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Presidents

President (2013) - Lúcia G. LOHMANN

Universidade de São Paulo,
Instituto de Biociências,
Departamento de Botânica.
Rua do Matão 277,
Edifício Aylthon B. Joly, Sala 8
Cidade Universitária
05508-900 - Sao Paulo, SP
Brasil

llohmann@usp.br

Bio
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Past-President (2012) - Richard Corlett
Professor

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Menglun, Mengla,
Yunnan 666303, China

email: corlett@xtbg.org.cn
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President-Elect (2014) - Susan G. W. Laurance
Senior Lecturer
Tropical Leader,
School of Marine and Tropical Biology
James Cook University
Cairns Qld 4878

email: susan.laurance@jcu.edu.au
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Executive Officers

Executive Director - W. John KRESS
Department of Botany, MRC-166
United States National Herbarium
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, USA
Tel: 202 633 0920
Fax: 202 786 2563
kressj@si.edu

Homepage

(Photo: © K. Kitajima, XTBG, 2012)

kress_at_xtbg

Treasurer - Kaoru KITAJIMA
Department of Botany
220 Bartram Hall
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Tel: 352-392-4234
Fax: 352-392-3993
kitajima@ufl.edu

Homepage

(Photo : © K. Kitajima)

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Secretary - Ellen ANDRESEN
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Antigua Carretera a Patzcuaro 8701
Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta
CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Tel. (52)(443) 322-2782
Fax. (52)(443) 322-2719
andresen@cieco.unam.mx
eandresens@gmail.com

Homepage

(Photo : © E. Andresen, Serengeti, Tanzania 2011)

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Biotropica  Editor-in-Chief - Jaboury Ghazoul
Ecosystem Management
ETH Zurich
Universitätsstrasse 16
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel. (41) 44 632 8627
Fax. (41) 44 632 1575

biotropica@env.ethz.ch

Homepage

(Photo : J. Ghazoul © ATBC, Marburg, 2009)

Ghazoul

 


Council

2013-2014

Christopher BARALOTO

Director of Research INRA

UMR ECOFOR - Campus agronomique
BP 316
F-97379 Kourou cedex
French Guiana

chris.baraloto at ecofog.gf
Homepage

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(© Tropicalbio.org)

Karina BOEGE

Investigadora Titular "A" de T.C.

Departamento: ECOLOGIA EVOLUTIVA
Laboratorio: Interacciones Planta-Animal

kboege@servidor.unam.mx

Homepage

Researchgate

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Sophie CALME

Professeure agrégée

Centre sur la Science de la Biodiversité du Québec (CSBQ) - Université de Sherbrooke,
2500, boul. de l'Université Sherbrooke (Québec)
CANADA J1K 2R1

Sophie.Calme@USherbrooke.ca
Homepage

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(© Sophie Calme)

Stefan SCHNITZER

Professor

Department of Biological Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee,WI53201
USA

s1@uwm.edu
Homepage

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(© STRI, Panama)

2012-2013

Simon LEWIS

School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

s.l.Lewis@leeds.ac.uk

Homepage

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Vojtech NOVOTNY

Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology
Institute of Entomology
Branisovska 31
CZ 370 05 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic

novotny@entu.cas.cz

Homepage - ATBC Who's Who

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Marisol TOLEDO

Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal
Km 9 carretera al norte Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas -UAGRM
Casilla Postal: 6204
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolivia

marisol.toledo@gmail.com

Homepage

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Pieter ZUIDEMA

Wageningen University
Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
Droevendaalsesteeg 3
Lumen, building no.100 
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands

pieter.zuidema@wur.nl

Homepage

Pieter-Zuidema

Memorial Fund for Dr. Navjot Sodhi

The irreplaceable and sad loss of Dr. Navjot Sodhi is felt by the entire ATBC and tropical conservation community.

Professor Navjot Sodhi We sincerely express our sorrow and condolence to his family and friends.

Many people have also told us about their interests in contributing to a fund to commemorate his legacy in tropical conservation biology, so that ATBC may create a fellowship or an award program in his honor.

ATBC plans to make an official announcement in near future to carry such wishes from many of you, as well the wishes of the family, friends, and students and Dr. Sodhi. 

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If you would like to contribute to this fund now, please use the "Make a Donation" button above to use a credit card or PayPal account. If you would like to send us a comment along, you can do so during checkout. Thank you for your generous support to this important memorial fund.

For questions and other ways to contribute, please contact the Treasurer.

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) is a not-for-profit membership corporation registered in New York, U.S.A. The main mission of ATBC is to promote research, education and communication for tropical biology and conservation. 

Donations to ATBC are tax-deductible in the U.S.

2011-2012

William A. HOFFMANN

Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Biology
Campus Box 7612
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC, USA 27695-7612

william_hoffmann@ncsu.edu

Homepage - Hoffmann lab

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Tuyeni Heita MWAMPAMBA

Associate Research Professor
Lab: Socio-ecological implications of community forest management
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (CIEco)
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Morelia Campus - www.oikos.unam.mx

tuyeni@ciga.unam.mx

Homepage

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Claudia ROMERO

Affiliate Assistant Professor,
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, USA

romero@ufl.edu

Homepage

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Maria URIARTE

Assistant Professor,
Department of Ecology,
Evolution & Environmental Biology,
Columbia University, NY,
USA

mu2126@columbia.edu

Homepage

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2010-2011

Christopher W. DICK

Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and
Assistant Curator in the Herbarium at the University of Michigan

cwdick@umich.edu

Homepage

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Nina FARWIG

Junior Professor in Conservation Ecology
University of Marburg, Germany

farwig@staff.uni-marburg.de

Homepage

Personal Website

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Beth KAPLIN

Professor, Environmental Studies
Antioch University New England, USA

bkaplin@antioch.edu

Homepage

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Navjot S. SODHI

Professor of Conservation Ecology
National University of Singapore

dbsns@nus.edu.sg

Homepage

sodhi

2009-2010

Emilio BRUNA

Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation &
Center for Latin American Studies
University of Florida, USA

embruna@ufl.edu

Homepage

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Susan G. WARRINER LAURANCE

James Cook University
Australia

susan.laurance@jcu.edu.au

Homepage

(Photo : ©  ATBC Marburg 2009)

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Pia PAROLIN

University of Hamburg
Germany

piaparolin@gmx.de

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Homepage

(Photo : ©  ATBC Marburg 2009)

PiaParolin

Stephen M. TURTON

Australian Tropical Forest Institute at James Cook University
Australia

steve.turton@jcu.edu.au

Homepage

SteveTurton

2008-2009

Ellen ANDRESEN
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Andresen@oikos.unam.mx

Qing-Jun LI
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Yunnan, P. R. China
qjlixtbg@bn.yn.cninfo.net

Lúcia G. LOHMANN
University of São Paulo, Brazil
llohmann@usp.br

Campbell ("CAM") O. WEBB
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
stationed at Herbarium Bogoriense, Java, Indonesia
cwebb@oeb.harvard.edu

2007-2008

Julieta Benitez-Malvido 
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas 
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México 
Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 
# 8701, Col. San José de La Huerta, 
AP 27-3 Santa María de Guido,
CP 58089, México
jbenitez@oikos.unam.mx

Min CAO
Kunming Section 
Xishuamgbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 
88 Xuefu Road, Kunming 650223, P.R. China 
caom@xtbg.ac.cn 

Arturo SANCHEZ-AZOFEIFA
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department 
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 
Canada T6G 2E3 
arturo.sanchez@ualberta.ca 

Nigel Stork 
Australian Canopy Crane 
James Cook University, 
McGregor Road, PO Box 6811, 
Cairns QLD 4870, Australia
nigel.stork@jcu.edu.au 

2006-2007

Frans BONGERS
Forest Ecology and Forest Management (FEM) 
Centre for Ecosystem Studies 
Wageningen University 
PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen 
The Netherlands 
Frans.Bongers@wur.nl

Homepage

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Richard CORLETT
Department of Ecology and Biodiversity 
The University of Hong Kong 
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 
China 
corlett@hku.hk

Homepage

RichardCorlett


Priya DAVIDAR
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 
Pondicherry University 
India
davidarp@si.edu

PriyaDavidar

Kaoru KITAJIMA
University of Florida
220 Bartram Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611 
U.S.A. 
kitajima@ufl.edu

Homepage

kkitajima

2005-2006

Jin CHEN
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 
Chinese Academy of Sciences 
88 Xuefu Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650223 
China 
biotrans@bn.yn.cninfo.net

Homepage

JinChen

Susan J. MAZER
Dept of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology 
University of California - Santa Barbara. 
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 
U.S.A. 
mazer@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Homepage

SusanMazer

Patricia MORELLATO
Departamento de Botanica 
Universidade Estadual Paulista 
C P 199, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, 13506-900 
Brazil 
pmorella@rc.unesp.br

Homepage

PatriciaMorelatto

Marielos Peña-CLAROS
Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal 
PO Box 6204 
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 
mpena@ibifbolivia.org.bo

Homepage

MarielosPenaClaros

 




2004-2005

W. Scott ARMBRUSTER
School of Biological Sciences 
University of Portsmouth 
King Henry Bldg, King Henry I St. 
Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, U. K. 
ffwsa@uaf.edu

Homepage

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José M. V. FRAGOSO
Botany Department 
University of Hawaii at Manoa 
3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822 
USA
fragoso@stanford.edu

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Lourens POORTER
Department of Forest Ecology and Forest Management 
Wageningen University 
The Netherlands 
Lourens.Poorter@wur.nl

Homepage

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Mauricio QUESADA
Departamento de Botanica 
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas 
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 
Apdo. 27-3 (Xangari), Morelia, Michoacán, 58089 
México 
mquesada@ibiologia.unam.mx

Homepage

MauricioQuesada

 

 

2003-2004

Pierre-Michel FORGET
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 
Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité 
UMR 8571 CNRS-MNHN 
1 av. du Petit Château, F-91800 Brunoy 
France 
pmf@mnhn.fr

Homepage

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James L. HAMRICK
University of Georgia 
Athens, GA 30602 
USA
hamrick@dogwood.botany.uga.edu

Hamrick Lab

Homepage

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Elizabeth V. KALKO (1962-2011)
University of Ulm, Germany 
&
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

Obituary at gtoe (Society for Tropical Ecology)

Those who would like to give their condolences to the family of Elisabeth can use the following email address:    kondolenz.kalko(at)uni-ulm.de

 

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Heraldo VASCONCELOS
Instituto de Biologia 
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 
CP 593, 38400-902 Uberlândia 
MG, Brasil 
heraldo@umuarama.ufu.br

Homepage

HeraldoVasconleros

2002-2003

Diego R. PÉREZ-SALICRUP
Departamento de Ecología de los Recursos Naturales 
Instituto de Ecología - UNAM 
Antigua Carretera a Patzcuaro 8701 
Col. Ex-Hacienda de San Jose de la Huerta CP 58190 
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 
diego@oikos.unam.mx

Homepage

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Carla RESTREPO
Department of Biology 
PO Box 23360 
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 
PR 00931-3360 
crestre@goliath.cnnet.clu.edu

Homepage

carlarestrepo

Jan SALICK

 Missouri Botanical Garden 
PO Box 299 
St. Louis MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.

jan.salick@mobot.org

Homepage

JanSalick

R. Uma SHAANKER
Department of Crop Physiology 
University of Agricultural Sciences 
Bangalore, India
rus@vsnl.com

Homepage

RUmaShaanker


 

Presidents Since 1963

President (2011) - Nigel Stork

Nigel E. STORK

Deputy Head
Griffith School of Environment
Griffith University,
Queensland, Australia
nigel.stork@griffith.edu.au

Homepage

 

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President (2010) - Frans Bongers

Frans Bongers

Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Forest Ecology
and Forest Management Group
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Frans.Bongers@wur.nl

Homepage

(Photo: Frans Bongers, ATBC President 2010 and Miguel Martinez-Ramos, ATBC President 2007 © ATBC, Marburg 2009)

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President (2009) - Priya Davidar

Priya Davidar

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Pondicherry University, India
pdavidar@pondiuni.edu.in

(Photo: Priya Davidar, ATBC President 2009 and Julie Denslow, ATBC President 1988 © K. Kitajima, Marburg, 2009)

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President (2008) - Pierre-Michel Forget

Pierre-Michel Forget

Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Brunoy, France

pmf@mnhn.fr

Homepage

(Photo : P.-M. Forget and Carapa surinamensis vouvher at Nouragues, French Guiana.)

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President (2007) - Miguel Martinez-Ramos

Miguel Martinez-Ramos

Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, Mexico.

Homepage

(Photo: Frans Bongers, ATBC President 2010 and Miguel Martinez-Ramos, ATBC President 2007 © ATBC, Marburg 2009)

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President (2006) - William F. Laurance

William F. Laurance


James Cook University, Marine and Tropical Biology, Cairns, Australia

Formely Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama.

Homepage

 

(Photo : © Bill Laurance)

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President (2005) - Thomas E. Lovejoy

Thomas E. Lovejoy

The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics & the Environment, Washington, DC, U. S. A.

Website

(Photo : Photo courtesy of Folha de Sao Paulo from Mongabay.com)

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President (2004) - S. Joseph Wright

S. Joseph Wright

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama

Homepage

(Photo : © Joe Wright)

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President (2003) - Richard Primack

Richard B. Primack

Biology Department, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Homepage

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President (2002) - Nalini Nadkarni

Nalini Nadkarni

 

Lab II, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA, U.S.A.

 

Homepage

(Photo Credit: John Huey, The Evergreen State College)

Nadkarni

President (2001) - Ted Fleming

Theodore H. Fleming


Department of Biology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 249118, Coral Gables FL, U.S.A.

 

Homepage

 

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Presidents (1996-2000)

2000 - Kamaljit S. Bawa

Deptartment of Biology,
University of Massachusetts,
Boston MA, U.S.A.

Homepage

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1999 - Paulo S. Oliveira


Zoologia, Universidad Estadual de Campinas,
Caixa Postal 6109,
Campinas, Brasil

Homepage

oliveira

1998 - Robin Chazdon

 

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Connecticut,
CT 06269, U.S.A.

Homepage

Interview at Mongabay.com

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1997 - Deborah A. Clark


University of Missouri – St. Louis &
Interlink – 341,
Miami, FL, U.S.A.

 

Homepage

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1996 - Francis E. Putz

 

Department of Botany,
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.

 

Homepage

(Photo : University fo Florida News)

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Presidents (1991-1995)

1995 - Lucinda McDade

 

Department of Ecology and Evolutionay Biology,
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

 

Homepage

lucinda

1994 - Rodolfo Dirzo


Centro de Ecologia,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
Mexico

Homepage

dirzo

1993 - W. John Kress

 

Department of Botany,
National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC, U.S.A.

 

Homepage

kress

1992 - Don E. Wilson

 

National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC

 

Homepage

DonWilson

1991 - Ariel E. Lugo


Institute of Tropical Forestry
USDA Forest Service,
Rio Piedras PR

Homepage

Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Network (LUQ)

San Juan Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA)

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Presidents (1986-1990)

1990 - John Ewel

 

Department of Botany,
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.

 

Homepage

Ewel

1989 - Gary S. Hartshorn

 

 

Tropical Science Center,
San Jose, Costa Rica

 

Homepage

hartshorn

 

1988 - Julie Denslow

Department of Biology,
Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.

Homepage

(with Priya Davidar, ATBC President 2009, © ATBC, Marburg, germany)

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1987 - José Sarukhan

 

Instituto de Biologia,
UNAM, Mexico

 

Homepage

sarukhan

1986 - Dieter Mueller-Dombois

Botany Department,
University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.

Homepage
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