Frank Rasche, Associate Professor

Project coordinator

Agronomy in the Tropics and Subtropics, Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e), University of Hohenheim, Germany

Research: Analysis of the rhizosphere microbiome of Kernza and potential of biological nitrogen inhibition (WP2)

Contact: frank.rasche@uni-hohenheim.de

Konrad Martin, PhD

Management support

Agronomy in the Tropics and Subtropics, Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e), University of Hohenheim, Germany

Research: Involved in arthropod diversity analysis (WP4).

Contact: k.martin@uni-hohenheim.de

Christophe David

Lead, Managing Director

ISARA-Lyon, France, Agroecology and Environment

Research/Task: Coordination. Analysis of Kernza suitability and relevance for new agroecological cropping systems.

Contact: davidc@isara.fr

Florian Celelette, Associate Professor

ISARA-Lyon, France, Agroecology and Environment

Research/Task: Analysis of Kernza suitability and relevance for new agroecological cropping systems.

Contact: fcelette@isara.fr

Olivier Duchene, Associate Professor

ISARA-Lyon, France, Agroecology and Environment

Research/Task: Analysis of above and belowground Kernza growth and traits, linked to ecosystem services supply in fields.

Contact: olduchene@isara.fr

Camille Bathellier, PhD

ISARA-Lyon, France, Agronomy

Research/Task: Leading on-farm trials network in France. Analysis of Kernza suitability and relevance for new agroecological cropping systems.

Contact: cbathellier@isara.fr

Anthony Roume

Research Engineer

ISARA-Lyon, France

Research/Task: Analysis of arthropod diversity in agroecosystems.

Contact: aroume@isara.fr

Adeline Cadiergues

Research Technician

ISARA-Lyon, France

Research/Task: Field and laboratory work

Contact: acadiergues@isara.fr

Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz, Professor

Lead

Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

Research/Task: plant-microbial interactions, fungal and bacterial microbiome structure, mycorrhizal associations, plant pathology.

Contact: hrynk@umk.pl

Ewa Węgrzyn

Postdoctoral Associate

Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

Research/Task: Analysis of crop-associated microbiome.

Contact: ewa.wegrzyn@umk.pl

Edyta Deja-Sikora, PhD

Assistant Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

Research/Task: Analysis of crop-associated microbiome.

Contact: dejasikora@umk.pl

Tomislav Cernava, Tenure-track Professor

Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Kristina Michl

PhD Researcher

Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Research/Task: Characterization of the bacterial, endophytic microbiome and its functional traits.

Contact: kristina.michl@tugraz.at

Sulemana Issifu

PhD Researcher

Agronomy in the Tropics and Subtropics, Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e), University of Hohenheim, Germany

Research/Task: Investigation the biological nitrification inhibition potential of Kernza.

Contact: sulemana.issifu@uni-hohenheim.de

Linda-Maria Dimitrova Mårtensson, Associate Professor

Lead

Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Research/Task: Responsible for the field trial and the in situ climate change simulation at SITES Research Station Lönnstorp in Sweden. Assessing soil microbialogical and physiochemical responses to management and drought.

Contact: linda.maria.martensson@slu.se

Ana Barreiro

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Engineering Polytechnic School, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain

Research/Task: Co-responsible for the field trial and the in situ climate change simulation at SITES Research Station Lönnstorp in Sweden. Assessing soil microbialogical and physiochemical responses to management and drought.

Contact: ana.barreiro.bujan@usc.es

Shoujiao Li

PhD Researcher

Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Research/Task: Detecting microbial biomass and bacterial activity as responses to management.

Soil Science Department, Faculty of Regional and Environmental Sciences, University of Trier, Germany

Research/Task: Identification and biodivesity analysis of earthworm and nematode fauna.

Contact: emmerling@uni-trier.de

Alena Förster

PhD Researcher

University of Trier/University of Hohenheim, Germany

Research/Task: Identification and biodiversity analysis of earthworm and nematode fauna and comparison between Kernza and annual wheat fields.

Contact: naperdiv-wp4@uni-trier.de

Adalbert Balogh, Professor of Entomology and Ecology

Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Technical Science, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Hungary and Romania.

Research/Task: Identification of ground – and rove beetles and other arthropods from Kernza and annual fields

Contact: adalbert.balog@ms.sapientia.ro, adalbert.balog@gmail.com

Benjamin Dumont, PhD

Research Associate

University of Liege, Belgium