Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Boland, is the Director of the Department of Bio-organic chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany. He is a renowned chemist doing pioneering interdisciplinary research in field of chemical ecology. His research focuses on the analysis of the molecular basis of uptake of plant-derived precursors and their transformation into compounds for the insects communication and defense.
https://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/bioorganic-chemistry.html?&L=1%2Fadmin%2Fcategories.php%2Flogin.php%3FcPath%3D
https://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/bioorganic-chemistry.html?&L=1%2Fadmin%2Fcategories.php%2Flogin.php%3FcPath%3D
Prof. Dr. Rainer Hedrich, is the Chair of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Germany. He has conducted pioneering research on ion channels in plants. Recipient of the European Research Council Award, his research focuses on the study of transport processes by plant cell membranes and the electrical properties and regulation of ion channels and membrane proteins.
http://www.bot1.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/forschung/hedrich/
http://www.bot1.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/forschung/hedrich/
Ramesh Venkata Sonti, is the Cheif Scientist at Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. He is recepient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for science and technology. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of attack and defense in the interaction between plants and their pathogens, with Oryza and Xanthomonas as model organisms.
http://www.ccmb.res.in/index.php?view=scientist&mid=0&id=63&grpid=2
http://www.ccmb.res.in/index.php?view=scientist&mid=0&id=63&grpid=2
Dr. Axel Mithöfer, heads the plant defense group in the Department of Bio-organic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany. His main research interests are in the field of plant interactions with other organisms, mainly herbivorous insects and microbes: the processes of signal perception, signal transduction, and induced plant defenses. https://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/hopa.html?pers=axmi2344
Prof. Dr. Ralf Oelmüller, is Professor of Plant Physiology at Friedrich Schiller University, Germany. His research focus is on understanding the interaction of plants with the symbiotic fungi using Arabidopsis and Piriformospora as model organisms. He has also research interests in understanding photosynthesis, plant-pathogen interactions.
https://www.uni-jena.de/Mitarbeiter_page_106705.html
https://www.uni-jena.de/Mitarbeiter_page_106705.html
Prof. Dr. Edgar Peiter, is Professor at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. His research interests are membrane transport, calcium signalling, manganese nutrition, abiotic stress and symbiotic nitrogen fixation. He has made significant contributions in the field of plant calcium signalling.
http://www.landw.uni-halle.de/prof/pflanzenernaehrung/labmembers/peiter/
http://www.landw.uni-halle.de/prof/pflanzenernaehrung/labmembers/peiter/
Dr. Michael Reichelt, is a Chemical engineer and scientist in the Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany. He heads the laboratory of chemical analysis and uses state-of-the-art instrumentation for chemical analyses of plant samples.
https://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/hopa.html?pers=mire2422
https://www.ice.mpg.de/ext/hopa.html?pers=mire2422
Ashok Giri, India, is Senior Scientist at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. He is a Borlaug and Alexander von Humboldt fellow. His research interests are molecular investigation of detoxification mechanisms in insects and plant defence mechanism and metabolic diversity in Ocimum from an evolutionary aspect.
http://academic.ncl.res.in/ap.giri/profile
http://academic.ncl.res.in/ap.giri/profile
Dr. Shree P. Pandey, is Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata and head of Max Planck-India partner group. His research focuses on role of small-RNAs in plant stress, parallels in prokaryotic and eukaryotic small-RNA pathways, plant-pathogen interaction and non-host resistance.
http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sppandey/
http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sppandey/
Dr. Radhika Venkatesan, India, is a faculty at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore. Her research focuses on chemical ecology of plant interactions. Her group is studying chemically mediated interactions between plant, insects and micro-organisms with aspects ranging from biochemistry to ecosystems.
https://www.ncbs.res.in/radhika/research
https://www.ncbs.res.in/radhika/research
Prof. Dr. Atul Kumar Johri, is Professor at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. A recipient of many awards, his research interest are plant-microbe interactions, membrane protein structure, vaccine development for Streptococcus.
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ajohri/
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ajohri/
Dr. Alok Krishna Sinha, is Staff Scientist at National institute of Plant Genome Research, Delhi. He is a recepient of Alexander-von-Humboldt fellowship and many other awards. His research focuses on understanding the role of mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) during plant-pathogen interaction and developmental processes in both Rice and Arabidopsis.
http://www.nipgr.res.in/research/dr_asinha.php
http://www.nipgr.res.in/research/dr_asinha.php
Dr. Praveen Verma, is Staff Scientist at National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Delhi. His research focuses on both plant-fungal and plant-herbivore interactions. He is currently working on pathogen-secreted effector protein causing host immune response suppression.
http://www.nipgr.res.in/research/dr_pverma.php
http://www.nipgr.res.in/research/dr_pverma.php