Experience

Germains Seed Technology

• United Kingdom
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist Priming Technology

  • Feb 2022 - Present

• Scientist Priming Technology

  • Mar 2020 - Jan 2022



Royal Holloway, University of London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2019

  Working in the group of Prof. Gerhard Leubner (Professor in Plant Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences) • For specific information on my work please see https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/michael-ignatz(b5435ffa-267d-49e6-894b-25537adc17a3).html• For general information on our scientific interests please see http://www.seedbiology.eu● Coordination and realization of the project: “Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Sugar Beet during Germination and Early Seedling Development with a focus on Chilling Tolerance”, financed by and in collaboration with KWS SAAT SE. • Description of the project:Abiotic stress is a term to describe a complex syndrome of effects of various environmental stress factors (e.g. temperature, water availability, salt, heavy metals, pesticides, UV) if they severely deviate from a ‘normal’ or 'optimal' (non-stress) situation. The overall aim of the project is to generate knowledge and establish tools required to make the most vulnerable stages of the sugar beet life cycle, namely germination and emerged seedlings, more resilient towards abiotic stresses. Due to erratic weather and climate change in temperate growing regions an increase the abiotic stress tolerance during early season stages requires a strategic focus on germination and seedling responses to improve seed quality. Show less

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Dec 2013 - Aug 2015

  ● Coordination and realization of the project: “Early germination of Sugar Beet”, financed by and in collaboration with KWS SAAT SE.

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Mar 2013 - Nov 2013

  ● Research on the projects:“Brassicaceae endosperm weakening” and “Brassicaceae dormancy mechanisms”, (DFG Le720/6-3 and 7-2).



Universität Freiburg

• Germany
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Oct 2012

  Project: “Causal research on seed ageing in sugar beet”, in the laboratory of Dr. Leubner in collaboration with KWS SAAT SE. Project: “Causal research on seed ageing in sugar beet”, in the laboratory of Dr. Leubner in collaboration with KWS SAAT SE.



University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

• Erlangen Area, Germany

• Laboratory Assistant

  • Oct 2007 - Jan 2008

  Assistant at department of Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Schlücker Assistant at department of Chemie- und Bioingenieurwesen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Schlücker



University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

• Erlangen Area, Germany

• Laboratory Assistant

  • Sep 2005 - Oct 2005

  Assistant at department of Biology, Animal Physiology, Prof. Dr. Brandstätter Assistant at department of Biology, Animal Physiology, Prof. Dr. Brandstätter



Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety

• Nürnberg Area, Germany

• Internship

  • Jul 2003 - Jul 2003