The PSC Coordination Office manages all activities of the Plant Science Center, and assists the Steering Committee in the fulfillment of its function. The main tasks are the coordination of the education and research activities, the organization of conferences, symposia, workshops and other events, as well as the coordination of public, national and international relations.

Managing Director, Education & Finances: Dr. Melanie Paschke

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• PSC strategy
  
• Master's Courses and Master's Studies in Plant Sciences
• PSC PhD Program in Plant Sciences
• International PhD student recruitment
• Project management: 'Skills for Scientific Practice in Plant Sciences (SkriPS)'/ 'Wissenschaftliches Schreiben (WiSch)'
• Project management: PhD Program in Plant Sciences and Policy
• Project management: E-learning courses 'Sustainable Plant Systems'/'Biodiversity Informatics'
  
• Chair of the educational panel of the Swiss Plant Science Web
• PSC finances

paschkme@ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 60 22

Managing Director, Research & Communications: Dr. Manuela Dahinden

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• Sponsorship and fundraising
• Coordination of research cooperations with industry
• Public relations
• National and international networking
• Organization of the Fachtagung: "Grüne Gentechnologie"
• Project management PSC Post doc Fellowship Program

mdahinden@ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 23 33

Coordination in Basel: Sylvia Martinez M.Sc.

• PSC Newsletter editor
• Organziation of the PSC symposium
• Organziation of the Colloquium 'Challenges in Plant Sciences'

Sylvia Martinez, MSc
Institute of Botany
Department of Environmental Sciences
Basel University
Schoenbeinstr 6
4056 Basel

sylvia.martinez@unibas.ch
Tel: +41 61 267 35 03

Program Coordinator PhD Program Plant Sciences and Policy: Dr. Andrea Pfisterer

• Course and workshop organization
• Content of workshops
• Expert database and network
• PhD student administration

andreapf@ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 02 71

Program Coordinator PLANT FELLOWS: Romy Kohlmann, M.A.

• First contact point for fellows
• Coordination and administration of the evaluation and selection processes
• Supervision of payments to fellows and EU program reporting
• Development of communication channels between fellows
• PR and Maintenance of website
• Organization of the PLANT FELLOWS annual meetings, career events and workshops
• Course administration and organization of the PLANT FELLOWS training program

romy.kohlmann@usys.ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 47 96

Program Coordinator Plant Science Expeditions: Juanita Schläpfer

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• Event organization and marketing
• Development of exhibition materials
• Assistance of PSC communications

juanita.schlaepfer@usys.ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 83 08

Administration: Shoaib Khawari

• Course administration PhD Program in Plant Sciences, PhD Program in Plant Sciences and Policy
• Student administration
• Database of infrastructure
• Finances & reporting

shoaib.khawari@usys.ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 40 52

SPSW E-Learning: Anett Hofmann

• E-Learning specialists
• Development of the E-learning courses “Sustainable Plant Systems”/”Biodiversity Informatics”
• Content development and implementation
• Multimedia development

anetthofmann@ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 633 91 48

SPSW Interface Secondary Teacher Education: Carole Rapo

• Organization of workshops
• Development of learning materials

carole.rapo@usys.ethz.ch
Tel: +41 44 632 89 50