HealthyHay Partners & Students

Project Partners & Students

The partners and sponsors of the ‘HealthyHay’ project are listed here.


Technical University of Vienna, Institute of Chemical Engineering

TEAM LEADER: Univ Prof Karl Stich
PhD researchers:
Asma Faqir Ahmad - Biochemistry and Molecular biology of Flavonoids, Measurement of antioxidant activities
Jana Thill - Biochemistry and Molecular biology of Flavonoids
Postdoctoral researcher: Ana de Castro - Analysis of Flavonoids 
Early stage researcher: Justyna Kusek - Analysis of Flavonoids 

Technical University of Vienna website

 

University of Reading Logo University of Reading

TEAM LEADER: Dr Irene Mueller-Harvey
PhD researchers
Elisabetta Stringano - Sainfoin tannins
Marina Dobreva -tannin-protein interactions
Marta Martin Lorenzo - Development of NIR calibrations for sainfoin
Postdoctoral researcher: Dr An Gea - development of tannin methods
Early stage researcher: Laura Falco Sales - Nutritional analysis of sainfoin accessions from the NIAB germplasm collection (protein, fibre, etc analysis) 

 

Agroscope - ART Switzerland Logo Agroscope - ART Switzerland

EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTOR  (not a member of the HealthyHay project)
CONTRIBUTORS
: Dr Beat Boller and Eric Schweizer AG
Swiss research into agriculture, nutrition and the environment
Agroscope ART, Switzerland Website

 

Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University Logo Animal Nutrition Group, Wageningen University

TEAM LEADER: Dr Wilbert Pellikaan
PhD researchers:
Bayissa Hatew Chuko - Ruminant nutrition
Antonella Guglielmelli - Ruminant nutrition, rumen microbial ecology
Early stage researcher: Mila Domenis - Ruminant nutrition 

Animal Nutrition Group website

 

Centre for Ecological Studies of the National Academy of Sciences Logo Centre for Ecological Studies of the National Academy of Sciences

TEAM LEADER: Dr Bagrat Mezhunts

National Academy of Sciences website

 

Centro de Investigación en tecnología agroalimentaria de Aragón Logo Centro de Investigación en tecnología agroalimentaria de Aragón

TEAM LEADER: Dr José Valderrabano
Supervisors
Ignacio Delgado - Agronomy
Fernando Muñoz - Animal nutrition
José Valderrábano - Parasitology
PhD researcher:
Samir Demdoum - Plant Biology and Analytical Chemistry

Cita website

 

Cotswold Seeds Logo Cotswold Seeds

Ian Wilkinson
Robin Hill
Paul Totterdell 

Cotswold Seeds website

 

INRA Logo INRA

TEAM LEADER: Dr Herve Hoste and Dr. Jocelyne Aufrere
PhD researchers:
Katerina Theodoridou - Animal Nutrition and Production
Fotini Manolaraki - Parasitology

INRA website

 

Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (IFVCNS), Novi Sad, Serbia Logo Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (IFVCNS), Novi Sad, Serbia

EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTOR  (not a member of the HealthyHay project)
CONTRIBUTORS
: Dr Sanja Vasiljević (TEAM LEADER), Dr Vojislav Mihailović, Aleksandar Mikić MSc, Branko Milošević MSc
Sainfoin wild crop relatives, in situ collecting, ex situ evaluation, breeding and modelling
www.nsseme.com

 

National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece Logo National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece

TEAM LEADER: Dr Smaro Sotiraki
PhD researcher: Anastasios Saratsis 

National Agricultural Research Foundation website

 

NIAB/TAG Logo NIAB/TAG

TEAM LEADER: Dr Lydia Smith
PhD researchers
Christine Hayot Carbonero - Plant breeding: agronomical, morphological, cytological and genetic characterisation 
Postdoctoral researcher: Dr. IIya Gadjev 
Early stage researcher: Nadeesha Bandara 

 

Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden Logo Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden

TEAM LEADER: Dr. Peter Uden
PhD researcher: Martin Lorenz 

Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet website

 

Technische Universitat, Munchen Logo Technische Universitat, Munchen

TEAM LEADER: Univ Prof Dieter Treutter

Technische Universitat website

 

University of Copenhagen Logo University of Copenhagen

TEAM LEADER: Univ Prof Stig Thamsborg
Postdoctoral researcher: Dr Adam Novobilsky 

University of Copenhagen website

 

University of Novi Sad (UNS) Logo University of Novi Sad (UNS)

Department of Field and Vegetable Crops and Department of Biology and Ecology,
Novi Sad, Serbia
EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTOR  (not a member of the HealthyHay project)
CONTRIBUTORS
: Professor Branko Ćupina (TEAM LEADER), Dr Lana Zorić, Đorđe Krstić MSc, Svetlana Antanasović MSc
Sainfoin anatomy, morphology, physiology, agroecology, agronomy and intercropping 
www.polj.uns.ac.rs

 

Zhigang Liu LogoZhigang Liu

EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTOR  (not a member of the HealthyHay project)
CONTRIBUTORS
: Z. Liu, R. N. Baines, G. P. F. Lane, W. P. Davies
University of Coventry and The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.