Dunrui Cui, visiting researcher at InnoRenew CoE, UP IAM, presented at the InnoRenew CoE employees weekly meeting about the topic “Investigating Wood Durability: Mechanisms in Fungal Competition, Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modification, and Metal Corrosion”.

She is a Ph.D. candidate from the College of Materials Science and Technology at Beijing Forestry University, China. Supported by a scholarship program from the China Scholarship Council, she is conducting a one-year research project at InnoRenew CoE, UP IAM under the supervision of Dr. Andreja Kutnar, department chair of InnoRenew CoE, UP IAM, focusing on thermo-hydro-mechanical densification and metal corrosion in wood.

During the presentation she shared insights from her doctoral research, introducing her work on the competitive mechanisms of wood-decaying fungi and discussing the influence of chemical changes in thermally modified wood on fungal interactions.