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
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
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
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
TEAM LEADER: Dr Bagrat Mezhunts
National Academy of Sciences website
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
Ian Wilkinson
Robin Hill
Paul Totterdell
Cotswold Seeds website
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
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
TEAM LEADER: Dr Smaro Sotiraki
PhD researcher: Anastasios Saratsis
National Agricultural Research Foundation website
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
TEAM LEADER: Dr. Peter Uden
PhD researcher: Martin Lorenz
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet website
Technische Universitat, Munchen
TEAM LEADER: Univ Prof Dieter Treutter
Technische Universitat website
University of Copenhagen
TEAM LEADER: Univ Prof Stig Thamsborg
Postdoctoral researcher: Dr Adam Novobilsky
University of Copenhagen website
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
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.