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ment and the results of the environmental analysis for The Netherlands. He was involved in the project
from September 1999 till August 2000.
Ir. Henk van Zeijts: Senior Scientist, born in 1966. Diplom in Agronomy at Wageningen Agricultural
University, with CLM since 1992. Fields of expertise: farm management strategies, nutrients, agrienvironmental
policies, life cycle assessment (LCA), bio-energy. Henk van Zeijts shared the responsibility
of co-ordinating the work of CLM with Marjoleine Haanegraf. His work within the project comprised
the issues of biodiversity and soil quality as well as the development of the methodology for the
socio-economic and policy analysis.
Marjoleine Hanegraaf: Born in 1960, studied tropical agriculture at the Rijks Hogere Landbouwschool
in Deventer and obtained a MSc-degree in soil science at the University of London. She has
worked as a researcher on a number of projects related to the effects of nutrients, pesticides and heavy
metals on soil fertility. At the Centre for Agriculture and Environment which she joined in 1993, she
works on energy consumption and production in agriculture. Marjoleine Haanegraf shared the responsibility
of co-ordinating the work of CLM with Henk van Zeijts. Her work within the project comprised
the issues of biodiversity and soil quality as well as the socio-economic and policy analysis.
CRES – Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (Greece)
Calliope Panoutsou: Her activities cover agricultural engineering and agricultural economics. She is
the head of Biomass Department of CRES, with eight years of RTD experience in biomass for energy.
She has been involved as a partner and project manager, in several European projects. She participated
in the second year of the project as the scientific responsible for CRES and she collaborated with the
other partners in the determination of the methodology applied and the interpretation of the results for
Greece.
Anastasia Nikolaou: Her activities cover agricultural engineering and agricultural biology. From 1997
until today she has been a staff member in the Biomass department of CRES specialised on energy
crops and environmental aspects of biomass energy systems. At her position in CRES she has participated
in the carrying of many European projects. In the framework of this project she was involved in
the determination of the bioenergy chains under study, data collection and interpretation of the results
for Greece.
Dr. Nicholas Dercas: His activities cover both agricultural and hydraulic engineering. From 1993 until
1999 he was a staff member in the Biomass Department of the Center for Renewable Energy Sources
(CRES). At his position in CRES he has participated in the carrying of many European projects. He
participated to the first year of the project as the scientific responsible for CRES and he collaborated
with the other partners in the determination of the methodology applied and of the bioenergy chains
under study. Since 1999, he is a Lecturer in the Agricultural University of Athens.
CTI – Italian Technical Committee (Italy)
Prof. Ing. Giovanni Riva: Born in 1952. Mechanical engineer. Since 1976 he works in the field of
energy and has a remarkable expertise in process analysis/design with special reference to thermal/electric
plants. Full professor at the University of Ancona (mechanics), he worked for different
international organisations (UN, UE). More than 250 technical papers. Since 1993 general secretary of
CTI and of ATI (Italian Thermotechnical Association; around 1500 members). Due to these activities
he has also developed an expertise in congresses and working groups organisation. In this project he
was the co-ordinator of the Italian staff.
Dr. Elio Smedile: Born in 1938. Biologist and Environmentalist. From 1988 to 1994 head of Environmental
Dept. of the Italian Electricity Board (ENEL); since 1996 responsible of R&D activities of CTI.
Member of the Board of Directors of ITABIA (Italian Biomass Association) and co-chairman of the