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Phone:  662-325-3136
Email:  tschultz@cfr.msstate.edu

address:
Building 3, Rm# 3110B
Department of Forest Products
Box 9820
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9820

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Education:

• North Carolina State University Ph.D., Wood Chemistry
• North Carolina State University M.S., Wood Technology
• University of Florida B.S., Forestry/Wood Science

Research Interests:

• Environmentally benign wood preservatives
• Leaching of wood preservatives
• Reactions of Lignin
• Terpenoid-caused off-flavor in fish

Research / Extension Websites:

• Biotechnology and Fundamental Research
• Lucas Laboratory for Advanced Biodeterioration Research
• Performance of wood structures in housing
• Wood Utilization Research Center

Honors / Professional Activities:

• Co-organizer of symposium and book on wood preservative development
• Editorial board, Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology
• Editorial board, Holzforschung
• Previously edited three other books on biomass, lignin, and the chemistry of wood biodeterioration

Graduate Students

• Santosh Kumar Katarukonda
• Nathan Little

2009
Dahlen, J., T.P. Schultz, M.L. Prewitt, D.D. Nicholas. 2009. Effect of chemical and physical properties on the decay susceptibility of southern pine sapwood decking in two aboveground exposures. Forest Products Journal 59(9):74-78.

2009
Li, G., D.D. Nicholas, T.P. Schultz. 2009. Measurement of wood decay by dynamic MOE in an accelerated soil contact test. International Research Group on Wood Protection, IRG/WP 08-20390. 8 pp. Download

2009
Nicholas, D.D., J. Shi, T.P. Schultz. 2009. Evaluation of variables that influence dynamic MOE in wood decay studies. International Research Group on Wood Protection, IRG/WP 09-20409. 8 pp. Download

2009
Schultz, T.P., D.D. Nicholas. 2009. Short- and long-term ground-contact decay efficacies of three copper-organic systems and possible implications for standardization criteria for copper-based systems. Forest Products Journal 59(5):13-18. Download

2008
Binbuga, N., C. Ruhs, J.K. Hasty, W.P. Henry, T.P. Schultz. 2008. Developing environmentally benign and effective organic wood preservatives by understanding the biocidal and non-biocidal properties of extractives in naturally durable heartwood. Holzforschung 62(3):264-269. Download