food4future Coordination Office
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1
14979 Großbeeren
Germany
Prof. Dr. Monika Schreiner heads the Plant Quality & Food Security program area at the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) and is an honorary professor at the University of Hanover. Her research focuses on understanding and influencing plant secondary metabolism with the goal of optimizing it for human nutrition. She is the coordinator of the food4future consortium and involved in the "Macroalgae and Halophytes" project. She also serves as the central coordinator of the overarching "Agricultural Systems of the Future" funding line.
Dr. Babette Regierer is deputy to coordinator Prof. Monika Schreiner and supports the work of the food4future office. She has worked in scientific management for more than twenty years and contributes her expertise in strategy development, network management, communication, and knowledge transfer to the research network. She is particularly committed to positioning food4future in the national and international research arena.
Jette Berend is a project manager at the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) and specializes in science communication. She studied media studies at the University of Potsdam and the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, with a particular focus on how scientific content can be prepared in a target-group-appropriate manner and conveyed via appropriate media. At food4future, Jette Berend works in project management. From 2022 to 2025, she worked in the central coordination office of the overarching BMBF funding line "Agricultural Systems of the Future," where she was jointly responsible for public relations.
Leonhard Meitner is a project associate at the Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) as part of the BMFTR consortium project food4future. He supports the project team in science communication and knowledge transfer between research, policy, and society. Previously, he worked in the field of sustainability transformation at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, where he also earned his master’s degree in Political Economy of European Integration. During his master’s program, he specialized in climate finance and sustainable transformation processes. At food4future, his focus is on strategic communications as well as the design and implementation of dialogue formats addressing the future of our food systems.
Jonah Duderstädt is a student assistant at the Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) as part of the BMFTR collaborative project food4future, where he supports science communication. He is studying industrial design at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences, with a focus on design and communication. In addition, he works as a freelance photographer in the event and portrait photography sectors. He has been working as a photographer for food4future since 2026 and shares responsibility for external communications and public relations.
Emily Krüger is a student assistant in the food4future research project at the Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ). She is studying Computer Science in Culture and Health at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW) and works on the project in the area of developing immersive applications. In particular, she focuses on extended reality (XR), including augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Within the project, she supports the design and implementation of interactive applications as well as the development of prototypes used for the digital and immersive communication of research content.