Antti Haapala appointed as Professor of Wood Materials Science and Technology
Wood materials science is present in our daily life, even though we don’t always recognise it. Wood refining runs in some families. Following in the footsteps of his father, Professor of Wood Materials Science and Technology Antti Haapala entered the wood processing sector at the age of 16, when he started working in a UPM paper mill in Kajaani.“During my university years in Oulu, I spent more time at paper mills in Kajaani and Oulu than in the lecture rooms, but I did manage to complete my MSc in engineering in four years, after I found my own field and switched my major from computer