Indroneil Ganguly
- Associate Professor
- Associate Director, CINTRAFOR
Research areas
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of bio-based products; forest products marketing; forest economics
Indroneil Ganguly is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) and Associate Director of the Center for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR). His research expertise is in temporal life cycle assessment modeling of wood products, woody biomass-based bioenergy, and wood-based building systems. Dr. Ganguly’s research focuses on natural climate solutions and the synergic role between the wood products industry, trade, and regional forestry practices. He has developed Life Cycle environmental Assessment (LCA) models for a broad range of innovative wood products and wood-based construction systems, including ‘woody biomass-based biofuels, ‘Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Panels’, and ‘comparative LCAs of traditional vs. CLT buildings’. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Ganguly has undertaken research in India, China, Vietnam, Japan, and Thailand, exploring trade and environmental policies in those countries.
B.Sc., Economics, University of Calcutta
MBA, Natural Resources and Rural Management, Indian Institute of Rural Management
Ph.D., Forest Products and Marketing, University of Washington
Autumn 2026-27 Admissions: Please reach out to Professor Ganguly to inquire about their ability to admit new students.
Courses
- QSCI 482 | Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing (5) - Autumn
Current sponsored projects
Environmental and economic assessment of simultaneous production of polylactic acid and lignin-based co-products
Developing an Export Oriented U.S. Wood Pellet Industry in the Pacific Northwest with a Focus on the Asian Market
Selected publications
F Pierobon, M Huang, K Simonen, I Ganguly. (2019). Environmental benefits of using hybrid CLT structure in midrise non-residential construction: An LCA based comparative case study in the US PNW. Journal of Building Engineering. 100862.
CX Chen, F Pierobon, I Ganguly. (2019). Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Produced in Western Washington: The Role of Logistics and Wood Species Mix. Sustainability 11(5): 1278.
K Song, I Ganguly, I Eastin, C Dou, R Bura, A Dichiara. (2019). Structure–property relationships of hydrothermally treated western hemlock. SN Applied Sciences 1(1): 84.
Alanya-Rosenbaum S, Bergman RD, Ganguly I, Pierobon F. 2018. A comparative life-cycle assessment of briquetting logging residues and lumber manufacturing coproducts in Western United States. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 34(1): 11-24.
Ganguly, I., Pierobon, F., Bowers, T., Huisenga, M., Eastin, I., Johnston, G. 2018. ‘Woods-to-Wake’ Life Cycle Assessment of Residual Woody Biomass Based Jet-Fuel Using Dilute Acid Pretreatment. Biomass and Bioenergy. 108(January): 207-216.