NEOBIOTA Executive committee
- President: Franz Essl, elected in 2024. He has been Vice President from 2014 to 2024.
- Vice President: Belinda Gallardo, elected in 2024.
- Secretary: Ana Novoa, elected in 2022.
- Honorary President: Ingo Kowarik, coordinated NEOBIOTA from 1999 to 2014. He was elected President in 2012, and Honorary President in 2014.
Previous members:
- Montserrat Vilà, president between 2014 and 2024. She has been Vice President from 2012 to 2014.
- Uwe Starfinger, secretary from 1999 to 2022.
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
- Tim Adriens
- Margarita Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki
- Sven Bacher
- Giuseppe Brundu
- Belinda Gallardo
- Franz Essl
- Tina Heger
- Ingo Kowarik – Honorary President
- Jan Pergl
- Petr Pyšek
- Barbara Tokarska-Guzik
- Giovanni Vimercati
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