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
Fernanda Dreccer
Principal Scientist and Leader Abiotic Crop Adaptation Team at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
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