Thomas Tannert joined the University of Northern British Columbia in 2016 as BC Leadership Chair in Tall and Hybrid Wood Construction. He received his Ph.D. from UBC, a Master’s degree in Wood Science and Technology from the University of Bio-Bio in Chile, and a Civil Engineering degree from the Bauhaus-University Weimar in Germany. Before going to UNBC, he worked in multi-disciplinary teams in Germany, Chile, and Switzerland and at UBC Vancouver. Dr. Tannert holds a Canada Research Chair and is member of the executive of the technical committee for CSA O86 “Engineering Design in Wood