David Agar
Presentation
- Head of Biomass Technology and Chemistry Division (BTK)
- Bio4Energy participant (P1) & Treesearch associated member
- Wood Biomaterial Science subject coordinator for undergraduate education
Research projects
- Life after Deck? – The cascading potential of thermally modified wood
- The Biocarbon Future – A holistic approach to new sustainable value chains
- ProWater - By-products as secondary resources in wastewater treatment
Teaching
- Forestry & Sustainable Development (PFG0072) PhD course (4 ECTS)
- Skogens biomaterial (SV0010) undergraduate course (7.5 ECTS)
- Raw Material Properties & Refining Processes (SV0047) MSc (15 ECTS)
Educational credentials
- Associate Professor, Docent in Pyrolysis Technology (2021), SLU, Sweden
- PhD, Inorganic Chemistry (2016), Åbo Akademi, Finland
- MSc, Applied Physics (2004), University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- Master Class in Theoretical Physics (2002), NORDITA, Denmark
Research supervision
2025-2029, PhD main supervisor, Syeda Mahnoor Ali, The Biocarbon Future - A holistic approach to new sustainable value chains. Forest Bioeconomy and Technology, SLU.
2025-2027, Postdoc fellow, Premchand P., By-products as secondary resources in wastewater treatment (ProWater). Forest Bioeconomy 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.
Recent academic service
09/2025, PhD examination committee member, Natxo Garcia-López, Toward cleaner cooking and energy security in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Department of Physics and Electronics, Umeå University.
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.