Moritz Von Cossel
Universität Hohenheim, Germany
Biography
Moritz von Cossel is a Research Associate and Doctoral candidate at the Department of Biobased Products and Energy Crops at Hohenheim University. Before studying, he trained to become a vegetable grower at Germany’s largest vegetable farm, Behr AG where he gained first knowledge on basic agricultural practices and both chances and challenges of diverse cropping systems. After receiving his Master’s degree in Crop Science from Kiel University, he moved to southern Germany and started his research on both temporal and spatial diversification measures in biogas cropping systems at Hohenheim University. Over the past four years, he has participated in the GOBI project (General Optimization of Biogas Processes) and revealed valuable insights to the cultivation of amaranth and perennial wild plant mixtures for biogas production. Currently, he is working on low-input agricultural practices for industrial crops cultivation on marginal lands across Europe (EU-28 and Ukraine) as part of the MAGIC project.