Chairs and Core Group
IPLANTA TEAM
Chair of the Action: Bruno Mezzetti
email: b.mezzetti@univpm.it
Vice chair: Jeremy Sweet
email: jeremysweet303@aol.com
WG Leaders
• WG1
Leader: Guy Smagghe - Univ Gent BE,
email: guy.smagghe@ugent.be
Vice Leader: Michel Ravelonandro, INRA Bordeaux FR,
email: michel.ravelonandro@inra.fr
• WG2
Leader: Huw Jones - Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan UK,
email: hdj2@aber.ac.uk
Vice Leader: Hely Haggman - University of Oulu, FI,
email: hely.haggman@oulu.fi
• WG3
Leader: Salvatore Arpaia - ENEA, Trisaia IT,
email: salvatore.arpaia@enea.it
Vice Leader: Antje Dietz-Pfeilstetter, Julius Kuhn-Institute, Braunschweig GE,
email: antje.dietz@ julius-kuehn.de
• WG4
Leader: Vera Ventura - University of Milan, IT
email: vera.ventura@unimi.it
Vice Leader: to be appointed
• WG5
Leader: Hilde-Gunn Opsahl-Sorteberg, NMBU IPV, NO,
email: hildop@nmbu.no
Vice Leader: Matina Tsalavouta, Rothamsted Research, UK,
email: matina.tsalavouta@rothamsted.ac.uk
STSMs Short term Scientific Missions Coordinators
• STSMs
Leader: Jorge Paiva, Institute of Plant Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPG PAS),Poznan PL,
email: jpai@igr.poznan.pl
Vice Leader: Marko Petek, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana SI,
email: marko.petek@nib.si
Vice Leader: Vesna Tumbas Saponjac, University of Novi Sad, Serbia,
email: vesnat11@gmail.com