Wood and Wood Products.

His research is related to wood-based composites[10] and has participated in European projects such as CaReWood, which aimed to enhance the recyclability of wood based materials.[11] His work also includes the extraction and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals from post-consumer wood fiberboard waste.[12]

Irle has supervised several doctoral theses at the École centrale de Nantes, focusing on topics like wood hygiene, recycling of solid wood and MDF, and the development of biosourced composites.[13][14][15] He has also been involved in various European research initiatives, including the FLEXIBI project,[16][17] and the EU-funded Horizon project EcoReFibre, which explores recycling methods for old, waste fiberboards.[18]

Until August 2025, the research work of Irle has received more than 5,500 citations at Google Scholar.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Fellows". The International Academy of Wood Science. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Connexion Membre | Académie d'Agriculture de France".
  3. ^ https://fr.linkedin.com/in/mark-irle-88146015
  4. ^ "CV of Dr. Mark Irle, FIAWS". Académie d'Agriculture de France (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  5. ^ "ORCID".
  6. ^ "Laboratoire: Nos projets de recherche et développement". ESB (in French). 2025-04-18. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  7. ^ Coupin, Anne-Charlotte (2023-08-23). "A look back at 20 years of the Innovawood project with Mark Irle". ESB. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  8. ^ "International Wood Products Journal". SAGE Publications Inc. 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  9. ^ "Learn about Wood Material Science & Engineering". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  10. ^ "Mark IRLE | École Supérieure du Bois, Nantes | LIMBHA | Research profile".
  11. ^ https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/723348
  12. ^ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cellulose.2020.09.028
  13. ^ "Diploma Conference with Mark Irle". ENS-PARIS-SACLAY. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  14. ^ Coupin, Anne-Charlotte (2024-12-13). "A look back at the GDR Wood Science". ESB. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  15. ^ https://www.ec-nantes.fr/fr/ecole/doctorat/these-en-cours
  16. ^ https://www.flexibi.eu/
  17. ^ "Mark Irle". Departement Chemische Ingenieurstechnieken. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  18. ^ "Horizon Europe project EcoReFibre explores smart sorting and processing technologies to recycle post-consumer waste wood back into fibreboards and into novel building products". Horizon Europe project EcoReFibre explores smart sorting and processing technologies to recycle post-consumer waste wood back into fibreboards and into novel building products. 2022-08-20. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  19. ^ "Mark Irle". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
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