Jacob Gines

STARKVILLE, Mississippi —Mississippi State Associate Professor Jacob Gines is the inaugural Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association Endowed Professor in Innovative Wood Construction and Design. The Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association established the endowed position jointly in MSU’s College of Architecture, Art and Design and College of Forest Resources in 2024. Gines has taught architecture courses and advanced design studios at MSU since 2012. During his tenure, he has collaborated with MSU’s Department of Sustainable Bioproducts and the Mississippi Forestry Association on sustainable design using emerging and innovative forest products. Last year, he earned his Ph.D. in sustainable bioproducts, specializing in mass timber. …“Although we have a strong timber industry, we currently don’t have CLT manufacturing in our state. Increasing proximity and availability to mass timber materials would create exciting opportunities for our state’s architects, contractors and developers,” Gines said. “Another hurdle we must address is the unfamiliarity within the architecture and construction industries.