Hello!
My name is Paul Struik, I'm a Full Professor of Crop Physiology
of Wageningen University and Research.
And my background is the agronomy and crop physiology of field crops and grasslands.
In my education, in my research, I use experimental approaches, but also multi-skilled models.
And by combining those different tools, I try to understand complex processes in plants,
living in a crop stand, and try to help farmers use that particular knowledge for implementation
in their agricultural practices.
I also do that for biomass crops.
I've been working on very many different crops, in very many different crop situations,
in ecological conditions.
I'm also trying to seek synergy with social sciences.
By doing that I can make sure that my findings, my research findings but also my education
is relevant for farmers, and I also try to use my research findings in a societally relevant
and responsible way.
I'm especially fascinated by a scaling up complex sub-cellalar processes all the way
to the level of the crop.
By doing that, I try to use a mix of sciences for crop science and agronomy.
I do hope that you will enjoy watching the clips on how to grow a biomass crop.