Dr. Alex Wiedenhoeft is the featured speaker for the next Thursdays at the U presentation at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Barron County.
Dr. Alex Wiedenhoeft
Wiedenhoeft, a research botanist and team leader in the USDA Forest Products Laboratory’s Center for Wood Anatomy Research, will present “Casework in Forensic Wood Anatomy” from 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 17 in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall in Ritzinger Hall. The presentation also will be livestreamed at ricelaketv.com.
Wiedenhoeft’s research program emphasizes botanical wood anatomy, forensic wood science and biocentric wood science. He holds academic positions at UW-Madison, Purdue University, São Paulo State University-Botucatu and Mississippi State University.
He also is an elected fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science, a deputy executive secretary of the International Association of Wood Anatomists and an associate editor for Frontiers in Plant Science. His educational activities focus on various aspects of forensic botany, wood science for baseball bat manufacturers, and wood science and technology for the U.S. flooring industry at large.
Wiedenhoeft is one of the pioneers of the XyloTron wood identification platform and the inventor of the XyloPhone. He works with law enforcement in the U.S. and abroad to bring wood forensic technologies to bear in support of legal and sustainable use of forest products.
The Thursdays at the U weekly series is free and open to the public thanks to support from the UW-Eau Claire – Barron County Foundation. Neither seating reservations nor parking permits are needed for in-person attendees.
Although in-person attendance is encouraged, most talks in the series are livestreamed. They also are archived and can be watched later on the Thursdays at the U webpage.
The next lecture in the series will be April 24, with Lauren Finch presenting “Crex Meadows Part II: Wisconsin Wetland Species.”
For more information, contact Laura Holden at 715-788-6207 or holdenlk@uwec.edu.
