Ola Lindroos, Professor of Forest Technology

Last changed: 04 April 2024

Ola Lindroos is a professor of forest technology since 1 June 2016 . His inauguration lecture has the title: "Hur kommer framtidens skogsarbete att utföras – när kommer robotarna?".

Ola Lindroos’ research area is forest operations, which involves operations related to management, harvesting, processing and transport of forest biomass to industries or other users.

His studies cover many aspects of forest operations, but mainly focus on evaluations and improvements of new technological innovations. His main research tools are empirical field studies of existing innovations, as well as theoretical computational studies of potential futuristic concepts.

His goal is that forestry will be as efficient as possible, while also safeguarding working conditions and the environment.