Mark E. Mankowski, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• 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
• 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, Babar Hassan, Mark E. Mankowski, Fred J. Eller. 2024. Critical Review on the Use of Extractives of Naturally Durable Woods as Natural Wood Protectants
• Mark E. Mankowski, Lukas Dant. 2023. Efficacy of a Non-pressure Wood Protection System in an Above Ground Protected Field Test
• 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
• Thomas G. Shelton, Craig Bell, Juliet D. Tang, Mark E. Mankowski. 2022. USDA Forest Service: 2021 termiticide report
• 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
• Rod Stirling, Mark E. Mankowski. 2022. Above-ground termite resistance of naturallly durable species in Ontario and Mississippi
• 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
• 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
• Shahlinney Lipeh, Laurence Schimleck, Mark E. Mankowski, Armando G. McDonald, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2021. ATR-FTIR Study of Alaska Yellow Cedar Extractives and Relationship with Their Natural Durability
• Thomas G. Shelton, Donald Fye, Craig Bell, Mark E. Mankowski, Juliet D. Tang. 2021. Testing continues on 2 termiticide candidates: The U.S. Forest Service releases its termiticide testing report for 2020.
• 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
• Mark E. Mankowski, Jeffrey J. Morrell, Patricia K. Lebow. 2021. Effects on brood development in the carpenter ant Camponotus vicinus Mayr after exposure to the yeast associate Schwanniomyces polymorphus Kloecker
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• Shahlinney Lipeh, Laurence R. Schimleck, Mark E. Mankowski, Armando G. McDonald, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2020. Relationship between attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of western juniper and natural resistance to fungal and termite attack
• Stan Lebow, Juliet D. Tang, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski. 2019. Guidelines for the selection and use of pressure-treated wood
• Mark E. Mankowski, Grant Kirker, Stan Lebow, James Renfroe, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2019. The use of boron rods as a boron source for dual treated timber
• 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
• Brent Tisserat, Fred J. Eller, Mark E. Mankowski. 2019. Properties of composite wood panels fabricated from Eastern redcedar employing various bio-based green adhesives
• Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed, Nasir Mehmood, Mark E. Mankowski, Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq. 2019. Toxicity potential of heartwood extractives from two mulberry species against Heterotermes indicola
• Mark E. Mankowski, Jeffrey J. Morrell. 2018. Carpenter ant-microbe interactions: a focus on yeast associates
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Mark E. Mankowski, Blossie Boyd, Geoffrey Webb. 2016. Effects of permethrin treated wood on the subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and comparison of solvent extraction for HPLC analysis of permethrin in wood
• Grant T. Kirker, Stan Lebow, Mark E. Mankowski. 2016. Comprehensive overview of FPL field testing conducted in the tropics (1945-2005)
• 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
• Mark E. Mankowski, Mark J. Manning, Damien P. Slowik. 2015. Durability of Capped Wood Plastic Composites
• Thomas G. Shelton, Donald Fye, Juliet D. Tang, Mark E. Mankowski. 2015. Command Performance The USFS presents its annual Termiticide Report for 2014

• Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, Ph.D. Forest Resources, Forest Products/Entomology, 2002
• Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, M.S. Entomology, Forest Entomology, 1992
• S.U.N.Y. Geneseo, Geneseo, New York, B.S. Biology, Biology, 1989