Crop Sciences Alumni

Durga Mounika Kanneganti

India
Graduate of 2023
Employer: University of Hohenheim
Position: Research Assistant
Contact: durgamounika77
(at)gmail.com

Gopika Gopinathan

India
Graduate of 2022
Employer: Department of plant and agrosystem sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
Position: Research assistant (PhD) Plant breeding and plant genetics
Contact: ggopinathan
(at)wisc.edu

Naveen Kumar Ganga Raju

India
Graduate of 2022
Employer: Institute of Sugar Beet Research, Göttingen
Position: Scientific Researcher
Contact: naveen1996.g(at)
gmail.com

Sota Kato

Japan
Graduate of 2022
Employer: Japan Tobacco Researcher in R & D
Contact: sota.kato.hohenheim
(at)gmail.com


Abdul Majid

Pakistan
Graduate of 2022
Employer: KWS, Business Unit Sugarbeet
Position: Expert International AgroService (Digital Field Solutions)
Contact: adbul.majid(at)
kws.com

Hely Rathod

India
Graduate of 2021
Position: Assistant Breeder
Employer: Ackermann Saatzucht GmbH & Co KG
Contact: rathodhely(at)
gmail.com

Prateeksha Lakhsmi- narayanaswamy

India
Graduate of 2021
Employer: KWS
Position: Research Scientist
Contact: slprateeksha
(at)gmail.com

Alpaslan Aksoy

Turkey
Graduate of 2021
Employer: Dümmen Orange
Position: Research Assistant/ Plant Life Cycle
Contact: alpaslanaksoy7(at)
gmail.com


Prajwal R B

India
Graduate of 2021
Employer: University of Leipzig
Position: Research Assistant (PhD)
Contact: prajwalrb55(at)
gmail.com

Lydia Kienbaum

Germany
Graduate of 2020
Position: Bioinformatician and Plant Breeder
Employer: Selecta One
Contact: lydiakienbaum88
(at)gmail.com

Nancy Bhatia

India
Graduate of 2020
Employer: Dümmen Orange
Position: Associate Breeder
Contact: bhatianancy93
(at)gmail.com

Bhanu Prakash Potlapalli

India
Graduate of 2020
Employer: IPK Gattersleben
Position: Associate Researcher
Contact: bhanupotlapalli
(at)gmail.com


Miguel Correa Abondano

Colombia
Graduate of 2020
Employer: CIAT Colombia
Position: Associate Researcher
Contact: miguel.correa895
(at)gmail.com

Jan-Dilara Kalkan

Germany
Graduate of 2019
Employer: Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg
Contact: jan-dilara.a(at)
gmx.de

Lena Müller

Germany
Graduate of 2019
Position: Projektbezogene Versuchs- und Datenkoordinatorin im Bereich Modellvalidierung
Employer: Zentralstelle der Länder für EDV-gestützte Entscheidungshilfen und Programme im Pflanzenschutz (ZEPP)
Contact: lena.mueller57
(at)gmail.com

Emma Thorell

Sweden
Graduate of 2019
Position: GPL Assistant/Junior Breeder
Employer: Maribo-Hilleshög AB, Landskrona, Sweden
Contact: em.thorell(at)
outlook.com


Ishrat Zahan

Bangladesh
Graduate of 2019
Employer: BRRI, Transforming Rice Breeding Project
Position: Scientific Officer
Contact: ishrat.bau(at)
gmail.com

Sidhant Chaudhary

India
Graduate of 2019
Employer: KWS Group
Position: Pre-breeding Staff
Contact: s.chaudhary619
(at)gmail.com

Flavius Iacob

Romania
Graduate of 2017
Position: Researcher
Employer: Koppert B.V. Netherlands
Contact: iacob.flavius93
(at)gmail.com

Lukas Busswinkel

Germany
Graduate of 2017
Position: Senior Digital Scientist, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Employer: Bayer Crop Science Deutschland GmbH
Contact: lukas.busswinkel(at)
bayer.com


Dr. Isaac Mpanga

Ghana
Graduate of 2015
Position: Sustainable Food Solutions Director
Employer: Yara North America
Contact: mpangaisaac75
(at)gmail.com

Tizian Zollinger

Switzerland
Graduate of 2014
Position: Züchter, Produktionsleiter
Employer: Zollinger bio
Contact: tizian(at)
zollinger.bio

Sergiu Treer

Romania
Graduate of 2013
Position: Engineer in Agronomy (policy support for the Luxembourgish government)
Employer: Luxemburg Institute of Science and Technology
Contact: sergiu.treer(at)
list.lu

Dr. Charles Ikenna Nwankwo

Nigeria
Graduate of 2013
Position: Postdoctoral Reseacher
Employer: University of Hohenheim, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation
Contact:charsile2000(at)
yahoo.com


André Stephan

Germany
Graduate of 2012
Position: Development Biologist
Employer: Dow AgroSciences GmbH
Contact: andre.stephan
17886(at)
gmail.com

Katja Wilde

Germany
Graduate of 2011
Position: Sugar Beet Seed Research
Employer: K W S,  Einbeck

Dr. Marcus Olatoye Olalere

Nigeria
Graduate of 2011
Position: Postdoc
Employer: Alexander Lipka Lab, University of Illinois
Contact: marcus-olatoye
(at)hotmail.com

Sen Han

China
Graduate of 2010
Position: Maize Breeder
Employer: RAGT, Buchhofen
Contact: sen.han2014(at)
gmail.com


Linda Homann

Germany
Graduate of 2010
Employer: Federal Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Bonn
Contact: warumeigentlich
(at)gmx.de