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Phone:  662-325-3057
Email:  tamburgey@cfr.msstate.edu

address:
Building 5, Rm# 5204
Department of Forest Products
Box 9820
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9820

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Education:

• North Carolina State University Ph.D., Plant Pathology
• State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry M.S., Forest Pathology
• State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry B.S., General Forestry, Cum laude

Research Interests:

• Prevention and control of stains in lumber
• Prevention and control of decay fungi and insects in wood products
• Non-Pressure wood treatment processes

Teaching Areas:

• FP 4413 - Professional Practices

Research / Extension Websites:

• Formosan Termite Research Facility
• Lucas Laboratory for Advanced Biodeterioration Research
• Performance of wood structures in housing
• Southern Climatic Housing
• Wood Utilization Research Center

Graduate Students

• Gary B. Lindsey
• Michael G. Sanders

2008
Amburgey, T.L. 2008. Insects that infest seasoned wood in structures. Pages 32-57 in T.Schultz, H. Militz, M.H. Freeman, B. Goodell, D.D. Nicholas, editors. Development of Commercial Wood Preservatives: Efficacy, Environmental and Health Issues. ACS Symposium Series 982, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.

2008
Amburgey, T.L. 2008. Mold fungi - major impediments to cleaning/repairing flood and rain-damaged homes. International Research Group on Wood Protection, IRG/WP 08-40427. 6 pp.

2008
Amburgey, T.L. 2008. Mold fungi as a major impediment to cleaning/repairing flooded and rain-damaged homes. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Research Advances 11(2):4 pp. Download

2007
Amburgey, T.L. 2007. Introduction: Why moisture control is important and the regional housing durability concept. Page 3 in Wood Protection 2006, H.M. Barnes, editor. Proceedings No. 7229, Forest Products Society, Madison, WI.

2007
Amburgey, T.L. 2007. Use of wood composite building materials in the southern climatic region. Page 161 in Wood Protection 2006, H.M. Barnes, editor. Proceedings No. 7229, Forest Products Society, Madison, WI.