Barbara L. Illman, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Barbara L. Illman, Julia Sedlmair, Miriam Unger, Casey Crooks, Marli Oliveira, Carol Hirschmugl. 2015. Chemistry of wood in 3D: new infrared imaging
• Charles J. Mason, Kier D. Klepzig, Brian J. Kopper, Philip J. Kersten, Barbara L. Illman, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2015. Contrasting Patterns of Diterpene Acid Induction by Red Pine and White Spruce to Simulated Bark Beetle Attack, and Interspecific Differences in Sensitivity Among Fungal Associates
• Miriam Unger, Julia Sedlmair, Heinz W. Siesler, Carol Hirschmugl, Barbara L. Illman. 2014. 3D FT-IR imaging spectroscopy of phase-separation in a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/poly(L-lactic acid) blend
• Michael C. Martin, Charlotte Dabat-Blondeau, Miriam Unger, Julia Sedlmair, Dilworth Y. Parkinson, Hans A. Bechtel, Barbara L. Illman, Jonathan M. Castro, Marco Keiluweit, David Buschke, Brenda Ogle, Michael J. Nasse, Carol J. Hirschmugl. 2013. 3D spectral imaging with synchrotron Fourier transform infrared spectro-microtomography
• Barbara L. Illman, Julia Sedlmair, Miriam Unger, Carol Hirschmugl. 2013. Nondestructive chemical imaging of wood at the micro-scale: advanced technology to complement macro-scale evaluations
• Theodore H. Wegner, Carl J. Houtman, Alan W. Rudie, Barbara L. Illman, P.J. Ince, Ted Bilek, T.W. Jeffries. 2013. Chapter 6: Prehydrolysis Pulping with Fermentation Coproducts
• Diane Dietrich, Barbara L. Illman, Casey Crooks. 2013. Differential sensitivity of polyhydroxyalkanoate producing bacteria to fermentation inhibitors and comparison of polyhydroxybutyrate production from Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas pseudoflava
• Craig M. Clemons, Julia Sedlmair, Barbara L. Illman, Rebecca E. Ibach, Carol Hirschmugl. 2013. Chemically imaging the effects of the addition of nanofibrillated cellulose on the distribution of poly(acrylic acid) in poly(vinyl alcohol)
• J. Sedlmair, Barbara L. Illman, M. Unger, C. Hirschmugl. 2012. Diffraction-limited IR Microspectroscopy with IRENI
• Richard A. Werner, Kenneth F. Raffa, Barbara L. Illman. 2006. Dynamics of phytophagous insects and their pathogens in Alaskan boreal forests
• Barbara L. Illman. 2006. Invasive forest species
• Barbara L. Illman, Vina Yang. 2006. Bioremediation of treated wood with fungi
• Brian H. Aukema, Richard A. Werner, Kirsten E. Haberkern, Barbara L. Illman, Murray K. Clayton, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2005. Quantifying sources of variation in the frequency of fungi associated with spruce beetles: implications for hypothesis testing and sampling methodology in bark beetle-symbiont relationships.
• Brian J. Kopper, Barbara L. Illman, Philip J. Kersten, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2005. Effects of diterpene acids on components of a conifer bark beetle-fungal interaction : tolerance by Ips pini and sensitivity by its associate Ophiostoma ips
• Brian J. Kopper, Barbara L. Illman, Philip J. Kersten, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2005. Effects of diterpene acids on components of a conifer bark beetle–fungal interaction: tolerance by Ips pini and sensitivity by its associate Ophiostoma ips
• Barbara L. Illman, Vina Yang. 2004. Bioremediation and degradation of CCA-treated wood waste.
• Barbara L. Illman. 2003. Synchrotron applications in wood preservation and deterioration
• Barbara L. Illman, Vina Yang, Robert J. Ross, William Nelson. 2002. Nondestructive evaluation of oriented strand board exposed to decay fungi.
• Kirsten E. Haberkern, Barbara L. Illman, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2002. Bark beetles and fungal associates colonizing white spruce in the Great Lakes region.
• Barbara L. Illman, Vina Yang, Les Ferge. 2000. Bioprocessing preservative-treated waste wood
• Richard A. Werner, Barbara L. Illman. 1994. Response of Lutz, Sitka, and white spruce to attack by Dendroctonus rufipennis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and blue stain fungi

• Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Ph.D., Plant Pathology and Biochemistry
• Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, M.S., Biology and Biochemistry
• Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, B.S., Biology and Biochemistry