Scientific Committee
Paul Abram
Agassiz Research and Development Centre
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Canada
Corresponding Secretary: IOBC NRS
Rogerio Biaggioni Lopes
Laboratório de Micologia dos Invertebrados
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia
Brazil
President: IOBC NTRS
Sylvia Blümel
Division for Food Security
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Austria
Vice President: IOBC-WPRS
Vanda Helena Paes Bueno
Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)
Brazil
Vice President: IOBC-Global
Rosemary Buitenhuis
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
Canada
Convener: IOBC Global Working Group on Mass Rearing and Quality Assurance
Fernanda Cingolani
CEPAVE (CONICET - FCNyM, UNLP)
Argentina
Secretary: IOBC-NTRS
Yelitza Colmenarez
CABI
Brazil
Past-President: IOBC-NTRS
Mike Cripps
Lincoln Science Center Campus
AgResearch
New Zealand
Treasurer: IOBC APRS
Michael Day
Biosecurity Queensland
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Australia
Convener: Working Group on Biological Control of Eupatorieae Weeds
Maria Louisa Dindo
Department of Department of Agri-Food Sciences and Technologies
University of Bolognia
Italy
Convener: IOBC Global Working Group on Mass Rearing and Quality Assurance
Jianqing Ding
School of Life Sciences,
Henan University
China
Vice President: IOBC Global
Desire Gnanvossou
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Benin
Secretary General of IOBC-ATRS
Tom Groot
Koppert Biological Systems
Berkel en Rodenrjis
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Geoff Gurr
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences
Charles Stuart University
Australia
President: IOBC-APRS
Ruth Hufbauer
Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University
U.S.A.
Tzu-Pi Huang
Department of Plant Pathology
National Chung Hsing University
Taiwan
Josep Jacques
Departament de Ciències Agràries i del Medi
NaturalUniversitat Jaume I
Spain
Treasurer: IOBC-Global
Koffi Eric Kwadjo
Université Nangui Abrogoua
Ivory Coast
Vice President: IOBC-ATRS
Andrea Lucchi
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment
University of Pisa
Italy
Vice President: IOBC-WPRS
Mark McNeill
AgResearch
New Zealand
Vice President: IOBC-APRS
J.P. Michaud
Department of Entomology
Kansas State University
U.S.A.
Convener: Global Working Group on Ecology of Aphidophaga
Nicholas Mills
Dept. of Environmental Policy, Science and Management
University of California, Berkeley
U.S.A.
Samira Mohamed Faris
International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology
Kenya
Vice President: IOBC-APRS
James Nechols
Department of Entomology
Kansas State University
U.S.A.
President: IOBC-NRS
Philippe Nicot
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
France
President: IOBC-WPRS
William Palmer
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Australia
Past President: IOBC-APRS
Iain Paterson
Centre for Biological Control
Rhodes University
South Africa
Convener: Global Working Group on Biological Control of Cactaceae
Apostolos (“Tolis”) Pekas
Biobest Group N.V.
R&D Department
Belgium
Senior Scientist, Team Leader Beneficial Insects
René Noël Poligui
Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku
Benin
Past President: IOBC-ATRS
Srini Ramasamy
World Vegetable Center
Taiwan
Convener: IOBC Global Working Group on biological control of Diamondback Moth
Marcus Vinicius Sampaio
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
Instituto de Ciências Agrárias
Treasurer: IOBC-NTRS
Tanja Strive
CSIRO Health & Biosecurity
Australia
Gina Swart
Syngenta Crop Protection
Global Product Biology
Switzerland
Head: Global Product Biology Disease Control
Germán A. Vargas
Sugarcane Research Center of Colombia – CENICAÑA
Colombia
President: IOBC-NTRS
Don Weber
United States Department of Agriculture
U.S.A.
Past President: IOBC-NRS
Costas Zachariades
Agricultural Research Council
South Africa
President: IOBC- ATRS
Heiri Wandeler
Andermatt Biocontrol Suisse
Switzerland
Director Production, R&D and Technics
