Steering Committee
PINESTRENGTH has a Steering Committee for rapid assessment of key aspects relating to the work of the Action, such as the choice of meetings dates and venues, administration of Short Term Scientific Missions and Training Schools.
Chair: Prof. Julio Javier Diez.
Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid & INIA, Avda. Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain.
Email: jdcasero@pvs.uva.es
Grant Holder Manager: Dr. Pablo Martínez-Álvarez.
Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid & INIA, Avda. Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain.
Email: pmtnez@pvs.uva.es
☎ +34 979108417
Vice-Chair: Prof. Steve Woodward.
Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland, UK.
Email: s.woodward@abdn.ac.uk
Working Group 1. Diagnosis.
Leader: Dr. Renaud Ioos.
ANSES. Laboratoire de la Santé des Végétaux, Unité de Mycologie. Domaine de Pixérécourt, Bât. E 54220 Malzéville, France
Email: renaud.ioos@anses.fr
Co-Leader: Dr. Eeva Vainio.
Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE). Jokiniemenkuja 1, 01301 Vantaa, Finland
Email: eeva.vainio@luke.fi
Working Group 2. Interactions with other forest pests and pathogens.
Leader: Dr. Mercedes Fernández.
Universidad de Valladolid. Avda. Madrid, 44. 34004 Palencia, Spain.
Email: mffernan@agro.uva.es
CoLeader: Dr. Margarita Elvira-Recuenco.
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CIFOR, Carretera de La Coruña km 7,5. 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Email: elvira@inia.es
☎ +34 913478779
Working Group 3. Pathway of disease spread.
Leader: Prof. Jarkko Hantula.
Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE). Jokiniemenkuja 1, 01301 Vantaa, Finland.
Email: jarkko.hantula@luke.fi
Co-Leader: Prof. Paolo Capretti.
Università di Firenze. Piazzale delle Cascine, 28. 50144 Firenze, Italy
Email: paolo.capretti@unifi.it
Working Group 4. Pest Risk Analyses.
Leader: Dr. Anna Maria Vettraino.
University of Tuscia. S.Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
Email: vettrain@unitus.it
Co-Leader: Dr. Rosa Raposo.
The Spanish National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA). C. Coruña km 7.5. 28040 Madrid, Spain
Email: raposo@inia.es
Working Group 5. Management of pine pitch canker in forests and nurseries.
Leader: Dr. Jorge Martín-García.
Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid & INIA, Avda. Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain.
Email: jorgemg@pvs.uva.es
Co-Leader: Prof. Andrea Vannini.
Università degli Studi della Tuscia. Via S. Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Email: vannini@unitus.it
Working Group 6. Coordination, identifying research gaps and dissemination.
Leader: Dr. Tugba Dogmus Lehtijarvi.
Suleyman Demirel University. Faculty of Forestry. Department of Forest Protection. TR32260 Isparta, Turkey.
Email: tugbadogmus@sdu.edu.tr
Co-Leader: Dr. Artur Alves.
Universidade de Aveiro. Campus de Santiago. 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
Email: artur.alves@ua.pt
Short Term Scientific Missions & Training School.
Short Term Scientific Missions Manager: Dr. Verica Vasic.
Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment. Antona Cehova 13, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Email: vericav@uns.ac.rs
Training School Manager: Prof. Marta Vasconcelos.
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia. Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital. Apartado 2511 EC. 4202-401 Porto, Portugal.
Email: mvasconcelos@porto.ucp.pt
Officers of the Action.
Science Officer of the Action: Dr. Federica Ortelli.
COST Association. Avenue Louise 149 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Email: federica.ortelli@cost.eu
☎ +32 25333814
Administrative Officer of the Action: Ms. Andrea Tortajada.
COST Office. Avenue Louise 149 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Email: andrea.tortajada@cost.eu
☎ +32 25333830