Honorary doctors

Petras Rimantas Venskutonis

The honorary doctor of 2025 is Professor Petras Rimantas Venskutonis, a food science professor at Kaunas University of Technology. He has published more than 300 scientific articles and is among the world’s most highly cited researchers. He has a close collaboration with the Estonian University of Life Sciences in both research and teaching.

Marian Kazda

The Estonian University of Life Sciences named Professor Marian Kazda, Professor of Plant and Wetland Ecology at Ulm University, Germany, as its Honorary Doctor of 2024.

Professor Kazda’s main research fields include plant ecology, soil–water–plant interactions, nutrient cycling in wetlands, and the optimization of biogas production processes. He has also served as the Director of the Ulm Botanical Garden.

The Estonian University of Life Sciences has had a long and fruitful collaboration with Professor Kazda, particularly in promoting the internationalization of teaching.

Ulf Magnusson

For his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of veterinary medicine and his long-term, supportive, and productive collaboration with researchers of the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Professor Ulf Magnusson, Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, was named the Honorary Doctor of 2023.