Qualifications:

PhD in Molecular Agriculture (2013)

MSc in Integrated Pest Management (2008)

BSc in Agriculture (Crop Production) (2005)

Research interests:

‘’Understanding plant responses to environment’ while linking agronomy with crop genetics and plant physiology’'

Major Research Objectives:

• Sustainable crop production in Organic, Low input and Conventional farming systems
• Improvement of Nutrient Use Efficiency in major food crops
• Crop genetic diversification and improvement of agronomic management in order to enhance stress response and increased crop quality
• Identification of plant genes, gene products and secondary metabolites involved in multiple (abiotic-biotic) stress response and increased crop quality

Current research activities:

Developing, organising, supervising, delivering as well as implementing work for the following projects:

• ECOBREED (EU H2020): The main aim of the project is to identify traits and combinations of traits suited to organic and low-input production environment including high nutrient use efficiency and weed competitiveness/allelopathy (http://ecobreed.eu/ )
• Interfuture (EU Marie Curie Training Network): The main aim of the project is to identify the effects and interactions between crop genotypes, antagonistic root colonizing endophytes and arbuscular mychorrizal fungi on wheat agronomic performance, nutrient use efficiency and grain quality
• Healthy Minor Cereals (EU FP7): The main aim of the project is to identify the effects and interactions between fertilisation regimes, crop protection, tillage and genotypic variation on agronomic performance and grain quality of minor cereals (http://www.healthyminorcereals.eu/)

Planning, management and implementation of work undertaken in the long term Nafferton Systems Comparison trials (http://www.nefg-organic.org/the-farm/)

Previous research activities:

AZOTIC (Industry funded): The main aim of the project was to identify the effects and interactions between fertilisation regimes and beneficial bacteria inoculation nitrogen-fixing technology on wheat agronomic performance

NUE CROPS project (http://research.ncl.ac.uk/nefg/nuecrops/page.php?page=1):

• Understanding Nutrient Use Efficiency in potato using agronomic traits and gene expression to explore genetic variation
• Linking gene, protein and metabolic expression to agronomic performance under different fertilizer regimes in multiple potato and wheat varieties
• Understand the structure and activity of bacterial population in wheat rhizosphere in order to improve Nutrient Use Efficiency

IMPROVE P (EU funded): The main aim of the project was to quantify the performance of various potato and spring wheat genotypes with contrasting Phosphorus Use Efficiency in the background of different fertilization types and levels (https://improve-p.uni-hohenheim.de/)

Saponite (Industry funded): The main aim of the project was to identify the effects of soil clay amendments on agronomic performance, yield and quality of field and greenhouse grown vegetables.

ACE8067: Sustainable Crop Production Systems

• Hasanaliyeva G, Chatzidimitrou E, Wang J, Baranski M, Volakakis N, Pakos P, Seal C, Rosa EAS, Markellou E, Iversen PO, Vigar V, Willson A, Barkla B, Leifert C, Rempelos L. Effect of organic and conventional production methods on fruit yield and nutritional quality parameters in grapes made from three traditional Cretan grape varieties: results from a farm survey. Foods 2021, 10(2), 476.
• Baranski M, Srednicka-Tober D, Rempelos D, Hasanaliyeva G, Gromadzka-Ostrowska J, Skwarlo-Sonta K, Krolikowski T, Rembialkowska E, Hajslova J, Schulzova V, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Hallmann E, Seal C, Iversen PO, Vigar V, Leifert C. Feed Composition Differences Resulting from Organic and Conventional Farming Practices Affect Physiological Parameters in Wistar Rats—Results from a Factorial, Two-Generation Dietary Intervention Trial. Nutrients 2021, 13(2), 377.
• Wang J, Chatzidimitriou E, Wood L, Hasanalieva G, Markelou E, Iversen PO, Seal C, Baranski M, Vigar V, Ernst L, Willson A, Thapa M, Barkla BJ, Leifert C, Rempelos L. Effect of wheat species (Triticum aestivum vs T. spelta), farming system (organic vs conventional) and flour type (wholegrain vs white) on composition of wheat flour – Results of a retail survey in the UK and Germany – 2. Antioxidant activity, and phenolic and mineral content. Food Chemistry: X 2020, 6, 1000091.
• Wang J, Hasanalieva G, Wood L, Markellou E, Iversen PO, Bernhoft A, Seal C, Baranski M, Vigar V, Ernst L, Willson A, Barkla BJ, Leifert C, Rempelos L. Effect of wheat species (Triticum aestivum vs T. spelta), farming system (organic vs conventional) and flour type (wholegrain vs white) on composition of wheat flour; results of a retail survey in the UK and Germany – 1. Mycotoxin content. Food Chemistry 2020, 327, 127011.
• Wang J, Hasanalieva G, Wood L, Anagnostopoulos C, Ampadogiannis G, Bempelou E, Kiousi M, Markelou E, Iversen PO, Seal C, Baranski M, Vigar V, Leifert C, Rempelos L. Effect of wheat species (Triticum aestivum vs T. spelta), farming system (organic vs conventional) and flour type (wholegrain vs white) on composition of wheat flour – results of a retail survey in the UK and Germany - 3. Pesticide residue content. Food Chemistry: X 2020, 7, 100089.
• Hasanaliyeva G, Chatzidimitrou E, Wang J, Baranski M, Volakakis N, Seal C, Rosa EAS, Iversen PO, Vigar V, Barkla B, Leifert C, Rempelos L. Effects of production region, production systems and grape type/variety on nutritional quality parameters of table grapes; results from a UK retail survey. Foods 2020, 9, 12.
• Magistrali A, Vavera R, Janovska D, Rempelos L, Cakmak I, Leifert C, Grausgruber H, Butler G, Wilkinson A, Bilsborrow P. Evaluating the effect of agronomic management practices on the performance of differing spelt (Triticum spelta) cultivars in contrasting environments. Field Crops Research 2020, 255, 107869.
• Magistrali A, Vavera R, Janovska D, Rempelos L, Cakmak I, Leifert C, Grausgruber H, Butler G, Wilkinson A, Bilsborrow P. Evaluating the effect of agronomic management practices on the performance of differing spelt (Triticum spelta) cultivars in contrasting environments. Field Crops Research 2020, 255, 107869.
• Voutzourakis N, Tzanidakis N, Stergiadis S, Rempelos L, Eyre M, Atsali I, Franceschin E, Leifert C, Stefanakis A, Sotiraki S, Butler G. Sustainable intensification? Increased production diminishes omega-3 content of sheep milk. Sustainability (Switzerland) 2020, 12(3), 1228.
• Rempelos L, Almuayrifi MSB, Baranski M, Tetard-Jones C, Barkla B, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Cooper J, Volakakis N, Hall G, Zhao B, Rose T, Wang J, Kalee H, Sufar E, Hasanaliyeva G, Bilsborrow P. The effect of agronomic factors on crop health and performance of winter wheat varieties bred for the conventional and the low input farming sector. Field Crops Research 2020, 254, 107822.
• Rempelos L, Almuayrifi AM, Baranski M, Tetard-Jones C, Eyre M, Shotton P, Cakmak I, Ozturk L, Cooper J, Volakakis N, Schmidt C, Sufar E, Wang J, Wilkinson A, Rosa EAS, Zhao B, Rose TJ, Leifert C, Bilsborrow P. Effects of Agronomic Management and Climate on Leaf Phenolic Profiles, Disease Severity, and Grain Yield in Organic and Conventional Wheat Production Systems. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2018, 66(40), 10369-10379.
• Stergiadis S, Bieber A, Chatzidimitriou E, Franceschin E, Isensee A, Rempelos L, Baranski M, Maurer V, Cozzi G, Bapst B, Butler G, Leifert C. Impact of US Brown Swiss genetics on milk quality from low-input herds in Switzerland: Interactions with season. Food Chemistry 2018, 251, 93-102.
• Baranski M, Rempelos L, Iversen PO, Leifert C. Effects of organic food consumption on human health; the jury is still out!. Food and Nutrition Research 2017, 61(1), 1287333.
• Stergiadis S, Bieber A, Chatzidimitriou E, Franceschin E, Isensee A, Rempelos L, Baranski M, Maurer V, Cozzi G, Bapst B, Butler G, Leifert C. Seasonal variation of milk fatty acid profiles from dairy cows crossbred with US Brown Swiss in low-input farms in Switzerland. In: British Society of Animal Science Annual Conference. 2016, Chester, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Swain EY, Rempelos L, Orr CH, Hall G, Chapman R, Almadni M, Stockdale EA, Kidd J, Leifert C, Cooper JM. Optimizing nitrogen use efficiency in wheat and potatoes: interactions between genotypes and agronomic practices. Euphytica 2014, 199(1-2), 119-136.
• Tétard-Jones C, Edwards MG, Rempelos L, Gatehouse AMR, Eyre M, Wilcockson SJ, Leifert C. Effects of previous crop management, fertilization regime and watersupply on potato tuber proteome and yield. Agronomy 2013, 3(1), 59-85.
• Rempelos L, Cooper J, Wilcockson S, Eyre M, Shotton P, Volakakis N, Orr CH, Leifert C, Gatehouse AMR, Tétard-Jones C. Quantitative proteomics to study the response of potato to contrasting fertilisation regimes. Molecular Breeding 2013, 31(2), 363-378.
• Tétard-Jones C, Shotton PN, Rempelos L, Cooper J, Eyre M, Orr CH, Leifert C, Gatehouse AMR. Quantitative proteomics to study the response of wheat to contrasting fertilisation regimes. Molecular Breeding 2013, 31(2), 379-393.