Who We Are

CGSG – CONSERVATION GENETICS SPECIALIST GROUP

The CGSG acts as a focal point for the conservation genetics community and provides advice on genetic policy and management for the IUCN and expert knowledge and assistance to IUCN specialist groups (especially those lacking genetic expertise). CGSG will also seek to establish guidelines for pressing genetic policy and management issues, including the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Target 13. CGSG will facilitate a fuller appreciation, evaluation and conservation of genetic diversity at all levels providing a forum for all stakeholders to explore this crucial element of Planet Earth’s life systems.

THE CHAIRS

Gernot Segelbacher

Chairman

Mike Bruford

Chairman

THE MEMBERS

Louis Bernatchez

Department of Biology, Université Laval, Canada

Laura Bertola

Leiden University, Netherlands

Chris Funk

Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Paul Boettcher

Animal Genetic Resources Branch, FAO, Rome, Italy

Gary Carvalho

School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

Love Dalén

Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden

Natasha de Vere

National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, UK

J. Andrew DeWoody

Biological Sciences and FNR, Purdue University, USA

Lori Eggert

Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, USA

Robert Ekblom

Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Sweden

Jeremie Fant

Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, IL, USA

Margarida Fernandes

Divisão de Conservação e Biodiversidade, ICNF, Lisboa, Portugal

Rob Fleischer

Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA

Peter Galbusera

Centre for Research and Conservation, KMDA, Antwerp, Belgium

Jose A Godoy

Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain

Antonio González

Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, UNAM

Mehrdad Hajebabai

Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sean Hoban

Conservation Biologist, The Morton Arboretum Chicago, USA

Rus Hoelzel

Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK

Emily K. Latch

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

Samrat Mondol

Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, India

Nikolai S Mugue

Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia

Miho I Murayama

Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan

Stephan Ntie

Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Franceville, Gabon

Rob Ogden

University of Edinburgh, UK

Helen Senn

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

Per Sjogren-Gulve

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden

Paul Sunnucks

School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Helen Taylor

University of Otago, New Zealand

Cristiano Vernesi

Fondazione Edmund Mach, Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy

Lisette Waits

Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, USA

Robin Waples

Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, USA

Silke Werth

Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Graz, Austria

Xiangjiang Zhan

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Gordon Luikart

Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, USA

Pablo Orozco ter Wengel

School of Biosciences,
Cardiff University, UK

Antoinette Piaggio

National Wildlife Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, USA

Manuel Ruiz-Garcia

Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Anna MacDonald

The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Astrid Vik Stronen

Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

THE ADVISORY PANEL MEMBERS

Robert C Lacy

Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, IL, USA

Craig Moritz

Biodiversity Analysis, Australian National University, Australia

Oliver A Ryder

Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, USA

Yaping Zhang

Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

Africa

Coordinators

Isa-Rita Russo

School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Yoshan Moodley

School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology, University of Venda, South Africa

Antoinette Kotze

National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Badr Benjelloun

National Institute of Agronomic Research, Morocco

Catherine Sole

Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Charles Masembe

School of Biological Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda

Coral Birss

CapeNature, South Africa

Ehsan Dulloo

Biodiversity International, Effective Genetic Resources Conservation and Use, Italy

Ian Rushworth

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa

Innocent Dossou-Aminon

National High School of Biosciences and Applied Biotechnologies (ENSBBA), National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics, Benin

Kenneth Uiseb

Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Directorate of Scientific Services, Namibia

Monica Mwale

South African Biodiversity Institute, National Zoological Gardens, South Africa

Muya Shadrack

School of Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya

Paulette Bloomer

Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Thierry Hoareau

Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Yasmin Heikal

Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Mansoura University, Egypt