Resa MARTHA, in the second year of a joint thesis between the University of Lorraine and the IPB (Indonesia), won a Ron Cockroft Award at the 54th International Research Group on Wood Protection, held in Cairns, Australia, from 28 May to 1 June 2023. His lecture, entitled “The influence of thermal and chemical modification on homogeneity between sapwood, heartwood and transition wood of short rotation teak”, won over the audience.