Prof. Dr. Kai Voss-Fels

Prof. Dr. Kai Voss-Fels
Professor of Plant Breeding at Geisenheim University

Prof. Dr. Kai Voss-Fels is Professor of Plant Breeding at Geisenheim University, Germany where he leads a new institute that focusses on genetics and breeding of horticultural crops, mainly grapevine. After completing his PhD at Justus Liebig University in Giessen in 2016, he was a senior research fellow and group leader at the University of Queensland, Australia from 2017-2021. His research aims at developing and implementing genomics-assisted breeding approaches for accelerating crop improvement. Kai has worked across a range of crops incl. wheat, barley, sugarcane, rapeseed, chickpea and grapevine. He works closely with leading national and international partners across the public and private sectors. Kai has won several prestigious awards and has published his research outcomes in over 50 peer-reviewed articles.