President

Franz Essl

(since 2024)

Governance structure of NEOBIOTA

Vice president

Belinda Gallardo

(since 2024)

Secretary

Ana Novoa

(since 2022)

Honorary president

Ingo Kowarik

He coordinated NEOBIOTA from 1999 to 2014, and was elected president in 2012 and Honorary president in 2014

The NEOBIOTA Executive committee is elected by the members of the NEOBIOTA Board.

NEOBIOTA Board

The NEOBIOTA Board includes approximately 10 experts from Europe, which are elected by the NEOBIOTA Council. Their 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

The current members of the NEOBIOTA Board, which were elected at the 13th NEOBIOTA Conference in Lisbon in 2024, are:

  1. Tim Adriaens (Belgium)

  2. Margarita Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki (Greece)

  3. Sven Bacher (Switzerland)

  4. Giuseppe Brundu (Italy)

  5. Belinda Gallardo (Spain)

  6. Franz Essl (Austria)

  7. Tina Heger (Germany)

  8. Ingo Kowarik – Honorary President (Germany)

  9. Jan Pergl (Czech Republic)

  10. Petr Pyšek (Czech Republic)

  11. Barbara Tokarska-Guzik (Poland)

  12. Giovanni Vimercati (Switzerland)

NEOBIOTA Council

The NEOBIOTA Council is expected to include two experts from each European country. Their 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.

The current members of the NEOBIOTA Council, which were elected at the 12th NEOBIOTA Conference in Tartu in 2022, are:

  • Franz Essl (Austria)

  • Bernd Lenzner (Austria)

  • Bram D'Hondt (Belgium)

  • Tim Adriaens (Belgium)

  • Sandra Hudina (Croatia)

  • Sven Jelaska (Croatia)

  • Petr Pyšek (Czech Republic)

  • Jan Pergl (Czech Republic)

  • Eike Tammekänd (Estonia)

  • Jonne Kotta (Estonia)

  • Terhi Ryttäri (Finland)

  • Leena Lindström (Finland)

  • Guillaume Fried (France)

  • Céline Bellard (France)

  • Tina Heger (Germany)

  • Hanno Seebens (Germany)

  • Paraskevi Karachle (Greece)

  • Margarita Arianoutsou-Faraggitaki (Greece)

  • Zoltán Botta-Dukát (Hungary)

  • Anikó Csecserits (Hungary)

  • Sindri Gíslason (Iceland)

  • Joana Micael (Iceland)

  • Bruce Osborne (Ireland)

  • Frances Lucy (Ireland)

  • Giuseppe Brundu (Italy)

  • Piero Genovesi (Italy)

  • Agnese Priede (Latvia)

  • Santa Rutkovska (Latvia)

  • Zigmantas Gudžinskas (Lithuania)

  • Vytautas Rakauskas (Lithuania)

  • Guy Colling (Luxembourg)

  • Alain Frantz (Luxembourg)

  • David Mifsud (Malta)

  • Sandro Lanfranco (Malta)

  • Hanno Sandvik (Norway)

  • May Bente Brurberg (Norway)

  • Wojciech Solarz (Poland)

  • Barbara Tokarska-Guzik (Poland)

  • Laurentiu Rozylowicz (Romania)

  • Paulina Anastasiu (Romania)

  • Branka Tavzes (Slovenia)

  • Sonja Rozman (Slovenia)

  • Belinda Gallardo (Spain)

  • Luís González (Spain)

  • Johan Linnander (Sweden)

  • Lina Tomasson (Sweden)

  • Sven Bacher (Switzerland)

  • Giovanni Vimercati (Switzerland)

  • Ahmet Uludag (Turkey)

  • Necmi Aksoy (Turkey)

  • Wayne Dawson (UK)

  • Zarah Pattison (UK)

Previous members of NEOBIOTA Executive Committee

  • Montserrat Vilà: president between 2014 and 2024 and vice president from 2012 to 2014.

  • Uwe Starfinger: secretary from 1999 to 2022.

NEOBIOTA Executive committee