Jiří BalíkEmeritus rector of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, profesor of agroenvironmental chemistry and plant nutrition. |
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Bill HanssonEnomologist from the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. He studies insect olfactory system, chemical ecology and chemoreception. |
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Paal KrokeneEntomologist from the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute. He investigates various aspects of conifer defence against insects and fungi, effects of climate change on forest insects, especially bark beetles (Ips typographus). |
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Patrik MlynářDeputy Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. |
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Sigrid NethererSenior Scientist at the Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection BOKU Vienna with research focus on risk assessment regarding bark beetles and other forest pest insects, involving the consequences of drought periods fort the susceptibility of forests to biotic attack. |
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Lennart OlssonDirector of the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. |
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Martin SchroederProfessor of forest entomology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, involved in ecology, population dynamics of bark beetle (Ips typographus) and ecological risks with introduced tree species. |
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Johanna WitzellAssociate professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, editor-in-chief of Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. Her research interests are forest damages, tree resistance, stress responses, and functional traits of fungal endophytes of trees, Dutch elm disease and invasive Phytophthora-species. |
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