Executive Committee
The EGF Executive Committee consists of 14 persons:
1 president, 1 past-president, 7 regional representatives, 1 representative of the Scientific Advisory Board, 1 representative of the Honorary Life Presidents, 2 co-opted members (organisers of future conferences) and the Federation Secretary.
President
Dr José Pedro Fragoso de Almeida (2024-2026)
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
Quinta da Senhora de Mércules, Apartado 119
6001-909 Castelo Branco, Portugal
Phone +351 964168435
E-mail falmeidaextra@ipcb.pt
Website www.ipcb.pt
Past President
Dr Agnes van den Pol-van Dasselaar (2024-2026)
Professor of Applied Sciences, Grasslands and Grazing
Aeres – University of Applied Sciences
De Drieslag 4
8251 JZ Dronten, the Netherlands
Phone +31 62 875 4767
E-mail a.van.den.polextra@aeres.nl
Website www.aereshogeschool.nl/dronten
Central Europe
Prof. Dr Josef Hakl (2022-2026)
Dept. of Agroecology and Crop Production
Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU)
Kamýcká 129
165 00 Praha - Suchdol, Czech Republic
Phone +420 224383038 Mobile +420 608 569 541
E-mail haklextra@af.czu.cz
Western Europe
Dr Deirdre Hennessy (2022-2026)
School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences
University College Cork
Distillery Fields, North Mall
Cork, T23 N73K, Ireland
Phone +353 21 490 4696
E-mail deirdrehennessyextra@ucc.ie
Website www.ucc.ie
Northern Europe
Prof. Dr Jørgen Eriksen (2020-2024)
Aarhus University
Department of Agroecology – Soil Fertility
Blichers Allé 20
8830 Tjele, Denmark
Phone +45 8715 7672
Mobile +45 5168 0554
E-Mail jorgen.eriksenextra@agro.au.dk
Website pure.au.dk/en
North Eastern Europe
Prof. Dr Piotr Golinski (2020-2024)
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Department of Grassland and Natural Landscape Sciences
Dojazd 11
60-632 Poznan, Poland
Phone +48 61 8487414
E-mail pgolinskextra@up.poznan.pl
Website www.puls.edu.pl
Eastern Europe
Prof. Dr Costel Samuil (2020-2024)
University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi
Mihail Sadoveanu Street, 3
700490 Iasi, Romania
Phone +40 742 056 968
E-mail csamuilextra@yahoo.com
Website www.uaiasi.ro
South Eastern Europe
Asst. Prof. Dr Hrvoje Kutnjak (2020-2024)
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Zagreb
Svetošimunska 25
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone +387 1 239 3782
E-mail hkutnjakextra@agr.hr
Website www.agr.unizg.hr/en
Southern Europe
Dr José Pedro Fragoso de Almeida (2022-2026)
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
Quinta da Senhora de Mércules, Apartado 119
6001-909 Castelo Branco, Portugal
Phone +351 964168435
E-mail falmeidaextra@ipcb.pt
Website www.ipcb.pt
Honorary Life Presidents
Prof. Dr Roger J. Wilkins (since 2002)
Coldharbour
Newton St Cyres
EX5 5DF Exeter, UK
Phone +44 1392 851337
E-mail rogerwilkins1extra@btinternet.com
Prof. Dr Josef Noesberger (since 2004)
Wasserfuristrasse 61
8542 Wiesendangen ZH, Switzerland
Phone +41 52 345 17 63
E-mail josef.noesbergeextra@usys.ethz.ch
Dr Willem H. Prins (since 2004)
Hollandseweg 382
6705 BE Wageningen, The Netherlands
Phone +31 317 417811
E-mail prinswextra@upcmail.nl
Prof. Dr Giuseppe Parente (since 2010)
Via Adamello 27
33078 San Vito al Tagliamento (PN), Italy
Phone +39 434 81234
E-mail josefparenteextra@yahoo.it
Mr Alan Hopkins (since 2022)
27 Brownings Mead, Dunsford
Exeter, Devon
EX6 7JJ, United Kingdom
Phone +44 7789 092 069
E-Mail hopkins.alanextra@btinternet.com or ahhdeditor.gfsextra@gmail.com
Dr Lars Nesheim (since 2022)
Tommesdalsvegen 546
7236 Hovin, Norway
Phone +47 959 88 526
E-mail lar-neextra@online.no
Prof. Dr Piotr Stypinski (since 2022)
Iganska 20 m.95
04-087 Warsaw, Poland
Phone + 48 609 233 630
E-mail piotr_stypinskiextra@sggw.edu.pl or piotr.stypinskiextra@op.pl
Dr Willy Kessler (since 2024)
Schachenweg 6
8908 Hedingen, Switzerland
Phone +41 79 374 62 30
E-mail w.kesslerextra@bluewin.ch
Scientific Advisory Board
Martin Gierus (Austria)
martin.gierusextra@boku.ac.at
Marketta Rinne (Finland)
marketta.rinneextra@luke.fi
Perttu Virkajärvi (Finland)
perttu.virkajarviextra@luke.fi
Jean-Louis Peyraud (France)
jean-louis.peyraudextra@inrae.fr
Sylvain Plantureux (France)
sylvain.plantureuxextra@univ-lorraine.fr
Johannes Isselstein (Germany)
jisselsextra@gwdg.de
Friedhelm Taube (Germany)
ftaubeextra@email.uni-kiel.de
Michael O’Donovan (Ireland)
michael.odonovanextra@teagasc.ie
Giovanni Peratoner (Italy)
giovanni.peratonerextra@laimburg.it
Claudio Porqueddu (Italy)
claudioantonio.porquedduextra@cnr.it
Agnes van den Pol-van Dasselaar (the Netherlands)
a.van.den.polextra@aeres.nl
Mats Höglind (Norway)
mats.hoglindextra@nibio.no
Piotr Golinski (Poland)
piotr.golinski1extra@up.poznan.pl
María Rosa Mosquera-Losada (Spain)
mrosa.mosquera.losadaextra@usc.es
Nina Buchmann (Switzerland)
nina.buchmannextra@usys.ethz.ch
Andreas Lüscher (Switzerland)
andreas.luescherextra@agroscope.admin.ch
Manuel Schneider (Switzerland)
manuel.schneiderextra@agroscope.admin.ch
Federation Secretary
Dr Agnes van den Pol-van Dasselaar (since 2024)
University of Applied Sciences
De Drieslag 4
8251 JZ Dronten, the Netherlands
Phone +31 62 875 4767
E-mail a.van.den.polextra@aeres.nl
or fedsecretaryextra@europeangrassland.org
Website www.europeangrassland.org