Dr. Susanne Weigand

Former Coordinator MSc Program „Crop Protection“

The two years master program “crop protection” was established in fall 2010 and is an international, job and research oriented program following an interdisciplinary approach of crop protection within the larger framework of crop production systems. In addition to the advanced study courses the capability for interdisciplinary research, improvement of oral and written communication and presentation skills are focused on. Graduated students will have broad research and analytical skills related to crop protection and be able to select and combine suitable technologies to solve the problems of crop protection and increase crop production efficiency, while observing the challenges of natural resources conservation. Best performing students are eligible for a scholarship in the subsequent PhD Programme on Crop Protection.

Further information: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/crop protection.

Curriculum vitae

1956 born in Göttingen
1980 Diplom Agricultural Sciences, University of Göttingen
1981 MSc in „Pest Management“, University of California, Riverside
1985 PhD in Entomology, Rheinische Friedrich- Wilhelms University of Bonn
1985-1986 Scientist, Division of Entomologie, Institute of Plant Diseases, University of Bonn
1986-1995 Scientist (Entomologist) in the Food Legume Improvement Program at the International Center for Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria and
1989- 1995 Coordinator oft the training program in the Food Legume Improvement Program
since Oct. 2009 Coordinator of the MSc program “Crop Protection”