Thomas Rosenau (born 1969) is a German-Austrian chemist and wood scientist specializing in chemistry, who is professor at the Department of Chemistry at BOKU University[1] in Vienna, and also, elected member at the International Academy of Wood Science[2] and honorary recipient of the Anselme Payen Award.
[3] Rosenau completed his studies in chemistry at the Dresden University of Technology.
He then carried out his doctoral and postdoctoral research at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, USA.
Following that, he returned to Europe and pursued his habilitation degree in organic chemistry at the BOKU University.
Presently, he serves as a full professor at the Department of Chemistry at BOKU University, and heads the Institute of Chemistry of Renewable Resources and the Austrian Biorefinery Center Tulln (ABCT).