Dr. Hanne Volpin

Dr. Hanne Volpin

Dr Hanne Volpin has been active in horticulture and agriculture R&D for over three decades. After receiving her BSc in Agriculture, Field and Vegetable Crops in 1987 and acquiring her PhD in Agriculture, Plant Protection, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) in 1995, Hanne worked in the academic field as a Post Doc Research Scientist at UC Davis (USA) and, later, at the Department of Plant Genetics of the Volcani Center in Israel. In 1999, she launched her industry career serving as a Head of Bioinformatics services at Compugen Ltd (Israel), a Program Scientist at Keygene NV (NL) and Breeding Director at Hazera Seeds (Israel). From 2014 to 2019, Hanne was with Danziger Innovations heading the company’s R&D program and serving as Deputy CEO. Since 2019, Hanne has been an independent consultant utilizing her expertise in scientific, technical and organizational issues at various Ag-biotech companies.