Consortium 

RootEd is coordinated by University College Dublin. The consortium brings together eleven academic and four non academic institutions across eight countries.  Eight beneficiaries in the consortium will recruit Doctoral Researchers. Eight associated partner organisations will contribute to the training and research activities. 



    Beneficiaries (Recruiting Institutions) 


Dr Saoirse Tracy, 

RootEd Coordinator

University College Dublin, Ireland 


Prof. Dr. Doris Vetterlein  

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany   

Dr. Maarja Öpik

University of Tartu, (UT), Estonia   

Prof. Dr. Lars J. Munkholm  

Aarhus University, (AU), Denmark 

Dr. Viola Willemsen

Wageningen University & Research (WU), Netherlands   

Prof. Mathieu Javaux

 Université Catholique de Louvain, (UCLouvain), Belgium   

Dr. Johannes A. Postma

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany 

Prof. Jimmy Burke

Origin Enterprises PLC, Ireland 

Dr. Marion Prudent  

Institut National de la Recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement, (INRAE), France 

Associated Partners 

Origin Enterprises PLC, Ireland, NIAB, Cambridge, United Kingdom, University of Burgundy, France,  University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, Martin Luther University, Germany, Bio-Systems Engineering Ltd. Ireland, DLF-Seed, Denmark