Council members

Prof. Kirsten Krause, President

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Kirsten is passionate about parasitic plants and investigates molecular aspects that explain their evolutionary success.

Webpage: https://en.uit.no/ansatte/kirsten.krause

Prof. Rosa Laura Lopez Marques, Vice-President

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Rosa investigates how dynamic changes in the cellular membrane enable plant adaptation to environmental stress

Webpage: Rosa Laura Lopez Marques

Prof. Katharina Pawlowski, Secretary general

Stockholm University, Sweden

Prof. Mats Hansson, Treasurer

Lund University, Sweden

Mats has a keen interest in barley mutants, using them as a tool to explore plant architecture, flowering time and chlorophyll biosynthesis.

Website: https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/mats-hansson

Prof. Thorsten Hamann, Journal responsible

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Throsten is interested in understanding how plant cells monitor and maintain the functional integrity of their cell walls during development and interactions with the environment.

Website: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/thorsten.hamann

Prof. Ari Pekka Mähönen, Member

University of Helsinki, Finland

Ari Pekka studies the development of cambium in Arabidopsis and in hybrid aspen.

Webpage: Ari Pekka Mähönen

Prof. Paul Grini, Member

University of Oslo, Norway

Paul investigates the epigenetic regulation of seed development and especially the role and mechanisms of genomic imprinting in different species and species hybrids.

Website: Paul Grini - Department of Biosciences

Margrethe Kristine Dam Falkenberg, PhD and postdoc representative

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Margrethe aims to accelerate the domestication of perennial barley by optimizing tissue culture and transformation protocols, offering a more sustainable alternative to annual grain crops.

Website: Margrethe Kristine Dam Falkenberg

Deputy members:

Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Heather Jakobsen Neilson

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Elizabeth investigates the evolution and function of metabolic pathways, with a focus on how plants adapt and interact with their environment.

Website: https://plen.ku.dk/english/employees/?pure=en/persons/437482

Prof. Carl Gunnar Fossdal

The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway

Prof. Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi

University of Helsinki, Finland

Saija is interested in photobiology, plant stress tolerance and indoor farming.

Webpage: www.helsinki.fi/crop-light

Ass. Prof. Jens Sundström

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Former council members

... until 2024

• Prof. Stefan Wenkel, Treasurer, Sweden

• Dr Zsófia Réka Stangl, PhD and postdoc representative, Sweden

... until 2022

• Prof. Christiane Funk, President, Sweden

... until 2021

• Prof. Cornelia Spetea Viklund, Journal Responsible, Sweden

• Prof. Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi, Member, Finland

... until 2019

• Prof. Stefan Jansson, President, Sweden

• Dr. Totte Niittylä, Secretary General, Sweden

• Prof. Per Gardeström, Treasurer, Sweden