Mark Irle

Mark Irle
Born (1960-12-21) December 21, 1960
London
NationalityBritish, French
Alma materUniversity of Wales at Bangor
Occupations
Years activeSince 1986
Known forStudies on wood-based panels
AwardsFellow of the IAWS (2020)
Scientific career
Institutions
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. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark-Irle
  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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