Saturday, January 25, 2025

Management

Management Committee

MC Chair Prof Conceiçáo SANTOS (PT)
MC Vice Chair Prof Francesco SPINELLI (IT)

Working Groups, Leaders and Vice Leaders

Working Group 1 Exploiting Plant-Microbiome molecular crosstalks: diversity, distribution and eco-evolutionary perspectives
WG1 Leader Dr Ahmed ABDELFATTAH (DE)
WG1 Vice Leader Prof Gabriele BERG (AU)
Working Group 2 Crop-Microbiome assembly dynamics under specific environments
WG2 Leader Prof Elodie VANDELLE (IT)
WG2 Vice Leader Prof Gordana RACIC (RS)
Working Group 3 Crop microbiomes and plant diseases: from dysbiosis to increased defenses
WG3 Leader Dr Joël F. POTHIER (CH)
WG3 Vice Leader Dr Renata ARTIMOVÁ (SK)
Working Group 4 From current microbial inoculants to synthetic communities
WG4 Leader Dr Anna BONATERRA (ES)
WG4 Vice Leader Prof Claire PRIGENT-COMBARET (FR)
Working Group 5 Communication, and engagement with society
WG5 Leader Prof Caroline DE TENDER (BE)
WG5 Vice Leader Dr Ralf KOEBNIK (FR)

Transversal Roles

Grant Awarding Coordinator Dr Ivan NIKOLIĆ (RS)
Science Communication Manager Prof Caroline DE TENDER (BE)
Virtual Networking Support Manager pending

Management Committee

Country MC Member #1 MC Member #2
Albania Prof Aida BANI
Austria Prof Gabriele BERG Dr Hanna KOCH
Belgium Prof Claude BRAGARD Prof Caroline DE TENDER
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Duska DELIC Mr Mihajlo VORUNA
Bulgaria Dr Lyuben ZAGORCHEV
Croatia Dr Jelena ILIĆ Dr Irena BUDIĆ-LETO
Cyprus Dr Loukas KANETIS Dr Iakovos PANTELIDES
Czech Republic Dr Miroslav BARANEK
Denmark Mr Mogens NICOLAISEN
Estonia Dr Merike SÕMERA Ms Liina SOONVALD
Finland Dr Krista PELTONIEMI
France Dr Ralf KOEBNIK Prof Claire PRIGENT-COMBARET
Germany Dr Ahmed ABDELFATTAH Prof Matthias NOLL
Greece Dr Aliki KAPAZOGLOUS Dr Sotirios TJAMOS
Hungary Dr Laszlo KREDICS Prof György SIPOS
Israel Dr Elisa KORENBLUM Dr Elhanan TZIPILEVICH
Italy Prof Francesco SPINELLI Prof Elodie VANDELLE
Lithuania Prof Elena SERVIENĖ Dr Inga TAMOŠIŪNĖ
Montenegro Ms Anita MARTIC
Poland Dr Krzysztof AMBROZIAK Prof Joanna PULAWSKA
Portugal Prof Joana COSTA Dr Maria Celeste DIAS
Serbia Prof Tanja BERIĆ Prof Gordana RACIC
Slovakia Dr Renata ARTIMOVÁ Dr Juraj MEDO
Slovenia Dr Kristina GRUDEN Dr Marko PETEK
Spain Dr Anna BONATERRA Dr Blanca LANDA
Sweden Dr Salme TIMMUSK Dr Ramesh VETUKURI
Switzerland Dr Joël F. POTHIER
Türkiye Prof Younes Rezaee DANESH Prof Yagmur UYSAL
United Kingdom Dr Irina DRUZHININA Dr Joana VICENTE

COST Near Neighbour Countries

Institution MC Observer
pending pending

COST International Partner Countries

Institution MC Observer
pending pending