Ivan Paponov
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science, Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Plant scientist exploring how environment and hormones shape plant growth and secondary metabolites in high-value crops.
My organisation
Department of Food Science, Aarhus University
Department of Food Science, Aarhus University
University and Knowledge institution
Aarhus, Denmark
About me
I am a plant scientist at Aarhus University, specializing in plant-environment interactions, with a background in physiology, nutrition, genetics, and bioinformatics. My research focuses on how plants adapt to variable environmental conditions, particularly how hormone signaling regulates growth and the accumulation of secondary metabolites relevant to plant-based food quality. I have worked across diverse projects—from nitrogen use efficiency to hormone cross-talk and biostimulant development—and I’m currently exploring innovative uses of roots in plant-based food production.
Skills
- plant physiology
- plant genetics
- Hormone signaling
- nitrogen use efficiency
- secondary metabolism
- Molecular Biology
- stress adaptation
- controlled environments
- hydroponics
- Biostimulant research
- Root development
- Functional crop traits
- Phenotyping
- Plant-based food systems
Interests
- Plant-based food innovation
- Root-based food products
- Functional food compounds
- climate-smart agriculture
- Domestication of new species
- Controlled environment farming
- biostimulants
- Hydroponics/Aeroponics
- Greenhouse innovation
- AI-driven climate regulation
- AI-assisted plant breeding