Karin Metzlaff
Executive Director
Business and Management
epso
Russian Federation
Biography
Karin has been the executive director of EPSO since its creation in 2001. She works with the EPSO members and other partners to promote plant research in the European science and science policy arena by overseeing the EPSO Working Groups, providing advice and recommendations to politicians at European, multinational and national level. Karin represents EPSO in the Initiative for Science in Europe, ISE and the Global Plant Council (GPC). She is a member of the European Commission High Level Steering Board on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability and of the Steering Council and Executive Committee of the European Technology Platform ‘Plants for the Future’ and. Karin is responsible for all member, observer and association relations of EPSO.
Research Interest
Karin has been the executive director of EPSO since its creation in 2001. She works with the EPSO members and other partners to promote plant research in the European science and science policy arena by overseeing the EPSO Working Groups, providing advice and recommendations to politicians at European, multinational and national level. Karin represents EPSO in the Initiative for Science in Europe, ISE and the Global Plant Council (GPC). She is a member of the European Commission High Level Steering Board on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability and of the Steering Council and Executive Committee of the European Technology Platform ‘Plants for the Future’ and. Karin is responsible for all member, observer and association relations of EPSO. Before creating EPSO, Karin has been project manager of twelve EU-funded plant research projects for two years. Karin has postdoctoral experience in various areas of plant sciences at the John Innes Centre Norwich (United Kingdom), the Federal Health Office (Germany) and the Martin-Luther University Halle (Germany). She obtained her PhD in plant genetics at the Martin-Luther University Halle.
