About EPS
Organization: Boards and Committees
The EPS organization structure consists of:
EPS Board
The Board consists of:
- Prof.dr. P.J. (Peter) Weisbeek (Chairman)
- Prof.dr. R.W. (Rob) Goldbach (WU)
- Prof.dr. P.J.J. (Paul) Hooykaas (LU)
- Prof.dr. E. (Evert) Jacobsen (DLO)
- Prof.dr. C. (Titti) Mariani (RU)
- Dr. A.R. (Toon) Stuitje (VU)
- Prof.dr. J. (Arjen) van Tunen (UvA)
The Director of EPS and the Chairman of the PhD Students Council of EPS attend the meetings of the Board.
International Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board (IAB) guards the quality of EPS activities, in particular the research policy and programme, and the educational programme. Six leading scientists in different fields of experimental plant sciences are members of the IAB.
The IAB consists of:
- Prof.dr. G. (George) Coupland,
Max Planck Institut for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany (homepage)
- Dr. M. (Michel) Dron,
Institut des Biotechnologie des Plants, Univ. Paris-Sud, France (homepage)
- Dr. C.P.M. (Cees) van Dun,
Rijk Zwaan the Netherlands, De Lier, the Netherlands (homepage)
- Dr. A. (Anne) Osbourn,
Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK (homepage)
- Prof.dr. U. (Uwe) Sonnewald,
Department of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany (homepage)
- Prof.dr. J. (Joy) Bergelson,
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA (homepage)
Research Committee
The EPS Research Committee consists of:
- Prof.dr. A.H.J. (Ton) Bisseling (WU, Director, Chairman)
- Prof.dr. A.M.C. (Anne Mie) Emons (WU) and dr. R. (Remko) Offringa (LU) (coordinators research theme 1)
- Prof.dr. M. (Marcel) Dicke (WU), Prof.dr. B.J.C. (Ben) Cornelissen (UvA) (coordinators research theme 2)
- Prof.dr. R.G.F. (Richard) Visser (WU) and Prof.dr. M.A. (Michel) Haring (UvA) (coordinators research theme 3)
- Dr. J.H.S.G.M. (Hans) de Jong (WU) and Prof.dr. T (Tom) Gerats (RU) (coordinators research theme 4)
- Prof.dr. R.E. (Ronald) Koes (VU)
The Chairman of the PhD Students Council of EPS attends the meetings of the Research Committee.
Educational Committee
The Educational Committee consists of EPS staff-members and PhD students:
- Prof.dr. M. (Marcel) Dicke (WU, Chairman)
- Dr. H.J. (Harro) Bouwmeester (DLO)
- Dr. H.J.M. (Huub) Linthorst (LU)
- Prof.dr. C.M.J. (Corné) Pieterse (UU)
- Dr. R.C. (Rob) Schuurink (UvA)
- Dr. J.L. (Janny) Peters (RU)
- Basten Snoek (UU)
- Benoit Gorguet (WU)
- Anneke Rijpkema (RU)
The Chairman of the PhD Students Council of EPS attends the meetings of the Educational Committee.
Scientific Advisory Council
The Scientific Advisory Council ( WAR ) consists of all the chairs within EPS, or a senior staff member representing laboratories without a chair, or research institutes of the Agricultural Research Department of the Netherlands (DLO). The WAR functions as a platform for discussion and integration within EPS.
PhD Student Council
The PhD Student Council has prepared a website, click here to visit their website.
Director and Staff
Prof.dr. Ton Bisseling is Director of EPS; as such, he is responsible for all executive affairs concerning EPS.
- Prof.dr. A.H.J. (Ton) Bisseling, Director of EPS
- Dr. K. (Karin) Horsman, Secretary of EPS
- Dr. D. (Douwe) Zuidema, Education Coordinator of EPS
- Ms. W. (Ria) Fonteyn, Office assistance
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