Dr. Andreas Ebert

I graduated in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Hohenheim (1976), Stuttgart, Germany and obtained my Ph.D. with distinction at the Institute for Fruit and Vegetable Production and Viticulture (1980) from the same University. After that, I held a Postdoc position at the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute in Littlehampton, UK, where he researched assimilate translocation in tomatoes. I dedicated my entire professional life to agricultural research for development in the tropics and subtropics. I worked for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) from 1981 to 2002 on various development projects in Brazil, the Philippines, West Africa, Malawi, and China. From 2002 to 2008, I joined CATIE in Costa Rica, directed its genebank and served as Professor at CATIE’s Graduate School. From 2008 until my retirement in December 2015, I was Genebank Manager and Global Theme Leader – Germplasm at the World Vegetable Center’s headquarters in Taiwan. I am passionate about the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources—key resources for crop improvement and adaptation to climate change. My publications can be found on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andreas_Ebert2.