NitroEurope - or NEU for short - is a project for integrated European research into the nitrogen cycle. NitroEurope is part of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and will run for 5 years from February 2006 until 2011.
NitroEuropeIP is coordinated by The UK Centre For Ecology and Hydrology.
Scientific Steering Committee and External Advisory Group
NitroEurope - Scientific Steering Committee
Each of the members of the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) has been involved in leading previous European research efforts into nitrogen and carbon cycles (projects shown in brackets). The present membership of the SSC is:
| Name | Institute | NEU Role |
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| Mark Sutton | UKCEH |
Coordinator & Component 1 NEU Flux Network Leader |
| Maria Francesca Cotrufo Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern |
SUN BFW |
Activity 1.4 Plant & Soil Pools, Processes & Interactions Leader & Gender Committee Leader |
| Claus Beier | RISOE | Component 2 NEU Ecosystem Manipulation Leader |
| Klaus Butterbach-Bahl | FZK | Component 3 NEU Plot Scale Modelling Leader |
| Pierre Cellier | INRA | Component 4 NEU Landscape Analysis Leader |
| Wim de Vries | ALTERRA | Component 5 NEU European Integration Leader |
| Jan Willem Erisman | ECN | Component 6 NEU Verification Leader |
NitroEurope - External Advisory Group
The External Advisory Group (EAG) acts as the external review board, linking to international programmes and policy stakeholders. It advises the IP Co-ordinator and the SSC about the science of NEU, producing reviews annually and upon request (see the terms of reference for more information).
The EAG Board has elected Peringe Grennfelt as its chair and will be invited to participate at General Assemblies. It will prepare a short annual review about scientific achievements, integration within the project, relevance for stakeholders and contribute to the periodic Review and Assessment (R&A) activity. Members of the EAG may serve for part of all of the IP duration, and new members of the EAG may be added as needs arise.
Current members of the EAG are:
| - | Janet Sprent |
| Emeritus Professor, University of Dundee; Chair of the UK Global Nitrogen Enrichment (GANE) programme; Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution | |
| Expertise: nitrogen fixation interactions, science application | |
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Samantha Baker |
| Dept. for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, London | |
| Expertise: Transboundary Air Pollution and Integrated Assessment, Kyoto science-policy and GHG reporting | |
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Keith Bull & Matti Johannson |
| Chief, Air and Water Team, UNECE CLRTAP Secretariat, Geneva | |
| Expertise: Transboundary air pollution science-policy interaction | |
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Peringe Grennfelt |
| Professor, Scientific Director at the Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) in Gothenburg | |
| Expertise: atmospheric deposition process including direct effects to vegetation and mass balance studies in ecosystems, integrated assessments on international air pollution problems | |
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Tor Bjorn Larsson & Anke Luekewille |
| European Environment Agency, Copenhagen | |
| Expertise: Convention on Biological Diversity; special interest in forest & N interactions | |
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Luc Maene |
| Director General, International Fertiliser Industry Association (IFA), Paris | |
| Expertise: Industry perspective on the use and impacts of nitrogen | |
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Arvin Mosier |
| Professor in Global Environmental Change and Food Systems, University of Florida | |
| Expertise: Leading international scientist on GHG flux interactions | |
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Till Spranger |
| Federal Environmental Protection Agency of Germany (UBA), Berlin. Chairman of the Task Force on Mapping and Modelling, CLRTAP; Management Board COST 729 | |
| Expertise: Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and impact and policy analysis | |
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Ulrich Daemmgen |
| Former head of of the FAL Institute of Agroecology, Germany and co-chair of the UNECE Task Force Emission Inventories and Projection's Agriculture and Nature Panel | |
| Expertise: Ammonia from agriculture,nitrogen flows from livestock, manure management, emission control |