Members of MultiStress

The ambition of the MultiStress Research Unit requires a multidisciplinary team of leading experts and dedicated PhD students across Europe and East Africa, applying an interdisciplinary systems approach. The consortium operates under the strategic guidance of an international Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) featuring world-renowned experts in maize breeding and computational modelling.

Project Coordination

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Prof. Dr. Reimund P. Rötter

Speaker

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Mareike Köster

Coordinator

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Luisa Wimmer

Coordinator

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Christian Gyger

Secretary

Postdocs

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Issaka Abdulai

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Stefanie König

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Paul Schmidt

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Naeimeh Bayatian

SP4 & 6

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Adam Muhammad Adam

SP6

Doctoral Students

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Eunice Ofori

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Jackson Kilonzi

SP1

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Nipuna Withanage

SP1

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Wangchen Zhang

SP2

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Cedric Köhler

SP3

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Sylviah Mwanza

SP4

Norah Adera

SP5 & 6

Henrik Füllgrabe

SP1

Steven Senabulya

SP1

Angura Louis

SP2

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Kingsley Ibeabuchi

SP3

Bretor Mutua

SP4

Anna Huß

SP5

Michael Mugarura

SP5 & 6

Technical Staff

Birgitt Bode

Dietrich Kaufmann

ZP & SP3

Christoph Heidersberger

SP2

Christiane Münter

SP2

René Heise

SP4 & 5

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Wiebke Lührs

Ralph Dittmann

SP1

Gabrielle Kolle

SP2

Michael Schmidt

SP2

Supporting Institutions

PIs, CoPIs & Collaboration Partners

Scientific Advisory Board

Charlie Messina

Univesity of Florida, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Milena Ouzunova

TUM, Molecular Plant Breeding

Chris-Carolin Schön

TUM, Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenzüchtung

Ted Turlings

University of Neuchâtel

Doris Vetterlein

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH, Department Bodensystemforschung

Collaborative partners

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Dennis Otieno

ZP, SP1 & SP2

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Peter Bulli

ZP, SP2 & SP3

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Richard Magwanga

Sp3 & SP6

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Matilda Ouma

SP4

William Emitaro

SP5

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Roberto Confalonieri

SP6

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Fasil Rettie

SP6

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Felix Ngetich

ZP & SP2

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John Nyongesa

SP2

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Collins Mweresa

SP4

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Pamella Were

SP4

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Benson Onyango

SP5

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Livia Paleari

SP6

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Kindey Tesfaye

SP6

Scientific Steering Committee

Reimund Rötter

COP

Dennis Otieno

ZP & SP2

Ahmed Mutez

SP2

Michael Rostás

SP4

Stefan Siebert

SP6

tbd

PHD representative

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Hans-Peter Piepho

Michaela Dippold

SP1

Stefan Scholten

SP3

Annette Pfordt

SP5

tbd

PHD representative

Overview of Associated Institutions

Institution	Researcher involved	Sp
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Department for Plant Biochemistry & Agronomy & TROPAGS & Institute of Grassland & Plant Pathology, Crop Protection & Quality and Sensory of Plant Products & Agricultural Entomology & Crop Plant Genetics	Ivo Feussner & Irsa Ejaz, Stefan Siebert & Munir Hoffmann, Reimund Rötter, Habib Ur Rahman & Johannes Isselstein, Martin Komainda & Birger Koopmann, Annette Pfordt & Susanne Neugart & Michael Rostás, Ilka Vosteen & Stefan Scholten	COP, ZP, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6
Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Integrated Grassland System Analysis and Assassment (IGSAA)	Martin Komainda	SP1, ZP
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Geo-Biosphere Interactions	Michaela Dippold	SP1, ZP
Technical University of Munich, Root-soil interaction	Mutez Ahmed, Zhenyu Yang	SP2
University of Cologne, Institute for Plant Sciences	Markus Stetter	SP3
University of Hohenheim, Biostatistics	Hans-Peter Piepho	ZP
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Genetics and Physiology of Root Development	Hannah Schneider	SP1
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology	Dennis Otieno , Felix Ngetich, Peter Bulli , John Nyongesa, Richard Magwanga, Collins K. Mweresa, Matilda A. Ouma, Pamella K. Were, Benson Onyango, William Emitaro	ZP, SP1, SP2, SP3, Sp4, SP5, SP6
Università degli Studi di Milano	Livia Paleari, Roberto Confalonieri	SP6
CIMMYT	Fasil Rettie	SP6
AGRA	Kindie Tesfaye Fantaye	SP6

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