Grant T. Kirker, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Christopher Adam Senalik, Katie M. Ohno, Grant T. Kirker, William A. Martin, Terrence J. Winschel, Laurice M. Spinelli Correa, Rubin Shmulsky, Robert J. Ross, Thomas G. Shelton. 2025. Condition assessment of the timber frame supporting USS Cairo at Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Laura Hasburgh, Grant T. Kirker, Katie M. Ohno. 2024. Flame-retardant design and protection for wood and wood products
• Fred J. Eller, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Gordon W. Selling. 2024. Butylated hydroxytoluene and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid combined with cedarwood oil as wood treatments for protection from subterranean termites and wood-decaying fungi
• Matt Aro, Mike Barnes, John Heyesen, Kelly Bartz, Glenn Larkin, Mark E. Mankowski, Rachel A. Arango, Grant T. Kirker, Gerald Presley, Jeff Morrell, Adam Taylor, Rod Stirling. 2024. Efforts at AWPA to create a pathway for standardization and incorporation of thermally modified woods
• Thomas G. Shelton, Craig Bell, Shawn Cooper, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski. 2024. USDA Forest Service: 2023 termiticide report
• Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Ronald C. Sabo, Craig M. Clemons, Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell. 2024. Cellulose nanomaterials in growth media for wood decay fungi
• Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Babar Hassan. 2024. Potential of heartwood extracts as wood preservatives combined with linseed oil in 8-year above-ground and in-ground field trials
• Mark E. Mankowski, Adam Taylor, Grant T. Kirker. 2024. Evaluation of vacuum borate treated spruce or pine cross laminated timber (CLT) in an above ground protected test in southern Mississippi
• Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Thomas G. Shelton, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2024. Performance of Douglas-fir cross laminated timber (CLT) subjected to elevated humidity in a ground proximity field test for 6 years
• Grant T. Kirker, Christopher Adam Senalik, Xiping Wang, Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Mark E. Mankowski, Joseph Eskola, Nathan Kamprath, Sebastian Karwaczynski, Mark Weaver. 2024. Evaluation of mass timber materials for military and commercial trailer decking
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Jed Cappellazzi, Samuel V. Glass, Jonathan M. Palmer, Nathan J. Bechle, William J. Hickey. 2024. Analysis of Basidiomycete Fungal Communities in Soil and Wood from Contrasting Zones of the AWPA Biodeterioration Hazard Map across the United States
• Grant T. Kirker, Babar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Fred J. Eller. 2024. Critical Review on the Use of Extractives of Naturally Durable Woods as Natural Wood Protectants
• Laura Hasburgh, Grant T. Kirker, Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Kara Yedinak, Samuel L. Zelinka. 2023. Fire Protection Research at the Forest Products Laboratory
• Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Matt Aro. 2023. Field Performance of Thermally Modified Wood in a Severe Test Site
• Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Rubin Shmulsky. 2023. Timber bridges
• Sebastian Oberst, Shahrokh Sepehrirahnama, Can Nerse, Zourab Brodzeli, Joseph C.S. Lai, Mark E. Mankowski, Tye Atkinson, Rachel A. Arango, Grant T. Kirker, Theo Evans. 2023. Towards a microactuator-sensing network for the structural health monitoring of timber poles
• Thomas G. Shelton, Craig Bell, Shawn Cooper, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski. 2023. USDA Forest Service: 2022 termiticide report
• Adam Taylor, Mark Denavit, Jeffrey Lloyd, Jae-Woo Kim, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski. 2023. Borate Treatment of CLT Panels Using Vacuum: A Proof of Concept
• Mark E. Mankowski, Thomas G. Shelton, Grant T. Kirker, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2022. Assessment of Termite and Decay Damage to Mass Timber Elements in AWPA Ground Proximity and Above Ground Field Tests in Southern Mississippi
• Lais Gonçalves da Costa, Victor Fassina Brocco, Juarez Benigno Paes, Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell. 2022. Biological and chemical remediation of CCA treated eucalypt poles after 30 years in service
• Mark E. Mankowski, Thomas G. Shelton, Grant T. Kirker, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2022. Post-layup protection of mass timber elements in above ground protected exposures: 2-year results
• Adriana Costa, Giovanny Giraldo, Amy B. Bishell, Tuo He, Grant T. Kirker, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft. 2022. Organellar microcapture to extract nuclear and plastid DNA from recalcitrant wood specimens and trace evidence
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Grant T. Kirker, George E. Sterbinsky, Keith Bourne. 2022. Oxidation states of copper in preservative treated wood as studied by X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES)
• Grant T. Kirker, Xiping Wang, Christopher Adam Senalik, Andrew Storer, Xinfeng Xie, Nathan Kamprath, Keith York, Robert J. Ross. 2022. Research opportunities in the tropics: summary of 2019 evaluation of test sites in Panama and Suriname
• Laura Hasburgh, Samuel L. Zelinka, Amy B. Bishell, Grant T. Kirker. 2021. Durability and Fire Performance of Charred Wood Siding (Shou Sugi Ban)
• Gabrielly dos Santos Bobadilha, C. Elizabeth Stokes, Katie M. Ohno, Grant T. Kirker, Dercilio Junior Verly Lopes, Mojgan Nejad. 2021. Physical, Optical, and Visual Performance of Coated Cross-Laminated Timber during Natural and Artificial Weathering
• Grant T. Kirker, Katie M. Ohno, Juliet D. Tang, Lili Cai. 2021. Culture maintenance of wood decay fungal isolates used in soil block tests
• Andrew Shahan, Mark Denavit, Adam Taylor, Jefrey Lloyd, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker. 2021. Post-fabrication preservative treatment of CLT
• Grant T. Kirker, Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Mark E. Mankowski. 2021. Overview and progress of FPL research into mass timber durability
• Mark E. Mankowski, Craig Bell, Grant T. Kirker, Gerald Presley, Matthew Konkler, James Renfroe, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2021. Boron distribution in green timbers pre-treated with boron rods followed by creosote: 130 week (2.5 year) report
• Matthew Aro, Amy B. Bishell, Grant T. Kirker. 2021. Durability of thermally modified balsam fir and eastern hemlock
• Babar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker. 2021. Evaluation of Heartwood Extracts Combined with Linseed Oil as Wood Preservatives in Field Tests in Southern Mississippi, USA
• Grant T. Kirker, Stan Lebow. 2021. Chapter 15: Wood preservatives
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Charles R. Boardman, Barry Lai, George E. Sterbinsky, Jody Jellison, Barry Goodell. 2021. Oxidation states of iron and manganese in lignocellulose altered by the brown rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum measured in-situ using X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES)
• Mark E. Mankowski, Matthew Konkler, Craig Bell, Grant T. Kirker, Stan Lebow, Jeffery Morrell, James Renfroe. 2021. Double duty: Boron rods as a simple, low capital alternative for dual treatment of ties and timbers
• Fred J. Eller, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Gordon W. Selling. 2021. Effects of loblolly pine extract, primary and quaternary alkyl ammonium chlorides combined with burgundy oil from eastern red cedar against subterranean termites and wood-decay fungi
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Samuel V. Glass, Nathan J. Bechle, Jed Cappellazzi, Jonathon Palmer, William Hickey. 2020. Fungal Diversity Associated with Zones of the AWPA Fungal Decay Hazard Map
• F.J. Eller, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, W.T. Hay, D.E. Palmquist. 2020. Effect of burgundy solid extracted from Eastern Red Cedar heartwood on subterranean termites and Wood-decay fungi
• Mark E. Mankowski, Thomas G. Shelton, Grant T. Kirker, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2020. Evaluation of a Soil Termiticide or Borate Non-Pressure Treatments for Protecting Douglas-Fir CLT in a Field Test: Two Years Results
• Mark E. Mankowski, Matthew Konkler, Craig Bell, Grant T. Kirker, Jeffery Morrell, James Renfroe. 2020. Using boron rods as a source for dual treatment
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Jed Cappellazzi, Jonathan M. Palmer, Nathan J. Bechle, Patricia K. Lebow, Stan Lebow. 2020. Role of leaf litter in above-ground wood decay
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Samuel V. Glass. 2020. Effects of wood moisture content and the level of acetylation on brown rot decay
• Grant T. Kirker, Christian Brischke, Leandro Passarini, Samuel L. Zelinka. 2020. Salt Damage in Wood: Controlled Laboratory Exposures and Mechanical Property Measurements
• Victor Fassina Brocco, Juarez Benigno Paes, Lais Gonçalves da Costa, Grant T. Kirker, Sérgio Brazolin. 2020. Wood color changes and termiticidal properties of teak heartwood extract used as a wood preservative
• Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Muhammad Misbah ul Haq. 2020. Synergistic effect of heartwood extracts in combination with linseed oil as wood preservatives against subterranean termite Heterotermes indicola (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
• Grant T. Kirker, Rebecca E. Ibach. 2019. The life and work of Bruce Johnson at the Forest Products Laboratory and in the American Wood Protection Association
• Lakshmi Narayanan, Juliet D. Tang, Grant T. Kirker, Maryam K. Mohammadi-Araghi, C. Elizabeth. Stokes. 2019. Using metagenomics to quantify the bacterial diversity in field stakes treated with wood preservative
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Leandro Passarini, Frederick Matt, Grant T. Kirker. 2019. Corrosiveness of Thermally Modified Wood
• Stan Lebow, Juliet D. Tang, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski. 2019. Guidelines for the selection and use of pressure-treated wood
• Babar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Sohail Ahmed, Amy B. Bishell. 2019. Ex-situ performance of extracts from naturally durable heartwood species and their potential as wood preservatives
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, Leandro Passarini, Christopher G. Hunt, Barry Lai, Olga Antipova, Luxi Li, Stefan Vogt. 2019. Copper distribution and oxidation states near corroded fasteners in treated wood
• Grant T. Kirker. 2018. Wood decay fungi
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Stan Lebow. 2018. Above and in-ground performance of naturally-durable woods in Wisconsin
• Timothy M. Young, Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker, Adam Taylor. 2018. A protocol for implementing statistical process control in the treated wood industry
• Mark E. Mankowski, Thomas G. Shelton, Grant T. Kirker, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2018. Ongoing field evaluation of Douglas-fir cross-laminated timber in a ground proximity protected test in Mississippi
• Mark E. Mankowski, Stan Lebow, Grant T. Kirker. 2018. Incising and site effects on long-term durability of pressure-treated refractory wood species
• Stan Lebow, Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Steven Halverson. 2018. Northeastern United States species treated with copper-based preservatives: Durability in mississippi stake tests
• J.Y. Wang, R. Stirling, Paul I. Morris, A. Taylor, J. Lloyd, Grant T. Kirker, Stan Lebow, Mark E. Mankowski. 2018. Durability of mass timber structures: a review of the biological risks
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Juliet D. Tang, Katie M. Ohno, Amy B. Bishell, Lydia Finney, Evan R. Maxey, Stefan Vogt, Grant T. Kirker. 2018. Fungal–copper interactions in wood examined with large field of view synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence microscopy
• Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Rebecca E. Ibach, Muhammad Misbah ul Haq. 2018. Effects of Teak, Tectona grandis Linn, heartwood extractives against Heterotermes indicola (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• B Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, C Clausen, S. Ahmed. 2018. Effects of White Mulberry (Morus alba) Heartwood Extract Against Reticulitermes flavipes (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Grant T. Kirker. 2018. Assessment of fastener corrosion and salt damage in the bilge of the Eureka
• Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq. 2018. Antioxidant effects of four heartwood extractives on midgut enzyme activity in Heterotermes indicola (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
• F.J. Eller, W.T. Hay, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, G.W. Sellling. 2018. Hexadecyl ammonium chloride amylose inclusion complex to emulsify cedarwood oil and treat wood against termites and wood-decay fungi
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, William J. Hickey. 2017. AWPA biodeterioration hazard map revisited
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker. 2017. Comparison of performance criteria for evaluating stake test data
• Mark E. Mankowski, Stan Lebow, Grant T. Kirker, Lee Gjovik. 2017. Long term durability of solid heartwood stakes treated with ACA or CCA
• Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker. 2017. Comparison of performance of wood extractives as preservatives in field tests against termites and decay in the USA and Pakistan
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Michelle A. Jusino, Jonathan M. Palmer, William J. Hickey, Daniel Lindner. 2017. Amplicon-Based Sequencing of Soil Fungi from Wood Preservative Test Sites
• Katie M. Ohno, Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Carol A. Clausen. 2017. Untreated and copper-treated wood soaked in sodium oxalate: effects of decay by copper-tolerant and copper-sensitive fungi
• Babar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Sohail Ahmed. 2017. Effects of heartwood extractives on symbiotic protozoan communities and mortality in two termite species
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, David Vine, Stefan Vogt. 2017. Synchrotron based x-ray fluorescence microscopy confirms copper in the corrosion products of metals in contact with treated wood
• Xingxia Ma, Grant T. Kirker, Carol A. Clausen, Mingliang Jiang, Haibin Zhou. 2017. Modulus of elasticity loss as a rapid indicator of rot-fungal attack on untreated and preservative-treated wood in laboratory tests
• Grant T. Kirker, Samuel L. Zelinka, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, David Vine, Lydia Finney, Si Chen, Young Pyo Hong, Omar Uyarte, Stefan Vogt, Jody Jellison, Barry Goodell, Joseph Jakes. 2017. Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence microscopy enables multiscale spatial visualization of ions involved in fungal lignocellulose deconstruction
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Samuel L. Zelinka. 2016. Electrical properties of wood colonized by Gloeophyllum trabeum
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Grant T. Kirker, Joseph Jakes, Leandro Passarini, Barry Lai. 2016. Distribution and oxidation state of copper in the cell walls of treated wood examined by synchrotron based XANES and XFM
• Grant T. Kirker, Stan Lebow, Mark E. Mankowski. 2016. Comprehensive overview of FPL field testing conducted in the tropics (1945-2005)
• Grant T. Kirker, Samuel L. Zelinka, Leandro Passarini. 2016. Avast Ye Salty Dogs: Salt damage in the context of coastal residential construction and historical maritime timbers
• Xing-xia Ma, Grant T. Kirker, Ming-liang Jiang, Yu-zhang Wu. 2016. Dual protection of wood surface treated with melamine-modified urea-formaldehyde resin mixed with ammonium polyphosphate against both fire and decay
• Samuel L. Zelinka, Joseph Jakes, Grant T. Kirker, Leandro Passarini, Barry Lai. 2016. Corrosion of metals in treated wood examined by synchrotron based xanes and XFM
• Mark E. Mankowski, Blossie Boyd, Barbar Hassan, Grant T. Kirker. 2016. GC-MS Characterizations of Termiticidal Heartwood Extractives from Wood Species Utilized in Pakistan
• Mark E. Mankowski, Barbar Hassan, Amy B. Bishell, Grant T. Kirker. 2016. Laboratory evaluations of woods from Pakistan and their extractives against Postia placenta and Trametes versicolor
• Barbar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Grant T. Kirker, Sohail Ahmed, Muhammad Misbah ul Haq. 2016. Antitermitic Activities of Shisham (Dalbergia Sissoo Roxb.) Heartwood Extractives against two Termite Species
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Patricia K. Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2016. Effect of Fungal Competition on Decay Rates in Bicultured Soil Bottle Assays
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Patricia K. Lebow. 2015. Laboratory Evaluations of Durability of Southern Pine Pressure Treated With Extractives From Durable Wood Species
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Grant T. Kirker, Rachel A. Arango. 2015. Fifty-Year Durability Evaluation of Posts Treated with Industrial Wood Preservatives
• Grant T. Kirker, Jerrold Winandy. 2014. Chapter 6: Above Ground Deterioration of Wood and Wood-Based Materials
• Grant T. Kirker. 2014. Chapter 4: Genetic Identification of Fungi Involved in Wood Decay
• Carol A. Clausen, Frederick Green, Grant T. Kirker, Stan Lebow. 2014. Wood Protection Research Council: Research Priorities 2013
• Grant T. Kirker, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Principal Component Analysis of Microbial Community Data from an Accelerated Decay Cellar Test
• Grant T. Kirker, S.V. Diehl, Patricia K. Lebow. 2014. Microbial Community Analysis of Naturally Durable Wood in an Above Ground Field Test
• Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker. 2014. Rate My Stake: Interpretation of Ordinal Stake Ratings
• Grant T. Kirker, Carol A. Clausen, Amy B. Bishell, Stan Lebow. 2013. Evaluating Naturally Durable Wood Species for Repair and Rehabilitation of Above-Ground Components of Covered Bridges
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Stan Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2013. Transferable Durability: Enhancing decay resistance of non-durable species with extractives from durable wood species
• Stan Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Grant T. Kirker, Patricia K. Lebow. 2013. Long-Term Durability of Pressure-Treated Wood in a Severe Test Site
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2013. The role of extractives in naturally durable wood species
• Grant T. Kirker, Terence Wagner, Susan Diehl. 2012. Relationship between wood-inhabiting fungi and Reticulitermes spp
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Stan Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2012. Above Ground Field Evaluation and GC-MS Analysis of Naturally Durable Wood Species
• Grant T. Kirker, M. Lynn Prewitt, Walter J. Diehl, Susan V. Diehl. 2012. Community analysis of preservative-treated southern pine (Pinus spp.) using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis
• Grant T. Kirker, M. Lynn Prewitt, Tor P. Schultz, Susan V. Dieh. 2012. Community analysis of preservative-treated southern pine (Pinus spp.) using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis. Part 1: Fungal field study
• Stan Lebow, Grant T. Kirker, Robert H. White, Terry Amburgey, H. Michael Barnes, Michael Sanders, Jeff Morrell. 2012. Guide for In-Place Treatment of Covered and Timber Bridges
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Stan Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2011. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of extractives of naturally durable wood
• Grant T. Kirker, Jessie A. Glaeser, Stan Lebow, Frederick Green, Carol A. Clausen. 2011. Physical deterioration of preservative treated poles and pilings exposed to salt water
• Grant T. Kirker, Susan V. Diehl, M. Lynn Prewitt. 2010. The usual suspects : fingerprinting microbial communities involved in decay of treated southern yellow pine

• Project
  

  DNA Identification of Lumber

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/fpl/projects/dna-id-lumber
  Station

  Forest Products Laboratory
• Project
  

  Using Wood Decay Fungi to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Improve Soil Health

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-wood-decay-fungi
  Station

  Northern Research Station

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• USDA-ARS Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Poplarville, MS, Research Entomologist, 2010
• Mississippi State University, MS, Ph.D., Forest Products, 2008
• Mississippi State University, MS, M.S., Entomology (minor=Plant Pathology), 2004
• Mississippi State University, MS, B.S., Agricultural Pest Management, 2001