Dr Lloyd Donaldson

Senior Scientist, and Project Leader (Commercial Microscopy)

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Qualifications

DSc (Wood Science) University of Canterbury, NZ -2002
MSc (Hons) (Botany) University of Canterbury, NZ -1986
BSc (Botany) University of Auckland, NZ -1980

Research capabilities

Wood structure/quality/properties relationships with emphasis on lignin topochemistry and microfibril angle

Career highlights

  • Visiting Scientist Wood Ultrastructure Research Centre, Uppsala, Sweden (2001)
  • Fellow International Academy of Wood Science (2003-)
  • Associate Editor/Editorial Board International Association of Wood Anatomists Journal (2004-)
  • President Microscopy New Zealand Inc (2007-)

Selected papers

Donaldson LA. 2009: Immunocytochemistry of wood cell walls: A review. NZJFS 39: 161-168.

Donaldson LA, Radotic K, Kalauzi A, Djikanovic D, Jeremic M, 2009. Quantification of compression wood severity in tracheids of Pinus radiata D. Don using confocal fluorescence imaging and spectral deconvolution. J. Structural Biology 169: 106-115.

Mast SW, Donaldson LA, Torr K, Phillips L, Flint H, West M, Strabala TJ, & Wagner A, (2009). Exploring the ultrastructural localisation and biosynthesis of ß(1,4)-Galactan in Pinus radiata compression wood. Plant Physiology 150: 573-583.

Nanayakkara B, Manley-Harris M, Suckling ID, Donaldson LA (2009). Quantitative chemical indicators to assess the gradation of compression wood. Holzforschung 63: 431-439.

Wagner A, Donaldson LA, Ralph J, Akiyama T, Phillips L, Flint H, Steward D, Torr K, (2008). Silencing of 4-Coumarate-CoA Ligase in the coniferous gymnosperm Pinus radiata. Plant Physiology 149: 370-383.

Donaldson LA, (2008) Microfibril angle: Measurement, variation and relationships. IAWA J. 29: 345-386.

Donaldson LA, Bond J (2005) Fluorescence microscopy of wood. Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand. (CD_ROM).