| Director |
| Niggli Urs | Director of FiBL Switzerland and responsible for quality management | +41 (0)62 865-7270 |
| Riedel Judith | Scientific assistant of the director | +41 (0)62 865-0492 |
| Deputy directors |
| Huber Beate | Head of department, member of the board of directors, deputy director, field of expertise: Organic legislation, certification, personnel and organization development, Group lead Policy and Sector Development | +41 (0)62 865-0425 |
| Tamm Lucius | Head of department, member of the board of directors, deputy director, Group lead Crop Protection - Phytopathology, list of approved substances, quality assurance for organic products, food safety, apple and grapevine diseases, epidemiology | +41 (0)62 865-7238 |
| Finances, ressources & administration |
| Bayer Erika | Secretariat FiBL Switzerland, Advertisments "bioaktuell" | +41 (0)62 865-7200 |
| Deppeler Lars | Secretariat FiBL Switzerland | +41 (0)62 865-0446 |
| Drexler Dóra | Organic agriculture in Hungary | |
| Krähenbühl Serina | Secretariat FiBL Switzerland | +41 (0)62 865-0446 |
| Leu Stefanie | Secretariat FiBL Switzerland, administration FiBL courses | +41 (0)62 865-7274 |
| Merz Anne | Head of secretariat FiBL Switzerland, member of the board of directors, head of quality management, organisation ABIM | +41 (0)62 865-7204 |
| Reding Bénédicte | Finance and accounting | +41 (0)62 865-7254 |
| Rickenbacher Beat | EDP | +41 (0)62 865-7241 |
| Schärer Marc | Head of finances, resources & administration, member of the board of directors | +41 (0)62 865-0400 |
| Sibold Gina | Finance and accounting | +41 (0)62 865-7233 |
| Widmer Manuela | Finance and accounting | +41 (0)62 865-0426 |
| Williner Stefan | Human resources, finance and accounting | +41 (0)62 865-7278 |
| Restaurant |
| Amsler Thomas | Head of Facility Management | +41 (0)62 865-7205 |
| Bircher Erika | Restaurant, domestic services | +41 (0)62 865-5036 |
| Cafaro Immacolata | Domestic services | +41 (0)62 865-5036 |
| Finsterwald Sibylle | Cook | +41 (0)62 865-5036 |
| Hunziker-Rohrer Trudi | Cook | +41 (0)62 865-5036 |
| Rohrer Rolf | Services | +41 (0)62 865-0469 |
| Stocker Ivanka | Restaurant | +41 (0)62 865-5036 |
| Vezzani Massimo | services | +41 (0)62 865-0437 |
| Department of International Cooperation |
| Adamtey Noah | Project coordinator | +41 (0)62 865-7249 |
| Armengot Martinez Laura | Scientific collaborator, Research on Sustainable Production Systems | +41 (0)62 865-7261 |
| Bautze David | Research on Sustainable Production Systems | +41 (0)62 865-0491 |
| Bernet Thomas | Market chain research, development and management | +41 (0)62 865-1710 |
| Bhullar Gurbir | Group lead Tropical Agriculture, Systems Comparison Project in India | +41 (0)62 865-7258 |
| Cicek Harun | Organic Cropping Systems in drylands | +41 (0)62 865-0456 |
| Eisenring Tobias | Project leader and senior consultant | +41 (0)62 865-0420 |
| Garibay Salvador | Region: Latin America; field of expertise: Plant production, tropical fruits, markets, curricula, training | +41 (0)62 865-7282 |
| Goldmann Eva | Scientist | +41 (0)62 865-6367 |
| Gräub Benjamin | Digital TRaining Materials | +41 (0)62 865-1735 |
| Huber Beate | Head of department, member of the board of directors, deputy director, field of expertise: Organic legislation, certification, personnel and organization development, Group lead Policy and Sector Development | +41 (0)62 865-0425 |
| Joshi Tanay | Scientist & SGF Project Coordinator (India) | |
| Kadzere Irene | Elaboration of training material for Africa, development of research projects | +41 (0)62 865-7276 |
| Meinshausen Florentine | Project leader | +41 (0)62 865-6384 |
| Nicolay Gian L. | Group lead Policy and Sector Development, Coordination Africa | +41 (0)62 865-0454 |
| Prokopchuk Natalie | Market development, policy advice, project management | +38 (0)67 232-6599 |
| Riar Amritbir Singh | Scientist, Syscom | +41 (0)62 865-7288 |
| Richter Toralf | International development of organic markets, marketing services for organic market actors | +41 (0)62 865-0432 |
| Rüegg Johanna | Cocoa, tropical agroforestry systems | +41 (0)62 865-1745 |
| Schneider Monika | Group lead Agroforestry and Cacao, Agricultural research for development, low-input agriculture, auditing and certification systems, institutional building | +41 (0)62 865-7227 |
| van den Berge Paul | Regions: Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, Middle-East, South America, South-East Asia; Field of expertise: Standards, label accreditation, traceability systems, vegetable production | +41 (0)91 730-1510 |
| Wang-Müller Qiyan | Swiss-Chino collaboration | +41 (0)62 865-7292 |
| Department of Extension, Training and Communication |
| Alföldi Thomas | Research networks, communication projects, audio-visual media | +41 (0)62 865-7231 |
| Basler Andreas | Translations, web support | +41 (0)62 865-7213 |
| Biasio Ania | Editor and Content Management | +41 62 865-0447 |
| Bircher Richard | Extensions in sustainability, biodiversity | +41 (0)62 865-7295 |
| Bissig Simone | Layout of the magazine "Bioaktuell", graphics | +41 (0)62 865-7266 |
| Chevillat Véronique | Extensions in feedstuffs, plant production trials, biodiversity | +41 (0)62 865-0412 |
| Hämmerli Franziska | Media spokesperson, editor magazine "Bioaktuell", internet editorial team, social media | +41 (0)62 865-7280 |
| Huber Kathrin | Development of educational programs, teaching materials, vegetable crops, herbs, ornamental plants | +41 (0)62 865-0478 |
| Kemper Laura | Internet editorial team, English communications, Project dissemination | +41 (0)62 865-1711 |
| Obrist Robert | Head of department, member of the board of directors, Group lead Advisory Coordination and Training Coordination | +41 (0)62 865-7221 |
| Rebholz Theresa | Editor magazine "Bioaktuell", internet editorial team | +41 (0)62 865-7219 |
| Riedi Kurt | Graphic design, visual communication | +41 (0)62 865-7269 |
| Schmutz Res | Editor technical leaflets and www.bioaktuell.ch, general organic advice | +41 (0)62 865-7206 |
| Schürmann Stefan | Extensions in animal husbandry, processing and marketing, farm planning | +41 (0)77 401-7746 |
| Weidmann Gilles | Editor technical leaflets and manuals | +41 (0)62 865-7260 |
| Willer Helga | Group lead Dissemination & Outreach, Group lead Data & Digitalisation | +41 (0)62 865-7207 |
| Department of Soil Sciences |
| Bodenhausen Natacha | Microbiome, molecular biology, microbiology | +41 (0)62 865-7299 |
| Böhler Daniel | Extensions in arable farming | +41 (0)56 243-1837 |
| Bongiorno Giulia | Soil Science, soil organisms and biotic interaction | +41 (0)62 865-0495 |
| Bünemann-König Else | Group lead Nutrient Management & Symbiosis | +41 (0)62 865-0482 |
| Dierauer Hansueli | Group lead Cultivation Technique Arable Crops | +41 (0)62 865-7265 |
| Efosa Norah | PhD Candidate | +41 (0)62 865-0429 |
| Fliessbach Andreas | Group lead Soil Fertility, soil biology, soil ecology | +41 (0)62 865-7225 |
| Frick Hanna | PhD student | +41 (0)62 865-0448 |
| Gelencsér Tobias | Arable crops, Field trials, projects | +41 (0)62 865-7251 |
| Klaiss Matthias | organic seeds, arable farming | +41 (0)62 865-7208 |
| Krause Hans-Martin | Greenhouse gas emissions, Soil microbiology | +41 (0)62 865-0409 |
| Krauss Maike | Soil sciences | +41 (0)62 865-0435 |
| Kuhn Anton | Laboratory management | +41 (0)62 865-7235 |
| Kundel Dominika | PhD student | +41 (0)62 865-7202 |
| Lori Martina | Soil microbiology, molecular biology | +41 (0)62 865-7271 |
| Mäder Paul | Head of department, member of the board of directors, DOK trial, soil biology, mycorrhiza, soil fertility | +41 (0)62 865-7232 |
| Mayer Marius | PhD student | +41 (0)62 865-1730 |
| Munyangabe Adolphe | Laboratory | +41 (0)62 865-7235 |
| Niggli Jeremias | Field trials and advisory services arable farming | +41 (0)62 865-6389 |
| Perrochet Frédéric | Field trials (DOK, compound trial, reduce tillage trial) | +41 (0)62 865-7201 |
| Sauter Moritz | Coordination DOK | +41 (0)62 865-0493 |
| Sousa Fernando | Assistance in the coordination of the project "Farmer-driven organic resource management for soil fertility" | +41 (0)62 865-0480 |
| Steffens Markus | Group lead Climate, climate and agriculture | +41 (0)62 865-0418 |
| Stehle Bernhard | Soil fertility, assistence in field work & laboratory analyses | +41 (0)62 865-0464 |
| Symanczik Sarah | Plant symbiosis, molecular biology | +41 (0)62 865-0433 |
| Department of Crop Sciences |
| Alkemade Joris | Plant breeding and phytopathology | +41 (0)62 865-1716 |
| Arncken-Karutz Christine | Holistic grain quality, seed and breeding for organic agriculture | +41 (0)62 865-7237 |
| Baumgartner Fabian | Fruit and berry cultivation, Cultivation technique and experimental trials | +41 (0)62 865-1737 |
| Bosem-Baillod Aliette | Agroecology | +41 (0)62 865-6386 |
| Boutry Clémence | Cultivation Technique Fruit and Berry crops | +41 (0)62 865-1740 |
| Cahenzli Fabian | Biological pest control | +41 (0)62 865-7281 |
| Daniel Claudia | Group lead Entomology, Biological pest control | +41 (0)62 865-7291 |
| Flury Pascale | Phytopathology | +41 (0)62 865-6381 |
| Friedli Michael | Group lead Cultivation Technique Fruit and Berry crops | +41 (0)62 865-7284 |
| Fuchs Jacques | Phytopathology, compost quality, soil-borne diseases | +41 (0)62 865-7230 |
| Häseli Andreas | Group lead Cultivation Technique Fruit & Wine crops | +41 (0)62 865-7264 |
| Hauenstein Samuel | Group lead Cultivation Technique Vegetable Crops | +41 (0)62 865-7234 |
| Haug Benedikt | Ph.D. student, plant breeding, cereal-legume intercropping | +41 (0)62 865-0499 |
| Herforth-Rahmé Joelle | Vegetable growing | +41 (0)62 865-0436 |
| Hohmann Pierre | Plant breeding | +41 (0)62 865-0476 |
| Lévite Dominique | Viticulture, oenology | +41 (0)62 865-7248 |
| Ludwig Mathias | Test engineer | +41 (0)62 865-0458 |
| Luka Henryk | Biodiversity and habitat management | +41 (0)62 865-7244 |
| Luka-Stan Agata | Agroecology | +41 (0)62 865-1750 |
| Messmer Monika | Group lead Plant Breeding | +41 (0)62 865-0443 |
| Oberhänsli Thomas | Molecular biology, plant pathology, microbiology | +41 (0)62 865-7297 |
| Pfiffner Lukas | Group lead Agroecology, Biodiversity, nature conservation, cultivation systems | +41 (0)62 865-7246 |
| Rochat Armelle | Trial and research in Greenhouse and open field for vegetable and aromatic- medicinal plants | +41 (0)62 865-0431 |
| Roggli Martin | Input list, technician | +41 (0)62 865-0408 |
| Schärer Hans-Jakob | Group lead Crop Protection - Phytopathology, seed pathology | +41 (0)62 865-7209 |
| Schwitter Patricia | Experimental Vegetables | +41 (0)62 865-1742 |
| Speiser Bernhard | Inputs, residues, slugs and snails | +41 (0)62 865-7243 |
| Stefani Patrick | Fruit-growing, viticulture | +41 (0)62 865-0484 |
| Steinemann Beatrice | Biodiversity, fruit growing and viticulture, climate change | +41 (0)62 865-7203 |
| Stöckli Sibylle | Senior Scientist | +41 (0)62 865-7275 |
| Tamm Lucius | Head of department, member of the board of directors, deputy director, Group lead Crop Protection - Phytopathology, list of approved substances, quality assurance for organic products, food safety, apple and grapevine diseases, epidemiology | +41 (0)62 865-7238 |
| Thürig Barbara | Phytopathology, induced resistance | +41 (0)62 865-7298 |
| Vonzun Seraina | Plant breeding | +41 (0)62 865-0490 |
| Wille Lukas | Ph.D. student, Plant Breeding | +41 (0)62 865-0434 |
| Department of Livestock Sciences |
| Amsler-Kepalaite Zivile | Field trials, laboratory | +41 (0)62 865-7259 |
| Ayrle-Stauss Hannah | Veterinary phytotherapy | +41 (0)62 865-7287 |
| Baki Cem | Hermetia illucens production BLW project, Animal Nutrition (GenTore Project) | +41(0)62 865-0483 |
| Bieber Anna | Animal breeding and husbandry: cattle | +41 (0)62 865-7256 |
| Biegel Ulrike | Mistletoe therapy for dogs and cats | +41 (0)62 865-0407 |
| Christen Ophélie | Mistletoe therapy for horses | +41 (0)62 865-7272 |
| Eppenstein Rennie C. | Health of dairy cows, health of calves | +41 (0)62 865-6366 |
| Früh Barbara | Lead group Animal Welfare and Housing, feedstuffs, non-ruminants | +41 (0)62 865-7218 |
| Heckendorn Felix | President of FiBL France, endoparasites in ruminants | +41 (0)62 865-7293 |
| Holinger Mirjam | Animal welfare & behaviour, pigs, data analysis | +41 (0)62 865-7224 |
| Jenni Anna | Breeding, fattening, alternative breeds | +41 (0)62 865-7272 |
| Leiber Florian | Head of department, member of the board of directors, Lead group Animal Nutrition | +41 (0)62 865-7217 |
| Leubin Markus | Technical employee | +41 (0)62 865-0459 |
| Maeschli Ariane | Health of dairy cows, complementary and alternative medicine | +41 (0)62 865-0428 |
| Maurer Veronika | Group lead Animal Health, Ectoparasites, list of approved substances | +41 (0)62 865-7257 |
| Meili Eric | dairy and meat production, Extensions in market development, farm planning | +41 (0)79 236-4718 |
| Notz Christophe | Animal Nutrition, Extensions in Livestock | +41 (0)62 865-7285 |
| Perler Erika | Field and laboratory trials | +41 (0)62 865-7259 |
| Quander-Stoll Nele | PhD student, animal feeding | +41 (0)62 865-0405 |
| Rell Julia | PhD student | +41 (0)62 865-0483 |
| Sandrock Christoph | Project leader | +41 (0)62 865-0419 |
| Schneider Claudia | Extensions in ethology, horned cows in loose housing, feedstuffs | +41 (0)62 865-7228 |
| Spengler Neff Anet | Group lead Livestock Breeding, constitution, health and behaviour of cows and feeder cattle | +41 (0)62 865-7290 |
| Stadtlander Timo | Project leader aquaculture | +41 (0)62 865-0439 |
| Steiner Andrea | Laboratory of parasitology | +41 (0)62 865-0461 |
| Steiner Franz Josef | Livestock Breeding, pasture management, beef production | +41 (0)79 824-4445 |
| Thüer Susann | Endoparasites in ruminants | +41 (0)62 865-0406 |
| Walkenhorst Michael | Group lead Animal Health, Medicinal Plants, Phytotherapy, Ethnoveterinary Medicine | +41 (0)62 865-7286 |
| Werne Steffen | Endoparasites in ruminants | +41 (0)62 865-0451 |
| Wohlfahrt Jens | Hermetia illucens | +41 (0)62 865-0438 |
| Department of Socio-Economic Sciences |
| Baumgart Lukas | Sustainability assessment | +41 (0)62 865-7240 |
| Bickel Regula | Group Quality & Safety, Consumers, Food | +41 (0)62 865-0422 |
| Blockeel Johan | Sustainability assessment | +41 (0)62 865-0479 |
| Brüggemann Judith | Policy impact assessment, modelling (FARMIS) | +41 (0)62 865-0450 |
| Curran Michael | Sustainability assessment | +41 (0)62 865-0430 |
| Frehner Anita | PhD student, modelling of global food systems | +41 (0)62 865-0466 |
| Frick Rebekka | Urban food systems, regional development | +41 (0)62 865-7223 |
| Gabel Vanessa Maria | Editor | +41 (0)62 865-0414 |
| Grovermann Christian | Group lead Agri Policy, rural development | +41 (0)62 865-0450 |
| Heidenreich Anja | Sustainability assessment | +41 (0)62 865-0486 |
| Home Robert | Agricultural knowledge systems, agricultural innovation networks | +41 (0)62 865-7215 |
| Jahrl Ingrid | Urban food systems | +41 (0)62 865-7250 |
| Kretzschmar-Rüger Ursula | Practice oriented research and advice in the area of food quality, safety and processing along the entire production chain | +41 (0)62 865-0427 |
| Landert Jan | Sustainability assessment | +41 (0)62 865-0442 |
| Lazzarini Gianna | Sustainability assessment | +41 (0)62 865-1717 |
| Meier Claudia | Consumer research | +41 (0)62 865-7283 |
| Moakes Simon | Group lead Food Policy, Development of economic sustainability indicators, farm sustainability assessment, farm accounting, economic assessment | +41 (0)62 865-0415 |
| Moschitz Heidrun | Group lead Society and Innovation, Agricultural policy, rural sociology | +41 (0)62 865-7214 |
| Müller Adrian | Agriculture and climate change, policy instruments, food system models | +41 (0)62 865-7252 |
| Oehen Bernadette | Group lead Consumers and Food, Technology assessment, environmental risk analysis, environmental monitoring | +41 (0)62 865-7212 |
| Papagiannakis Haris | Staff researcher, Sustainability assessment | +41 (0)62 865-7272 |
| Pfeifer Catherine | SMART, Sustainability assessment, Big data | +41 (0)62 865-6380 |
| Quiédeville Sylvain | Socio-economic impact assessment, innovation and economic analysis, agricultural policy | +41 (0)62 865-0424 |
| Schader Christian | Group lead Sustainability, policy evaluation | +41 (0)62 865-0416 |
| Schlatter Bernhard | Consultancy of statistics and data | +41 (0)62 865-0417 |
| Schmid Otto | Rural development, standards | +41 (0)62 865-7272 |
| Stolz Hanna | Consumer research | +41 (0)62 865-0413 |
| Stolze Matthias | Head of department, member of the board of directors, agricultural policy, policy evaluation, socio-economic impact assessment | +41 (0)62 865-7255 |
| Tennhardt Lina | International cooperation, sustainability assessment, sustainable value chains | +41 (0)62 865-1747 |
| Weiner Mareike | Sustainability assessment, Economics and farm mangagement | +41 (0)62 865-0485 |
| Winter Eva | Analysis and optimisation of seed value chains in the EU organic sector | +41 (0)62 865-7242 |
| Experimental Farms |
| Bugmann Yves | Vine dresser trainee | +41 (0)62 865-1744 |
| McAlavey Thomas | Coordination of research projects and trials on the FiBL-Farm | +41 (0)62 865-7220 |
| Tuchschmid Andreas | Manager FiBL vineyard | |
| Team Suisse Romande Research & Advice |
| Bougouin Hélène | Innovative production systems, economics | +41 (0)62 865-1732 |
| Charles Raphaël | Head of the FiBL Team Suisse Romande, arable crops, soil | +41 (0)62 865-1725 |
| Dos Santos Alice | Junior Scientist, Innovative food systems, Rural sociology | +41 (0)62 865-6362 |
| Lebleu Flore | Fruit growing, berries and special fruit horticulture | +41 (0)62 865-1726 |
| Schmid Nathaniel | animal production, animal nutrition, arable crops | +41 (0)62 865-1724 |
| Wendling Marina | arable crops, soil | +41 (0)62 865-1724 |
