Committees

  • Archivist

    Johannes Jehle

  • Awards & Student Contest Committee

    Vera Ros (Chair)

    Kelly Bateman

    Sepideh Tahriri Adabi

    Sarah Biganski

    Christelle Robert

    Maria Florencia Gil



  • Endowment & Financial Support Committee

    Roma Gwynn (Chair)

    Michael Brownbridge

    Jarrod Leland

    Ken Narva (ex officio).

  • Founders Lecture Committee

    Neil Crickmore (Chair)

    Mark Goettel

    Eustachio Tarasco

    Madoka Nakai


  • History Committee

    Stefan Jaronski, Chair

    James Harper

    Harry Kaya

    Juerg Huber

    Mark Goettel

    Just Vlak

    Richard Humber

  • Meetings Committee

    Surendra Dara (Chair)

    Cristina Del Rincón-Castro

    Jörg Wennmann



  • Meetings Local Arrangements Committee - 2025

    Patricia Navarro (Chair),  Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA Carillanca), Chile

    Patricia Stock (Co-chair), Oregon State University, USA

    Eduardo Tapia (Co-chair),  Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA La Platina), Chile

    Cristian Montalva (Co-chair), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

    Lorena Barra (Co-chair), Macbioinsumos, Chillán, Chile

    Ingrid Martinez, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA Remehue), Chile


     

  • Membership Committee

    Christina Nielsen-LeRoux (Chair)-France

    Gaelen Burke, USA

    Sunday Ekesi, Kenya

    Annette Jensen, Denmark

    Kerstin Jung, Germany

    Edith Ladurner, Italy

    Tshima Ramakuwela, South Africa

    Waqas Wakil, Pakistan

    Ken Narva (ex officio) USA

  • Nominating Committee

    Christina Nielsen-LeRoux (Chair)

    Zhihong (Rose) Hu

    Jorge Ibarra

    Johannes Jehle 

    Peter Krell

    Patricia Stock


  • Publications Committee

    David Shapiro Ilan (Chair)

    Surendra Dara (Facebook & X coordinator) 

    Patricia Golo (Instagram coordinator)

    Selcuk Hazir 

    Ivan Hitpold (Newsletter co-editor) 

    Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes 

    Courtney McInnis (Newsletter co-editor) 

    Ken Narva 

    Monique Van Oers

    Cecilia Schmitt (ex officio member)

  • Student and Postdoctoral Affairs Committee

    Emily Vu (Chair)

    Bacteria Division: Maria Lazaro-Berenguer (2024-2026)

    DBI: Chantelle Hooper (2025 - 2027)

    Fungi Division: Barbara Caro (2025 - 2027)

    Microbial Control: Salorrane Pinto (2025 - 2027)

    Microsporidia Division: Melissa Parra (2025 - 2027)

    Nematode Division: Innocent Rakubu (2025 - 2027)

    Virus Division: Juul Steeghs (2024 - 2026)

    Juul Steeghs (2025 - 2027)