Terry L. Amburgey

Phone: (662) 325-3057
Email: tamburgey@cfr.msstate.edu

Biographical Information:

Dr. Terry Amburgey has a B.S. (1963) and M.S. (1965) from the State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry and a Ph.D. (1969) in Plant Pathology from North Carolina State University. Following graduation, he accepted a position as Plant Pathologist with the Southern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service at Gulfport, Mississippi. By the time that he left the Forest Service in 1979, Dr. Amburgey was a Principal Plant Pathologist (Wood Decay Specialist). That year he joined the staff of the Forest Products Laboratory at Mississippi State University as Professor of Forest Products.

Dr. Amburgey has authored over 125 publications, including five patents (2 additional patents in process) and has achieved university honors such as the 1986 Faculty Achievement Award, Outstanding Faculty Member in the department (5 years), and appointment as a Distinguished Professor. He received the American Wood-Preservers' Association Award of Merit, the association's highest honor, in 2004. Dr. Amburgey frequently is asked to make presentations on preventing and controlling wood decay at local, regional, national, and international meetings. He currently holds memberships in the American Wood Preservers' Association, Forest Products Society, Society of Wood Science and Technology, International Research Group on Wood Preservation, National Institute of Building Sciences, Railway Tie Association, and the Entomological Society of America. He is a principal in two consulting companies, AMBAR Inc and TASKpro Inc.