David Agar

Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer,

E-mail

Phone

+46907868772

Renewable materials and energy technologies: I work with thermal treatments (e.g. torrefaction, pyrolysis) of biomass and organic waste streams. Economic analysis and emission accounting (life cycle assessment) are tools I use to study biofuel feasibility and the implications for energy policy.

Presentation

Head of Biomass Technology and Chemistry division (BTK)
Bio4Energy participant (P1) & Treesearch associated member
SBT representative for gender equality & equal opportunities
Wood Biomaterial Science subject coordinator for undergraduate education

Teaching

Forestry and Sustainable Development (PFG0072) PhD course (4 ECTS)
Raw Material Properties and Refining Processes (SV0047) MSc course (15 ECTS)
Skogens biomaterial (SV0010) undergraduate course (7.5 ECTS)

Educational credentials

LCA with SimaPro training certificate (2022), Miljögiraff, Sweden
Associate Professor, Docent (2021), Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU, Sweden
Docent pedagogical training (2020), Educational Development Unit, SLU, Sweden
PhD, Inorganic Chemistry (2016), Åbo Akademi, Finland. Supervisors: Mikko Hupa, Margareta Björklund-Sänkiaho (ex. Wihersaari) and Nikolai Demartini
MSc, Applied Physics (2004), University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Supervisor: Jukka Pekola
Master Class in Theoretical Physics (2002), Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), Denmark

Supervision

2025-2029, PhD main supervisor, Syeda Mahnoor Ali, The Biocarbon Future - A holistic approach to new sustainable value chains. Forest Biomaterials and Technology, SLU.

2019-2023, PhD main supervisor, Atanu Kumar Das, Multi-blade size reduction of wood for industrial processes and its influence on the forest-to-industry supply chain. Forest Biomaterials and Technology, SLU.

2019-2024, PhD co-supervisor, Calle Niemi, Biochemical and spectral characterisation of micro and macroalgae. Forest Biomaterials and Technology, SLU.

Research Evaluation

04/2025, PhD examination committee member, Katarzyna Olovsson, Thermochemical properties and quality measures of limestone and quicklime. Department of Physics and Electronics, Umeå University.

04/2025, Licentiate examination committee member, Aleksandra Holmlund, Voluntary biodiversity credits: Emerging concepts in managed forests. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU.

10/2024, PhD examination committee member, Chaojun Tang, Investigations of the importance of the redox environment in LPMO-supported bioconversion of pretreated lignocellulose. Department of Chemistry, Umeå University.

05/2024, PhD examination committee member, Workson Siwale, Mitigating Off-Gassing and Self-Heating in Fuel Wood Pellets Storage. Karlstad University.

11/2023, PhD examination committee member, Pierre Oesterle, Exploring the fate of emerging contaminants during hydrothermal regeneration of carbonaceous adsorbents. Department of Chemistry, Umeå University.

09/2023, PhD examination committee member, Norafiqah Ismail, Sustainable membrane fabrication using greener solvents. Department of Chemistry, Umeå University.

10/2022, Licentiate thesis pre-examiner, Workson Siwale, Understanding the influence of wood extractives on off-gassing during storage of wood pellets. Karlstad University.

09/2021, PhD thesis pre-examiner, Jarno Föhr, Raw material supply and its influence on profitability and life-cycle assessment of torrefied pellet production in Finland – Experiences from pilot-scale production. Lappeenranta University of Technology.