Mauricio Acuna

Dr. Acuna holds a PhD in Forest Engineering at Oregon State University, a MSc in Operations Research and Management at University of Chile, and a Bachelor in Forest Engineering at University Austral of Chile. He has 25 years of professional experience providing forest management, and forest supply chain management solutions for national and international private companies, universities and research organizations. His international experience in forest operations and optimisation modelling includes research activities in Chile, Uruguay, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Finland, Ireland, and Spain. With over 80 scientific publications, his research interests include mathematical programming and optimization techniques for forest management and operations, wood and biomass harvesting and transport logistics, operations research and decision support systems, and harvesting machine evaluation. Dr. Acuna is also involved in the Harvesting and Transportation Engineering subgroup at the International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) and has been an active member of the Cost Action FP0902 (Forest Energy) program. He is also part of the Editorial Board of the Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, Annals of Forest Research,  and the AIMS Energy journals.
Phone: +61 448372340
Address: Australia