Committees
The Scientific Committees assume the following key roles:
– support the assembly of the scientific program
– review abstracts and manuscripts
– promote the symposia
Scientific Committee / Division Chairs ISHS
Scientific Committee - SHE
Scientific Committee - IHS
Scientific Committee - FAV Health
Scientific Committee / Division Chairs ISHS
| Peter Batt | Peter J Batt and Associates | Australia | Horticulture for Development |
| Jorge Retamales Aranda | University of Talca | Chile | Vine and Berry Fruits |
| Evelyne Costes | INRA Montpellier | France | Physiology and Plant-Environment Interactions of Horticultural Crops in Field Systems |
| Margherita Beruto | Regional Institute for Floriculture | Italy | Ornamental Plants |
| Tiziano Caruso | University of Palermo | Italy | Temperate Tree Nuts |
| Stefania De Pascale | University of Naples | Italy | Protected Cultivation and Soilless Culture |
| Francesco Orsini | University of Bologna | Italy | Landscape and Urban Horticulture |
| Jorge Canhoto | University of Coimbra | Portugal | Plant Genetic Resources and Biotechnology |
| Karin Hannweg | ARC-ITSC | South Africa | Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts |
| Ted DeJong | UC Davis | USA | Temperate Tree Fruits |
| Murat Kacira | University of Arizona | USA | Precision Horticulture and Engineering |
| Daniel Leskovar | Texas AM University | USA | Vegetables, Roots and Tubers |
| Bhimanagouda Patil | Texas A&M University | USA | Horticulture for Human Health |
| Christopher Brian Watkins | Cornell University | USA | Postharvest and Quality Assurance |
Scientific Committee - SHE
| Astrid Forneck | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences | Austria |
| Bart Nicolai | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| Barbara De Coninck | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| George Manganaris | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Robert Pokluda | Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Bournet | Agrocampus Ouest | France |
| François Laurens | INRA Centre d’Angers | France |
| Henryk Flachowsky | Julius Kühn-Institut | Germany |
| Jens Wünsche | University of Hohenheim | Germany |
| Reinhard Töpfer | Julius Kühn-Institut | Germany |
| Christian Borgemeister | Center for Development Research | Germany |
| Christoph-Martin Geilfus | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany |
| Christian Ulrichs | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany |
| Wolfgang Bokelmann | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany |
| Uli Schurr | Forschungszentrum Juelich | Germany |
| Dimitrios Savvas | Agricultural University of Athens | Greece |
| Panagiotis Kalaitzis | Mediterranean Agronomic Institute at Chania | Greece |
| Owen Doyle | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Alon Samach | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
| Bruno Mezetti | Marche Polytechnic University | Italy |
| Luca Corelli-Grappadelli | University of Bologna | Italy |
| Giorgio Gianquinto | University of Bologna | Italy |
| Silvana Nicola | University of Turin | Italy |
| Paolo Inglese | University of Palermo | Italy |
| Darius Kviklys | Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry | Lithuania |
| Erik Van Os | Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands |
| Leo Marcelis | Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands |
| Trine Hvoslef-Eide | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Norway |
| Krzysztof Rutkowski | Research Institute of Horticulture Skierniewice | Poland |
| Florin Stanica | University of Agronomic Sciences | Romania |
| Dragan Nikolic | University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture | Serbia |
| Daniel Valero | University Miguel Hernández | Spain |
| Francisco Pérez-Alfocea | CEBAS-CSIC | Spain |
| Paul Jensén | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden |
| Christoph Carlen | Agroscope | Switzerland |
| Lukas Bertschinger | klb innovation | Switzerland |
| Yüksel Tüzel | Ege University | Turkey |
| David Atkinson | East Malling Research Station | UK |
| Geoffrey Dixon | University of Reading | UK |
Scientific Committee - IHS
| Filip Van Opstaele | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| Tomáš Kocábek | Institute of Plant Molecular Biology | Czech Republic |
| Josef Patzak | Hop Research Institute | Czech Republic |
| Michael Hagemann | University of Hohenheim | Germany |
| Gerd Weber | University of Hohenheim | Germany |
| Ludger Wessjohann | Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry | Germany |
| Jens Wünsche | University of Hohenheim | Germany |
| Florian Weihrauch | Bavarian State Institute of Agriculture | Germany |
| Moshe Flaishman | The Volcani Center | Israel |
| Ron Beatson | Plant and Food Research | New Zealand |
| Jernej Jakše | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Sebastjan Radisek | Slovenian Institute for Hop Research & Brewing | Slovenia |
| Javier Cancela | University of Santiago de Compostela | Spain |
| Paul Matthews | Hopsteiner | USA |
| Kim Hummer (ISHS Working Group Chair) | Oregon State University | USA |
Scientific Committee - FAV Health
| Michael Netzel | The University of Queensland | Australia |
| Tim O’Hare | The University of Queensland | Australia |
| Yves Dejardins | University of Laval | Canada |
| Jens Wünsche | University of Hohenheim | Germany |
| Francisco A. Tomás-Barberán | CEBAS-CSIC | Spain |
| Marie Olsson | Sweden University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden |
| Christoph Carlen | Agroscope | Switzerland |
| Bhimanagouda Patil (ISHS Division Chair) | Texas A&M University | USA |
| Carls Sams | The University of Tennessee | USA |
