Fang Changhua, doctor of engineering, professor and doctoral supervisor, works at the Research Institute of Bamboo and Rattan Biomass New Materials of the International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR). He is primarily engaged in the study of the properties, modification, processing, and utilization of biomass materials (bamboo and wood).

He received a doctoral scholarship from the French government in 2003 and earned his Ph.D. in Composite Materials, Structural and System Mechanics from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2007. In 2007, he went to the Wood Research Center of Laval University in Canada, where he worked as a postdoctoral researcher and later as an associate researcher. In September 2016, he returned to China under the National Forestry and Grassland Administration's high-level talent introduction program as a leading talent and joined ICBR.

He also holds concurrent positions, including Committee Manager of ISO Technical Committee for Bamboo and Rattan (ISO/TC 296), Coordinator of the Bamboo and Rattan Working Party under Division 5 of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), registered expert of ISO Technical Committee for Timber Structures (ISO/TC 165), youth editorial board member of Scientia Silvae Sinicae, and Chinese Director of the China-Canada Bamboo and Rattan Science and Technology Joint Laboratory established by ICBR and the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. He has organized and chaired multiple international academic conferences, such as the Bamboo and Rattan Sessions of IUFRO Congresses.

He has participated in multiple scientific research projects in China, France and Canada; and has chaired projects funded by Canada's MITACS-Accelerate program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security's high-level overseas returnee talent funding program, a key project under the National Key R&D Program of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and a project for drafting and revising foreign-language versions of national standards. He has led the development of 1international standard and 1 national standard, and contributed to the drafting of 10 international standards. He holds 10 authorized invention patents and has published over 120 articles, more than 90 of which are indexed in SCI. To date, his work has been cited nearly 2,700 times, with an h-index of 29. His single most-cited paper has been referenced 284 times, and his research has been cited multiple times by top-tier international journals such as Nature, Nature Reviews Materials, and Advanced Materials. His achievements were honored with the First Prize of the 13th Liang Xi Science and Technology Award.

Main publications in recent years:

[1]Bamboo belts with variable fiber cell angles for winding applications: development of a novel manufacturing technique and assessment of performance feasibility, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2024, 296, 111806

[2]A straightforward and efficient gradient pressure method for bamboo flattening: Strain and multi-scale deformation, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2024, 272, 111232

[3]Unveiling the mechanisms of Moso bamboo's motor function and internal growth stress, New Phytologist, 2024, 243 (6), 2201–2213

[4]A novel eco-friendly and economical approach of bamboo colorization through biomimetic polymerization of dopamine melanin inspired by photonic microstructure of bird plumage, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 458, 142466

[5]High-performance engineered bamboo units with customizable radius based on pressure-drying technology Multi-scale mechanical properties, Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 457, 139472

[6]Impact of temperature on mechanical properties and dimensional stability in a novel gradient pressure bamboo flattening technique, Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 427, 136258

[7]Impact of the natural structure of cortex and pith ring on water loss and deformation in bamboo processing, Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 411, 134396

[8]Integrated wood surface densification and Al2O3/melamine impregnated paper coating process: Properties evaluation, Industrial Crops and Products, 2024, 222, 119515

[9]Enhancing wood functionality: A novel approach with Al2O3 impregnated paper on densified wood surface, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2024, 29, 3456-3464

[10]Observation of the fundamental properties of bamboo pith ring, Wood Science and Technology, 2024, 58 (2), 797-810

[11]A Novel Bamboo–Wood Composite Utilizing High-Utilization, Easy-to-Manufacture Bamboo Units: Optimization of Mechanical Properties and Bonding Performance, Forests, 2024, 15 (4), 716

[12]Eco-friendly, high-utilization, and easy-manufacturing bamboo units for engineered bamboo products: Processing and mechanical characterization, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023, 267, 111073

[13]An integrated hydrothermal process of bamboo flattening, densification and drying: Mechanical properties and strengthening mechanisms, Materials & Design, 2023, 226, 111610

[14]High-performance, low-cost, chemical-free, and reusable bamboo drinking straw: An all-natural substitute for plastic straws, Industrial Crops and Products, 2023, 200, 116829

[15]Effects of integrated process of flattening and densification on the gradient structure and properties of Moso Bamboo, Construction and Building Materials, 2023,392, 132073

[16]Structural Characteristics of Reaction Tissue in Plants, Plants, 2023, 12 (8), 1705

[17]A novel bamboo engineering material with uniform density, high strength, and high utilization rate, Industrial Crops and Products, 2022, 184, 115045

[18]Bamboo heat treatments and their effects on bamboo properties, Construction and Building Materials, 2022, 331, 127320

[19]Wood mechanical densification: a review on processing, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2022, 37 (4), 359-371

[20]Axial Compression Behaviors of Columns Fabricated from Bamboo Oriented Strand Boards, Forests, 2022, 13 (11), 1817

[21]Penetration and distribution of rosin along the longitudinal axis of round bamboo culm, Construction and Building Materials, 2021, 305, 124781

[22]The effect of graded fibrous structure of bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) on its water vapor sorption isotherms, Industrial Crops and Products, 2020, 151, 112467

[23]Quantitative Visualization of Weak Layers in Bamboo at the Cellular and Subcellular Levels, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2020, 3 (10), 7087-7094

[24]Microwave-vacuum drying of round bamboo: a study of the physical properties, Construction and Building Materials, 2019, 211, 44-51

[25]Effects of hygrothermal environment in cooling towers on the chemical composition of bamboo grid packing, Forests, 2019, 10 (3), 274

[26]The bending properties of bamboo strand board I-beams, Journal of Wood Science, 2019, 65 (1), 1-10

Email: cfang@icbr.ac.cn