Jury - Helmut Claas-Scholarship
The jury of the Claas-Stiftung assesses the application for the Helmut Claas-Scholarship. It consists of international experts of the agricultural sector who specialize in various fields. This guarantees an objective and well-balanced evaluation.
German Jury
Prof. Dr. agr. habil. Sandra Rose
- Study of agricultural sciences at Humboldt-Universität of Berlin
- Research scientist at Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and bioeconomy at Potsdam (2002-2014)
- PhD (2002, „Investigation of mechanical stress on the udder at different milking systems" und Habilitation (2013, „"The development of the individual quarter milking and its effect on the process elements of animal, human, milking equipment and product quality"“) at HU of Berlin
- 2014 - 2024 Professor for agricultural machinery at University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg (process technology in animals and plants, Precision Farming, milking techniques)
- Since 2024 Professor in the field of ‘Agricultural Process Engineering’ at the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rostock
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Cornelia Weltzien
- Studies of Agricultural Engineering at Cologne University of Applied Sciences and Mechanical Engineering at the Institute for Agricultural Machinery at TU Braunschweig
- 2008 PhD at TU Braunschweig: “Assistance system for the unloading process of a self-propelled forage harvester”
- Engineer system development / construction hydraulics at HYDAC System GmbH and CNH Baumaschinen GmbH
- since 2015 Head of Department “Engineering for Crop Production” at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) and Chair “Agromechatronics – sensor-based process control in Agriculture” at the TU Berlin (joint assignment)
Dipl. Ing.-agr. Mechthilde Becker-Weigel
Studied Agricultural Sciences at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn, and ETH Zurich
Founded wda wirtschaftsdienst agrar – market analysis, communication, coaching, in 1998 in Cologne.
2009–2018: Editor-in-Chief of the online news portal agrarticker.de, DLG Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
Since 2018: Editor-in-Chief of Bauernblatt Schleswig-Holstein and LandApp SH, Rendsburg; Main topics are international agricultural markets, agricultural policy, trade
Member of the Women in Agribusiness WiA Network
English jury
Dr. Kim Blackburn
- Born 1977
- Mechanical Engineering at the University of Reading
- PhD-program at Cranfield University
- Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Current research in the areas of off-road dynamics also traction and agricultural technology
CV Alastair Tulloch MIAgrE
- Born in 1950
- Ordinary National Diploma in General Engineering
- National Diploma in Agricultural Engineering
- CLAAS UK Ltd. - After Sales Dept. - Regional Service; National Service Manager
- CLAAS UK Ltd. - After Sales Manager and Co. Director; Deputy CEO
- Chairman of the Agricultural Engineers Association Training Committee (2010 - 2015)
- Member of EurAgEng & The Institution of Agricultural Engineers - Award of Merit 2018
David White
- Senior lecturer Engineering Department, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.
- Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Agricultural Engineers and many more
- Trustee of the Douglas Bomford Trust, mentor of Arkwright Scholarships Trust