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Board Members
Our members come from a range of different backgrounds and careers.
José María Fernández-Palacios
Board President
Geographic Location:
Spain
Institution Associated:
University of La Laguna (Tenerife)
Research Group:
Island Ecology and Biogeography Group
Taxonomic Group:
Vascular plants
Studied Region:
Macaronesia
Amanda Taylor
Board Member
Geographic Location:
Netherlands
Institution Associated:
Wageningen University & Research
Research Group:
Plant Ecology & Nature Conservation Group
Taxonomic Group:
Vascular Plants
Studied Region:
Global, New Zealand, Australia, Macaronesia
Claudine Ah-Peng
Board Member
Geographic Location:
French Southern Territories
Institution Associated:
University of la Ré
Research Group:
UMR PVBMT
Taxonomic Group:
Pants, with an interest for bryophytes
Studied Region:
the South West Indian ocean islands, worldwide: tropical and subtropical islands
Donald R. Drake
Board Member
Geographic Location:
USA
Institution Associated:
University of Hawaii
Research Group:
School of Life Sciences
Taxonomic Group:
Plants & animals
Studied Region:
Pacific
Jairo Patiño
Board Member
Geographic Location:
Spain
Institution Associated:
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC): La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, ES
Research Group:
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC)
Taxonomic Group:
Bryophytes; Ferns; Flowering plants
Studied Region:
Canary islands; Macaronesia
Julian Schrader
Board Member
Geographic Location:
Australia
Institution Associated:
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Research Group:
Plant Ecology
Taxonomic Group:
Vascular Plants
Studied Region:
Indonesia, Australia, global
Nathaly R. Guerrero Ramírez
Board Member
Geographic Location:
Germany
Institution Associated:
University of Göttingen
Research Group:
Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography
Taxonomic Group:
Multi-taxa diversity
Studied Region:
Indonesia, habitat islands
Paulo A. V. Borges
Board Member
Geographic Location:
Portugal
Institution Associated:
University of Azores
Research Group:
Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c)
Taxonomic Group:
Arthropods (Coleoptera; Araneae)
Studied Region:
Macaronesia (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands)
Wieteke Holthuijzen
Board Member
Geographic Location:
USA
Institution Associated:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Research Group:
Simberloff Lab
Taxonomic Group:
Rodents
Studied Region:
Pacific Ocean, global
Lea de Nascimento
Treasurer
Geographic Location:
Spain
Institution Associated:
University of La Laguna
Research Group:
Island Ecology and Biogeography Group
Taxonomic Group:
Plants
Studied Region:
Macaronesia
Elba Montes
Past Board Member
Geographic Location:
Spain
Taxonomic Group:
Animals
Studied Region:
Mediterranean
Holger Kreft
Past Board Member
Geographic Location:
Germany
Institution Associated:
University of Göttingen
Research Group:
Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography
Taxonomic Group:
Vascular plants
Studied Region:
Canary Islands, Indonesia, gobal
Jean-Yves Hiro Meyer
Past Board Member
Geographic Location:
French Polynesia
Institution Associated:
Délégation à la Recherche (French Polynesian Department of Research)
Taxonomic Group:
Plants and animals
Studied Region:
Pacific and South West Indian oceans, French Antilles
Kevin Burns
Past Board Member
Geographic Location:
New Zealand
Institution Associated:
University of Wellington
Taxonomic Group:
Several
Studied Region:
New Zealand; Pacific islands
Severin D.H. Irl
Past Board Member
Geographic Location:
Germany
Institution Associated:
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Research Group:
Biogeography and Biodiversity Lab, Institute of Physical Geography
Taxonomic Group:
Plants
Studied Region:
Macaronesia, global, habitat islands
Sietze J Norder
Past Board Member
Geographic Location:
Netherlands
Institution Associated:
University of Amsterdam
Research Group:
Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
Taxonomic Group:
Homo sapiens
Studied Region:
Global; Macaronesia