National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Andreas Graner
FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2018

Born in Heilbronn, Germany on 5 October 1957. Graduation 1980, Georg August University Göttingen, Agricultural Sciences; Masters 1984, Technical University Munich, Agricultural Sciences; Ph.D. 1987; Habilitation (Plant Breeding and Applied Genetics) 1996.

Post Doc 1987-96, Research Scientist 1996-97 Institute for Resistance Genetics, Gruenbach; Senior Scientist and coordinator, Plant Genome Resource Centre, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) 1997-99; Head, Federal Ex situ Genebank, IPK 1999 -2023; Professor, Plant Genetic Resources, University of Halle, 1999 - 2023; Managing Director, IPK 2007 - 2023. Guest scientist, IPK, 2023 to date.

Awards/Honours: GPZ Kurt von Rümker Award, 1987; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Training Fellowship, 1988; Gergor Mendel Foundation Gregor Mendel Innovation Award, 2004; SCRI Honorary Fellow, 2006; Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher, 2015; Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Western Australia 2023; Crop Trust Legacy Award, 2023.

Fellow: German Academy of Sciences LEOPOLDINA 2001; Indian National Sciences Academy (INSA), 2020.

Research Areas: Crop Genomics, Genetic Diversity and Genebank

Address: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben, Germany; [Tel: Off. +49-39482-5219; Email: graner@ipk-gatersleben.de]