Markus Teige

Coordinator of the network

Studies of Chemistry, University of Hannover (DE) PhD thesis Institute of Plant Genetics, IPK Gatersleben (DE).
Expertise: Protein kinases, Chloroplasts

Group leader Plant Signalling
Molecular Systems Biology
University of Vienna (AT)
contact: Markus.Teige@univie.ac.at
+43 (0)1 4277 76530, lab: ext. 76566

Project manager of the network

Studies of Psychology, Univ. of Vienna (AT), Executive Manager with Greiter GmbH. Expertise: Project Management ITN COSI 2008-2012

Molecular Systems Biology
University of Vienna (AT)
contact: Helga.Waltenberger@univie.ac.at
+43 (0)1 4277 76530 secr: ext. 76551

Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont

Scientist in charge at the University of Geneva (UNIGE)

Studies of Biochemistry, University of Geneva (CH) PhD thesis: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva (CH). Expertise: Chloroplast biogenesis, Chlamydomonas 

Professor of Plant Biology
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Geneva (CH)
contact: Michel.Goldschmidt-Clermont@unige.ch
+ 41 (0)22 379 6188

Eva Mari Aro

Scientist in charge at  Turun yliopisto University of Turku (UTU)

Studies of plant physiology, University of Turku (FI). PhD thesis at the Dept. of Biology, University of Turku (FI). Expertise: Regulation of Photosynthesis in Plants and Cyanobacteria.

Professor of Botany
Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry
University of Turku (FI)
contact: eva-mari.aro@utu.fi
+358 (0)2 333 5931

Peter Gollan

co-PI at  Turun yliopisto University of Turku (UTU)

Studies of plant molecular biology, University of Turku (FI). PhD thesis at the Dept. of Life Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology (AU). Expertise: Photosynthesis in signalling networks, thylakoid lumen proteins.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Finland
Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry
University of Turku (FI)
contact: peter.gollan@utu.fi
+358 (0)2 333 8077

Julia Walter

Early Stage Researcher (ESR) at the Turun yliopisto University of Turku (UTU)

Studies: Bio Sciences at University of Potsdam (DE), Functional Plant Sciences studies at University of Rostock (DE), Master thesis "Characterizing glycine decarboxylase complex L-subunit overexpression mutants of Arabidopsis". Expertise: Genetic analyses, (Phospho-)Proteomics, Gas exchange measurements. 

Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry
University of Turku (FI)
contact:julwal@utu.fi
+358 (0)2 333 8092

Claudia Jonak 

Scientist in charge at the GMI

Studies of Genetics, University of Vienna (AT). PhD thesis Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna (AT).  Expertise: Signal transduction, protein kinases, plant stress physiology.

Group leader
Stress signal transduction and cellular responses
Health and Environment Department
Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AT)
Contact: claudia.jonak@ait.ac.at
+43 (0) 505504623

Early Stage Researcher (ESR) at Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology  (GMI)

Studies of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Bonn (DE), Thesis: "Characterization of promiscuous enzyme active of Aldehyde dehydrogenases in Arabidopsis thaliana". Expertise: Protein expression, purification. Enzyme kinetics, Gene cloning.

Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Biology, Vienna (AT)
Contact: bikram.pandey@gmi.oeaw.ac.at
+43 (0)1 79044 9856

Halina Gabrys

Scientist in charge at Jagiellonian University of Krakow (JU)

Studies of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University (PL) PhD thesis Institute of Molecular Biology, Jagiellonian University of Krakow (PL). Expertise: Chloroplast movement, Light signalling, Cytoskeleton.

Professor of Plant Physiology
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow (PL)
contact: halina.gabrys@uj.edu.pl
+0048 12 664 6520

Christian Louis Volk

Early Stage Researcher (ESR) at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow (JU) & elected trainee's representative

Studies of Biology, University of Freiburg (DE) Diploma thesis “Analysis on reprogramming in Physcomitrella patens". Expertise: Plant biotechnology, plant physiology, reverse genetics

Dpt. Plant Biotechnology
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow (PL)
contact: christian.volk@uj.edu.pl
+48 12 664 6391

Angela Falciatore

Scientist in charge at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)

Studies of Biology, University of Naples (IT) PhD thesis Stazione Zoologica of Naples, University Federico II of Naples (IT). Expertise: Diatom biology; Molecular signalling; Diatom photoperception; Functional genomics; Gene silencing.

Group leader Diatom Genomics
Génomique des Microorganismes
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (FR)
contact: angela.falciatore@upmc.fr
+33 (0)14427 8142

Marc Knight

Scientist in charge at Durham University (UDUR)

Studies of Botany, University of Durham (UK); PhD thesis in Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, (UK). Expertise: Calcium signalling, calcium imaging and abiotic stress.

Professor of Plant Cell Signalling,
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Durham University (UK)
contact: m.r.knight@durham.ac.uk
+44 (0) 191 33 41224

Ute Vothknecht

Scientist in charge at University of Bonn

Studies of Biology at the Philipps-University Marburg (DE). PhD thesis at the Faculty of Life Science, Philipps-University Marburg (DE). Expertise: Chloroplast (Thylakoid) Biogenesis, Calcium regulation in endosymbiotic organelles.

Plant Cell Biology - IZMB,
University of Bonn (DE)
contact: vothknecht@uni-bonn.de
+49 (0)228 73 5999 

Early Stage Researcher (ESR) at University of Bonn

Master of Sciences in Plant Biotechnology at Gent University (BE). Thesis: Growth heterosis in hybrid maize, cellular and transcriptome analysis of the leaf growth zone. Expertise: calcium signaling in response to abiotic stress in plants.

Plant Cell Biology - IZMB,
University of Bonn (DE)
contact: ecutolo@uni-bonn.de

Ingo Ebersberger

Scientist in charge at Goethe University of Frankfurt (GU)

Studies of Biology at the Mainz University (DE). PhD thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , Leipzig (DE). Expertise: Phylogenomics, Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetic Profiling, Functional Annotation Transfer.

Professor of Applied Bioinformatics
Institut für Zellbiologie & Neurowissenschaft
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
contact: ebersberger@bio.uni-frankfurt.de
+49 (0)69 798  42112

Alexander Gallé 

Scientist in charge at Bayer CropScience Gent (BCSGent)

Studies in Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (DE), PhD on Plant Physiology at the University of Bern (CH). Expertise: Photosynthesis, Stress Physiology, Plant Imaging

Bayer CropScience NV – INNOVATION CENTER
Technologiepark Gent (BE)
contact: alexander.galle@bayer.com
+32 9 2430704

Silvia Fluch

Scientist in charge, managing director R&D at ecoduna productions GmbH (ecoduna)

Studies of Biology and Genetics in Graz and Vienna (AT) and studies of organizational development at the IFF University of Klagenfurt (AT). PhD thesis at the Institute of Botany at the University of Vienna (AT) on DNA markers for plant molecular analysis. Expertise: Plant and Algal Molecular Biology, DNA marker development and application for population diversity analysis and species identification (Barcoding), Bioinformatics and Data integration, founder of the DNA repository at AIT.

ecoduna produktions- GmbH
Bruck/Leitha (AT)
contact: fluch@ecoduna.com