Scientific Advisory Board


The Scientific Advisory Board advises the Board of Curators and the Director on all matters of scientific importance. It is independent in its advisory capacity.

The Scientific Advisory Board advises the Board of Curators and the Director on all matters of scientific importance. It is independent in its advisory capacity.

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board are appointed by the Board of Curators for four-year terms.

Currently the following scientists are members of the Scientific Advisory Board:

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zentek
Chair
Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin 
Institute of Animal Nutrition

Prof. Dr. Eberhard von Borell
Deputy Chairperson
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Faculty of Natural Sciences III -
Chair holder department Animal Husbandry and Animal Ecology

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Gengler
Université de Liège, Belgien
Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech
Department Animal production and nutrition engineering

Prof. Dr. Patrick Lonergan
University College Dublin
School of Agriculture & Food Science, Irland

Prof. Dr. Simon Oosting
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands 
Department of Animal Sciences 
Chair Animal Production Systems groep

Dr. Isabelle Ortigues-Marty
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) 
Department Unité Mixte de Recherches sur les Herbivores (UMRH) Theix, FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmid
University of Bonn 
Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology

Prof. Dr. Johanna Vilkki
Natural Resources Institute Helsinki, Finland (Luke) 
Research Professor Genomics and breeding