Team

Some of us meeting in France in summer 2024

Work Package 1, Coordination and management

  • Leader and Project Coordinator: Dr Christina Hvilsom, Denmark (hvilsomgenes(at)gmail.com)
  • Dr Peter Galbusera, Antwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation (KMDA), Belgium
  • Dr Pauline Garnier-Géré, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France
  • Dr Myriam Heuertz, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France
  • Dr Sean Hoban, The Morton Arboretum, USA
  • Dr Alexander Kopatz, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norway
  • Prof Linda Laikre, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Prof Joachim Mergeay, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium
  • Prof Joost Raeymaekers, Nord University, Norway
  • Prof Annica Sandström, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  • Prof Gernot Segelbacher, Freiburg University, Germany
  • Dr Cristiano Vernesi, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy

Work Package 2, Best practices for assessing effective population size from genetic data

  • Leader: Dr Pauline Garnier-Géré, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France (pauline.garnier-gere(at)inrae.fr)
  • Leader: Prof Joost Raeymaekers, Nord University, Norway (joost.raeymaekers(at)nord.no)
  • Dr Daniele Battilani, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
  • Xiatong Cai, Nord University, Norway
  • Marie-Gabrielle Harribey, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France
  • Prof Leslie Noble, Nord University, Norway
  • Dr Cristiano Vernesi, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
  • Dr Anja Westram, Nord University, Norway

Work Package 3, Evaluating genetic indicators by using existing data sources

  • Leader: Prof Gernot Segelbacher, Freiburg University, Germany (gernot.segelbacher(at)wildlife.uni-freiburg.de)
  • Leader: Prof Joachim Mergeay, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium (joachim.mergeay(at)inbo.be)
  • Dr Julia Geue, Freiburg University, Germany
  • Dr Sean Hoban, The Morton Arboretum, USA
  • Caroline Mouton, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium

Work Package 4, Evaluating satellite Earth observation data to generate proxies for genetic diversity

  • Leader: Prof Linda Laikre, Stockholm University, Sweden (linda.laikre(at)popgen.su.se)
  • Dr Anastasia Andersson, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Dr Ian Brown, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Ida Carlsson, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Prof Sara Cousins, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Viktoria Köppä, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Prof Carina Lundmark, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  • Prof Annica Sandström, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Work Package 5, Essential Biodiversity Variables workflows for FAIR and Open Science

  • Leader: Dr Myriam Heuertz, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France (myriam.heuertz(at)inrae.fr)
  • François Ehrenmann, INRAE, France
  • Dr Pauline Garnier-Géré, INRAE, France
  • Laura Martínez Antón, INRAE, France
  • Frédéric Raspail, INRAE, France

Work Package 6, Co-creating strategies for implementing genetic indicators in biodiversity monitoring

  • Leader: Dr Alexander Kopatz, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Norway (alexander.kopatz(at)nina.no)
  • Leader: Dr Peter Galbusera, Antwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation (KMDA), Belgium (peter.galbusera(at)kmda.org)
  • Dr. Kristin Leus, Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
  • Dr Eva Theunissen, Antwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation (KMDA), Belgium
  • Christina Ritzl Vejlgaard, Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark
  • Dr Anja Westram, Nord University, Norway