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Founder / President



Marta Kolanowska



Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

Akademie věd České republiky, Global Change Research Institute


Scientific profile: taxonomy and biogeography of orchids (Orchidaceae); ecological niche modeling in orchid studies; biodiversity conservation.


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Marta Kras



Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Biologii


Scientific profile: biogeography and taxonomy of orchids with particular interest in pantropical genus Habenaria; importance and conservation of greenery in the cities; medicinal plants.


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Radomir Jaskuła



Uniwersytet Łódzki, Zakład Biogeografii i Ekologii Bezkręgowców


Scientific profile: zoogeography, systematics, and ecology of tiger beetles (Cicindelidae); disctribution, fauistics, and ecology of ground beetles (Carabidae); zoogeography and ecology of water beetles of Western Palearctic; diversity of insects in Polish protected areas.


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Marc-André Selosse



Museum national d'Histoire naturelle

Uniwersytet Gdański

Universidade Federal de Viçosa


Scientific profile: ecology and evolution of symbiotic associations, especially mycorrhizas; genetics and reproduction of truffles.


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Katarzyna Wojczulanis - Jakubas



Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Biologii


Scientific profile: evolutionary and behavioural ecology of birds, including breeding biology and ecology, interindividual communication, behavious in social group.


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Mateusz Ciechanowski



Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Biologii


Scientific profile: ecology, faunistics and zoogeography of bats; bioacoustics; mammalian fauna, especially small insectivorous animals and rodents; inventory and valorization of valuable natural areas; zoogeography and protection of wild mammals.


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Łukasz Kaczmarek



Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Zakład Taksonomii i Ekologii Zwierząt


Scientific profile: taxonomy, faunistics, ecology, morphology and zoogeography of tardigrades (Tardigrada); survival of invertebrates in extreme conditions; anabiosis (primarily tardigrades); astrobiology.


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Adam Flakus



Instytut Botaniki im. W. Szafera, Polska Akademia Nauk


Scientific profile: biological evolution, molecular biology, taxonomy, biodiversity and conservation of lichens and lichenicolous fungi in tropical and high-mountain areas.


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Ryszard Laskowski



Instytut Nauk o Środowisku, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Council member of the Tropical Biology Association


Scientific profile: ecotoxicology, population ecology, biogeochemistry, biodiversity.


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Marcin Czarnołęski



Instytut Nauk o Środowisku, Uniwersytet Jagielloński


Scientific profile: life history traits, life strategy, theory of optimal resource allocation, theory of optimal cell size, evolutionary ecology, ecological physiology, thermal biology, multitrophic interactions.


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Monika Staniaszek-Kik



Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska


Scientific profile: biodiversity and ecology of mosses (Bryophyta)


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Izabela Stachowicz



Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)


Scientific profile: biodiversity patterns, the influence of anthropogenic factors on the communities of large and medium-sized mammals in neotropical ecosystems, occupancy modelling and species distribution modelling, and the use of sustainable agricultural models in the tropical region.


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Olga Macas Nuneza



Mindanao State University, Illigan Institute of Technology


Scientific profile: distribution, biodiversity, ecology, and conservation of invertebrates and vertebrates of the Philippines.


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Stig Dalström "the Wild Orchid Man"



National Biodiversity Centre, Thimphu, Bhutan


Stig has degrees in civil engineering and horticulture and is a self-taught watercolor artist, botanical illustrator and experienced orchid taxonomist. Born and raised in Sweden, he now resides in Sarasota, Florida, USA. He is the former Curator of the Orchid Identification Center of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, specializing in alpha taxonomy of Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae), particularly the Andean genera Cochlioda, Cyrtochilum, Odontoglossum and Oncidium. Stig is an avid author, traveler and lecturer and has given presentations at international congresses, conferences and orchid shows


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Alexander Hirtz



Botanic Garden & Orchid Conservatory, Quito


Co-founder of Botanic Foundation of the Andes (1992) and Botanic Garden in Quito (2002). Vice-president of Botanic Garden Network in Ecuador (2003-2005). Alex participates in the promotion od knowledge about orchids by co-organizing exhibitions of these plants around the world.

Together with collaborators he discovered more than 1200 new species of orchids, bromeliads and gesnerliads. His photographs of orchids have been published in several books, e.g. "Orchids of Colombia", "Orchids of Ecuador", and "Orchids of Peru".