Heribert Hirt

Prof.Hirt’sresearchisfocusedonhowplantscansurviveunderabioticorbioticstressconditions.Themaininterestliesinhowproteinkinasescanreprogramgeneexpression.AtKAUST,Prof.Hirtisestablishingtworesearchgroups.OneresearchgroupfocusesonhowMAPkinasestargetchromatintoprimestresstoleranceatboththegeneticandtheepigeneticlevel.Theotherresearchgroupsearchesforrhizospheremicrobesofdesertplantsandinvestigatestheirpotentialandmechanismstoinducestresstoleranceinplants.AlthoughthemajorpartofthesetwoprojectsiscarriedoutinArabidopsis,thegeneratedknowledgewillbeappliedtocropplantswiththeaimtoprovidesustainablesolutionstoreestablishagricultureinaridregionsorunderextremeenvironmentalconditions.

Didier Tharreau

DidierTharreau,DeputyHeadofToCIRAD.Hisworkistoassesstheriskofemergenceandtodefinenewstrategiesfordurablecontrol,ourobjectiveistounderstandhowpopulationsofplant-pathogenicfungidevelopandadapt.Bytheoreticalandexperimentalapproachesinepidemiologyandevolutionarybiology,weaddressthefollowingresearchtopics:Originofemergingdiseases;Importanceofvariousevolutionaryforcesintheadaptation;Geneticconstraintsontraitsinvolvedinadaptation;Epidemilogicalandadaptativedynamicsoffungiinagroecosystems.

Vivian Blok

VivianBlok,ResearcherofTheJamesHuttonInstitute.Hercurrentresearchinterests:Examininggeneticdiversity(biological/functional,moleculargeneticandphylogenetic)ofGloboderapallidausingcomparativesequencing,expressionanalyses,andfunctionalanalysestoinvestigatehost/nematodeinteractionsandvirulencewiththeaimofsustainablemanagementofhostresistance;Developingmoleculardiagnosticsforplantparasiticnematodesandusingthemtounderstandpopulationstructure,intraspecificcompetitionandpopulationdynamics;Understandingtheroleoftemperatureonpotatocystnematode(PCN)multiplicationforriskpredictions;EvaluatingtheeffectofcombiningresistancestoPCNoncompetitionandmultiplication;InvestigatingtheevolutionofthemultipartitemitochondrialgenomeofGloboderapallidaandrelatedspecies.

James R. Alfano

JamesR.AlfanowasbornJune2,1963,inBurbank,CA.HereceivedhisB.S.degreein1986inmicrobiologyfromSanDiegoStateUniversityandhisPh.D.degreein1993inmicrobiologyfromWashingtonStateUniversity,wherehepursuedhisthesisresearchattheInstituteofBiologicalChemistry.From1993to1997,hewasapost-doctoralresearchassociateintheDepartmentofPlantPathologyofCornellUniversity(CU)inIthaca,NY.From1997to2000,hewasanassistantprofessorintheDepartmentofBiologicalSciencesattheUniversityofNevada-LasVegas.In2000,hemovedtotheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,whereheisnowaprofessorinthePlantScienceInitiativeandtheDepartmentofPlantPathology.Alfano’sresearchfocusesonthetypeIIIsecretionsystem(T3SS)ofPseudomonassyringaepv.tomatoDC3000andtheeffectorproteinsinjectedviatheT3SSintoplantcellsbythismodelpathogen.TheT3SSiscentraltothevirulenceofDC3000andmanyotherGram-negativeplantpathogens,andAlfanohasmademajorcontributionstoseveralaspectsofourcurrentunderstandingofthissystem,includingthegenomiccontextoftheT3SS,thecontrolofsubstratetraffic,

熊越

熊越，秦邦吉品有机农场运营管理公司总经理，全国中小企业管理咨询服务专家，南京秦邦吉品农业开发有限公司是一家从事有机生态农业生产的民营企业。成立于2007年，基地位于横梁街道的钟林村，与风景秀丽的三友湖相毗邻，自然环境条件十分优越，公司现占地一千余亩，拥有养殖设施面积3万平方米，有机种植面积300余亩，可年饲养优质草鸡5-10万羽，年上市优质草鸡蛋800-1000万枚，并可提供有机瓜果蔬菜等农作物100余吨，是江苏省内目前最大的有机养殖有机种植的综合有机农场。

Thorsten Nuernberger

ThorstenNuernberger,ProfessorofUniversityofTuebingen.于2015年8月1日-3日受邀参加了第四届植物-生物互作国际会议，并发表了精彩的演讲。

黄定强

黄定强，安利（中国）有限公司研发高级经理，受邀参加第十二届全国农产品贮藏加工科技交流大会，并发表精彩演讲。

刘春泉

刘春泉，男，1959年出生江苏如东，中共党员，研究员，硕士生导师，江苏省农科院农产品加工研究所所长，兼任国家蔬菜加工技术研发分中心、农业部水生蔬菜产地加工技术集成基地及江苏省农产品加工工程技术研究中心主任，江苏省农科院农产品加工领域首席专家。

赵改名

赵改名，男，教授，1965年2月生，汉族，硕士生导师，中共党员，先后发表了《禽产品加工利用》、《酱卤肉制品》等多篇论文和著作，现担任河南农业大学食品科学技术学院院长

李晓峰

李晓峰,就职于华中科技大学,现任建规学院副院长一职。李晓峰2015年11月27日,李晓峰受邀参加了由湖北省风景园林学会在鄂州市华容区庙岭镇金笾大道主办的《湖北省风景园林学会2015年会》