Contents
NEOBIOTA
- President: Montserrat Vilà, elected President of NEOBIOTA in 2014, during the meeting in Antalya, and reelected during the Dun Laughaire meeting in 2018. She has been Vice President from 2012 to 2014.
- Vice President: Franz Essl, elected Vice President of NEOBIOTA in 2014, during the meeting in Antalya, and reelected during the Dun Laughaire meeting in 2018.
- Secretary: Ana Novoa, elected Secretary of NEOBIOTA in 2022, during the meeting in Tartu.
- Honorary President: Ingo Kowarik, co-ordinating NEOBIOTA from 1999 to 2014 and elected President in 2012, during the meeting in Pontevedra, and Honorary President in 2014, during the meeting in Antalya.
NEOBIOTA Board
The NEOBIOTA Board includes 10 experts from Europe. The main tasks are:
- Represent NEOBIOTA and enhance communication and research at the European level
- Decide on the future development of NEOBIOTA and on the venue of the NEOBIOTA conferences
- Elect the President, Vice President and Secretary of NEOBIOTA
Members of the NEOBIOTA Board
- Sven Bacher
- Giuseppe Brundu
- Franz Essl
- Piero Genovesi
- Ingo Kowarik – Honorary President
- Ingolf Kühn
- Bruce Osborne
- Petr Pyšek
- Helen Roy
- Montserrat Vilà
NEOBIOTA Council
The NEOBIOTA Council is expected to include two experts from each European country. The main tasks are:
- Represent NEOBIOTA and enhance further work in the field of biological invasions at the national level;
- Represent the national scientific communities and enhance communication and research at the European level
Members of the NEOBIOTA Council
(Elected at the 12th NEOBIOTA Conference in Tartu in 2022)
| Country | First name | Last name | Member since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Franz | Essl | 3 |
| Austria | Bernd | Lenzner | 4 |
| Belgium | Bram | D’Hondt | 4 |
| Belgium | Tim | Adriens | 4 |
| Croatia | Sandra | Hudina | 3 |
| Croatia | Sven | Jelaska | 3 |
| Czech Republic | Petr | Pyšek | 3 |
| Czech Republic | Jan | Pergl | 3 |
| Estonia | Eike | Tammekänd | 4 |
| Estonia | Jonne | Kotta | 4 |
| Finland | Terhi | Ryttäri | 4 |
| Finland | Leena | Lindström | 4 |
| France | Guillaume | Fried | 4 |
| France | Céline | Bellard | 4 |
| Germany | Tina | Heger | 4 |
| Germany | Hanno | Seebens | 4 |
| Greece | Paraskevi | Karachle | 4 |
| Greece | Margarita | Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki | 4 |
| Hungary | Zoltán | Botta-Dukát | 1 |
| Hungary | Anikó | Csecserits | 4 |
| Iceland | Sindri | Gíslason | 4 |
| Iceland | Joana | Micael | 4 |
| Ireland | Bruce | Osborne | 3 |
| Ireland | Frances | Lucy | 4 |
| Italy | Giuseppe | Brundu | 3 |
| Italy | Piero | Genovesi | 3 |
| Latvia | Agnese | Priede | 2 |
| Latvia | Santa | Rutkovska | 2 |
| Lithuania | Zigmantas | Gudžinskas | 2 |
| Lithuania | Vytautas | Rakauskas | 4 |
| Luxembourg | Guy | Colling | 4 |
| Luxembourg | Alain | Frantz | 4 |
| Malta | David | Mifsud | 4 |
| Malta | Sandro | Lanfranco | 4 |
| Norway | Hanno | Sandvik | 4 |
| Norway | May Bente | Brurberg | 4 |
| Poland | Wojciech | Solarz | 1 |
| Poland | Barbara | Tokarska-Guzik | 1 |
| Romania | Laurentiu | Rozylowicz | 4 |
| Romania | Paulina | Anastasiu | 3 |
| Slovenia | Branka | Tavzes | 4 |
| Slovenia | Sonja | Rozman | 4 |
| Spain | Belinda | Gallardo | 4 |
| Spain | Luís | González | 4 |
| Sweden | Johan | Linnander | 4 |
| Sweden | Lina | Tomasson | 4 |
| Switzerland | Sven | Bacher | 3 |
| Switzerland | Giovanni | Vimercati | 4 |
| Turkey | Ahmet | Uludag | 2 |
| Turkey | Necmi | Aksoy | 4 |
| UK | Wayne | Dawson | 4 |
| UK | Zarah | Pattison | 4 |
1 = Since 2008, elected at the NEOBIOTA conference in Prague
2 = Since 2010, elected at the NEOBIOTA conference in Copenhagen
3 = Since 2018, elected at the NEOBIOTA conference in Dun Laughaire
4 = Since 2022, elected at the NEOBIOTA conference in Tartu