Prof. Roland Gerhards obtained a Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Bonn in 1993. Since 2004, he is Professor of Weed Science at the University of Hohenheim. He teaches Weed Biology, Weed Management, Precision Farming and Integrated Crop Protection in several Bachelor- and Master courses at the University of Hohenheim and at the European partner Universities within the subject area Plant Health of the Euroleague for Life Sciences. As part of the Erasmus-Sokrates teaching exchange program, he gives invited lectures at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague.

His is conducting research in Integrated Weed Management Systems, Precision Farming, Sensor- and application technologies in Crop Protection and Conservation of biodiversity in agricultural fields.

Roland Gerhards is a member of the German Society of Phytomedicine (DPG) and the European Weed Research Society (EWRS)

He has authored and co-authored 147 papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

Gerhards, R. 2010, "Spatial and temporal dynamics of weed populations" in Precision Crop Protection - The Challenge and Use of Heterogeneity, pp. 17-25. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-3180.2003.00349.x

Gerhards, R. & Christensen, S. 2003, "Real-time weed detection, decision making and patch spraying in maize, sugarbeet, winter wheat and winter barley", Weed Research, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 385-392.

Gerhards, R. & Oebel, H. 2006, "Practical experiences with a system for site-specific weed control in arable crops using real-time image analysis and GPS-controlled patch spraying", Weed Research, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 185-193.

Kunz, C., Sturm, D.J., Varnholt, D., Walker, F. & Gerhards, R. 2016, "Allelopathic effects and weed suppressive ability of cover crops", Plant, Soil and Environment, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 60-66.

Peteinatos, G.G., Weis, M., Andújar, D., Rueda Ayala, V. & Gerhards, R. 2014, "Potential use of ground-based sensor technologies for weed detection", Pest management science, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 190-199.

Weber, J.F., Kunz, C., Peteinatos, G.G., Santel, H.-. & Gerhards, R. 2017, "Utilization of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Technology to Detect Plant Injury by Herbicides in Sugar Beet and Soybean", Weed Technology, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 523-535.