Organization

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

  1. Sven Bacher
  2. Giuseppe Brundu
  3. Franz Essl
  4. Piero Genovesi
  5. Ingo Kowarik – Honorary President
  6. Ingolf Kühn
  7. Bruce Osborne
  8. Petr Pyšek
  9. Helen Roy
  10. 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