Executive Committee

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  

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   

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
Website  www.czu.cz/en 

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 

Dr Sigridur Dalmannsdottir (2024-2028)
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
Department of Grassland and Livestock
P.O. Box 2284
9269 Tromsø, Norway
Phone  +47 465 46 249
E-Mail  sigridur.dalmannsdottirextra@nibio.no  
Website  www.nibio.no/en/  

Prof. Dr Evelin Loit-Harro (2024-2028)
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Kreutzwaldi 1a
51006 Tartu, Estonia
Phone  +372 59 12 55 49
E-mail  evelin.loitextra@emu.ee  
Website  www.emu.ee 

Dr Yurii Veklenko (2024-2028)
Institute of Feed Research and Agriculture of Podillya NAAS
16 Yunosti Avenue
21100 Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Phone  +380 673 19 04 61
E-mail  yuri.veklenkoextra@gmail.com   
Website  www.fri.vin.ua/en/ 

Prof. Dr Aleksandar Simić (2024-2028)
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Agriculture
Nemanjina 6
11080 Zemun-Belgrade, Serbia
Phone  +381 63 1028604
E-mail  simicalextra@gmail.com  or  alsimicextra@agrif.bg.ac.rs
Website  www.agrif.bg.ac.rs/en/ 

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 

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 

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 

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