Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Doris Vetterlein
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ,
Affiliated to Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Head of working group Soil-Plant Interaction
Research Focus: Rhizosphere/root
Other members
Dr. Gerd Patrick Bienert
Technische Universität München - TUM
School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan
Research Focus: Plant nutrition
Prof. Dr. Andrea Carminati
ETH Zürich
Dept. of Environmental Systems Science
Research Focus: Rhizosphere/root water transport
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Kornelia Smalla
Julius-Kühn Institute, Braunschweig
Affiliated to Technical University Braunschweig
Soil microbial ecology
Research Focus: Rhizosphere
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Technical University of Munich, Freising,
Soil Science
Research Focus: Organic matter sequestration
Prof. Dr. Andrea Schnepf
Forschungszentrum Jühlich
Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation
Research Focus: Rhizosphere, soil root interactions