WHO WE ARE

AHEAD is steered by a high level Committee that provides leadership for management, funding, networks, identifies global research questions and supports scientific interaction. The office of AHEAD is based at the Julius Kühn Institute with the Wheat Initiative.

AHEAD STEERING COMMITTEE

Greg Rebetzke, CHAIR OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE

Chief Scientist in Resilient Crops at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

Michael Baum

Director of Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Morocco

Feng Feng

Professor and Executive Dean of the College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China

Jean-Fancois Soussana

Vice-President of International Research Policy at National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France

Kevin Pixley

Director of the Global Wheat Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the CGIAR Research Program WHEAT, Mexico

Moha Ferrahi

Wheat Mega-Project National Coordinator at National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Morocco

Tim Willis

Associate Director International at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom

Noah Dewitt

Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University (LSU), Project leader of Small grain breeing programme at LSU; United States.

francois Eudes

Director of Research Development and Technology Transfer (RDT), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada

Laura Dixon

Principal Scientist and Leader of the Genetics of environmental adaptation Team at IPK Gatersleben, Co-chair of Wheat Initiative Expert working group “Abiotic Stresses”, Germany

Kiran Gaikwad

Principal Scientist at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Co-chair of Wheat Initiative Expert working group “Abiotic Stresses”, India

Marwan Owaygen

Senior Program Specialist with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Middle East and North Africa Regional Office in Jordan, with the global Climate-Resilient Food Systems Program, Jordan