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Corné Pieterse, Utrecht University (the Netherlands)
Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions and scientific director of the Institute of Environmental Biology of the Faculty of Science

"Rhizosphere dynamics and interventions to increase crop productivity"
Michelle Watt, University of Bonn (Germany)
Professor of Crop Root Physiology & Director of the Plant Sciences Institute at the Forschungszentrum Juelich

"Imaging and image-based modelling of the rhizosphere"
Tiina Roose, University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Professor & Chair of Biological and Environmental Modelling, Faculty of Engineering and Environment; Royal Society University Research Fellow

"Shining a light on rhizosphere research in Saskatchewan"
Leon Kochian, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Professor, Departments of Plant Sciences & Soil Science;
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Global Food Security
Associate Director, Global Institude for Food Security (GIFS)


"Microbial hotspots and hot moments in the rhizosphere"
Yakov Kuzyakov, Georg-August University of Goettingen (Germany)
Professor & Chair Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems

"An indigenous response to a biosecurity threat: The case of kauri dieback (Agathis australis)"
Amanda Black, Lincoln University (Australia)
Principal Research Officer, BioProtection Research
E-mail: Amanda.Black@lincoln.ac.nz
Web: https://bioprotection.org.nz/Black+Amanda
The Māori Biosecurity Network: https://ttwinternal://.co.nz/
E-mail: leon.kochian@usask.ca
Web: http://www.gifs.ca/pages/staffdetails/Dr_Leon_Kochian
Google Scholar: LINK
E-mail: C.M.J.Pieterse@uu.nl
Web: http://www.uu.nl/en/research/plant-microbe-interactions
Google Scholar: LINK
Personal page: http://www.uu.nl/staff/CMJPieterse
E-mail: T.Roose@soton.ac.uk
Web: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/tr1r07.page
ResearchGate: LINK
E-mail: m.watt@fz-juelich.de
Web: http://www.fz-juelich.de/ibg/ibg-2/EN/Home/home_node.html
Google Scholar: LINK

"Understanding and engineering the rhizosphere microbiome"
Étienne Yergeau, INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier (Canada)
Assistant Professor, Université du Québec

"Root microbiome management and soil ecological engineering for a sustainable agriculture"
Marcel van der Heijden, University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Professor of Agro-ecology & Plant-Microbiome Interactions
Director of the Plant-Soil Interactions Group; Swiss Federal Research Institute