Voting members of the Executive Committee, 2025–2026
JULIUS LUKEŠ, President (2025-2026)
Institute of Parasitology
Biology Centre, CAS
Branišovská 1160/31,
370 05, České Budějovice, Czechia
SONJA RÜCKERT, President-Elect (2025-2026)
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
PAST PRESIDENTS
Full list of Society Presidents and Vice-Presidents
ANNA KARNKOWSKA (2024-2026)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
University of Warsaw
ul Żwirki i Wigury 101
Warszawa, 02-089, Poland
SINA ADL (2024-2027)
Department of Soil Sciences
College of Agriculture and Bioresources
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Canada
AVELINA ESPINOSA, Vice President (2024-2027)
Department of Biology
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI 02809, USA
TOMÁS PÁNEK, Executive Secretary (2016-2026)
Department of Zoology
Charles University
Vinicna 7
Prague, 128 00, Czechia
VIRGINIA EDGCOMB, Treasurer (2024-2027)
MS#8 220 McLean Laboratory
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
266 Woods Hole Rd
Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
JOEL B. DACKS, Editor in Chief, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology (2024-2027)
Department of Medicine
University of Alberta,
5-31 Medical Science Building,
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT LARGE:
LAURA EME (2023-2026)
Cell and Molecular Biology
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
The University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881 USA
Université Paris-Saclay,
France
GILLIAN GILE (2024–2027)
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, 85287 USA
GAYTHA A. LANGLOIS, Membership Secretary (2021-2026)
Science & Technology Department
Bryant University
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02879, USA
MICAH DUNTHORN, Program and Meeting Committee Chairperson (2024-2028)
Natural History Museum
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
0318 Oslo, Norway
JAVIER DEL CAMPO, Awards Committee Chairperson (2024-2028)
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
(CSIC-UPF)Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-4908003 Barcelona
TSVETAN R. BACHVAROFF, Historian (2025-2028)
Eastern Shore Laboratory
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
40 Atlantic Avenue, PO Box 350
Wachapreague, VA 23480, USA
ELIZABETH J. WESTON, Trainee member (2025-2026)
Dalhousie University, Canada
STANDING COMMITTEES 2025-2026
Communication Committee
TOMÁS PÁNEK, Chair
Charles University, Czech Republic
- GAYTHA A. LANGLOIS
Bryant University, USA - AVELINA ESPINOSA
Roger Williams University, USA - ELISABETH HEHENBERGER
Institute of Parasitology CAS, Czech Republic - LAURAEME
The University of Rhode Island, USA - GILLIAN GILE
Arizona State University, USA - TRISTAN HENDERSON
Mississippi State University, USA - ANTHONY BONACOLTA
University of British Columbia, Canada
The Communication Committee works closely with ISOP IT Manager DONNA HUBER (University of Georgia, USA).
Constitution & Bylaws Committee – To Be Appointed
Awards Committee
JAVIER DEL CAMPO (since 2022)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
Pssg. de la Barceloneta 37-49
08003 Barcelona, Spain
Program Committee
MICAH DUNTHORN, Chair (since 2021)
Natural History Museum
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
0318 Oslo, Norway
- SINA ADL
University of Saskatchewan - JULIUS LUKEŠ
Institute of Parasitology - ANNA KARNKOWSA
University of Warsaw - TOMÁS PÁNEK
Charles University - JONG SOO PARK
Kyungpook Institute of Oceanography - HWAN SU YOON
Sungkyunkwan University
International Committee on Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and Systematics
ALASTAIR G. B. SIMPSON, Chair (since 2018)
Department of Biology
Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street, P.O. Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
- SABINE AGATHA
University of Salzburg - IVAN ČEPIČKA
Charles University - EUNSOO KIM
American Museum of Natural History
Membership committee
GAYTHA A. LANGLOIS, Chair (2021-2026)
Science & Technology Department
Bryant University
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02879, USA
- JOHN DOLAN
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche - KENNETH DUMACK
University of Cologne - DANIEL LAHR
University of São Paulo
Business Advisory Committee
MICHELLE LEGER, Chair
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Japan
Nominating Committee (2025-2026)
LAURA EME, Chair ex officio (2025-2026)
University of Rhode Island, USA
- GILLIAN GILE (member ex officio, 2025-2027)
Arizona State University, US
- SERGIO A. MUÑOZ-GÓMEZ (2025-2028)
Purdue University
- GUIFRÉ TORRUELLA (2025-2027)
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Spain
- ANASTASIIA BORODINA (2025-2026)
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
AD HOC COMMITTEES
Image Repository Committee
- JONAH DECELLE
CNRS-Univ. Grenoble Alpes - JOHN R. DOLAN
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche - MICAH DUNTHORN
Natural History Museum - VIRGINIA EDGCOMB
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - YANA EGLIT
Dalhousie University - EUNSOO KIM
American Museum of Natural History - GAYTHA A. LANGLOIS
Bryant University - GORO TANIFUJI
National Museum of Nature and Science - ECKHARD VÖLCKER
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