Directorate of the gtö
The members of the gtö elect the directorate of our society at the annual meetings, in a three years turnus. For further details, see our: Satzung of the gtö.
Executive board members
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN
1 avenue du petit château
91800 Brunoy
France
president (at) soctropecol.eu
I am a tropical forest ecologist studying the animal-plant relationships, mostly fruit-eating vertebrates and seed dispersal, interested in the conservation and the sustainable use of non-timber forest products, and trying to educate stakeholders and people to minimize the impact of anthropogenic activities on tropical biodiversity and ecosystem health.
Ute Radespiel
Secretary general
Institute of Zoology
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
Bünteweg 17
30559 Hannover
Germany
ute.radespiel (at) tiho-hannover.de
I am a behavioural ecologist and aim to understand the factors, that drive and influence the evolution of social structures, the demography, ecological niche construction, distribution, connectivity and the long-term survival of lemur populations on various spatial scales.
University of Marburg
Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8
D-35032 Marburg
Germany
Pablo Orozco-terWengel
Vice-president
Cardiff School of Biosciences
Cardiff University
The Sir Martin Evans Building,
Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX
United Kingdom
orozco-terwengelpa [at] cardiff.ac.uk
I am a population geneticist and evolutionary biologist working on conservation genetics and understanding local adaptation mainly in the tropics. I use genomics and traditional molecular markers to characterise species history and contextualise it with ecological changes in their environment (e.g. fragmentation and land conversion for agriculture etc).
Scientific board members
Jürgen Homeier
Member of scientific advisory board
Georg-August-University Göttingen – Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research
Untere Karspüle 2
37073 Göttingen
Germany
jhomeie (at) gwdg.de
I am a plant ecologist, interested in the composition of tropical plants and the ecosystem functions of tropical forests along environmental gradients and under global change impacts.
Sarah Luke
Member of scientific advisory board
Department of Zoology,
University of Cambridge,
Downing Street,
Cambridge,
CB2 3EJ
United Kingdom
shl47(at)cam.ac.uk
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/..
I am a community ecologist interested in the effects of habitat change on biodiversity and ecosystem functions, and development of possible strategies for conservation. My current work is based in Southeast Asia.
Paulina Grigusova
Member of scientific advisory board
Philipps University of Marburg,
PUM LCRS - Laboratory of Climatology and Remote Sensing
Deutschhausstraße 12
35032 Marburg
Germany
grigusop (at) staff.uni-marburg.de
I specialized in Environment Informatics and Remote Sensing and have experience in data science, especially in the application of machine learning techniques in biodiversity research and remote sensing, which I am currently using to investigate the burrowing behavior of soil animals and their influence on vegetation density and landscape processes.
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN
1 avenue du petit château
91800 Brunoy
France
president (at) soctropecol.eu
I am a tropical forest ecologist studying the animal-plant relationships, mostly fruit-eating vertebrates and seed dispersal, interested in the conservation and the sustainable use of non-timber forest products, and trying to educate stakeholders and people to minimize the impact of anthropogenic activities on tropical biodiversity and ecosystem health.
Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography
University of Göttingen
Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
nathaly.guerrero-ramirez@forst.uni-goettingen.de
I am interested in elucidating how cross-scale processes shape multi-taxa multi-faceted biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, including the explicit integration of above and belowground compartments of terrestrial ecosystems. My research operates in the interface between ecological and applied knowledge.
Eckhard W. Heymann
Editor of Ecotropica and member of scientific advisory board
Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit
Deutsches Primatenzentrum
Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung
Kellnerweg 4
37077 Göttingen
Germany
eheyman (at) gwdg.de
I am a primatologist and behavioural ecologist, particularly interested in primate ecology and animal-plant interactions, and run a field research site in Peruvian Amazonia.
Eike Lena Neuschulz
Member of scientific advisory board
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Reserach Centre
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
elneuschulz (at) senckenberg.de
www.senckenberg.de/eike-lena-neuschulz
I am interested in species communities and their ecosystem functions and services. In particular, I study ecosystem functions provided by birds across elevational gradients in temperate and tropical mountain regions.
Annemarie Wurz
Member of scientific advisory board - Social Media Manager
Philipps Universität Marburg
Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8
35032 Marburg
Germany
wurz(at)staff.uni-marburg.de
Twitter: @annemarie_wu
https://www.uni-marburg.de.../
My name is Annemarie Wurz. I am a tropical ecologist with research experience in Madagascar and Ecuador. Currently I am a Postdoc at the Philipps University in Marburg working in tropical mountain forests in Ecuador. In my PhD research at the University of Goettingen, I focused on how biodiversity and ecosystem services respond to land-use change by smallholder farming in north-eastern Madagascar. In the Gtoe, I am responsible for managing the early career group as well as social media.
Christine B. Schmitt
Member of scientific advisory board
Department of Geography
University of Passau
Innstrasse 40
D-94032 Passau
Germany
christine.schmitt (at) uni-passau.de
https://www.sobi.uni-passau.de/..
I am a Landscape Ecologist interested in how global change affects the biodiversity and ecosystem services of tropical and temperate forest landscapes. I am specialized in vegetation analysis and engage in inter- and transdisciplinary research approaches to develop strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of forests.
Chris Barrat
Member of scientific advisory board
Noreen Mutoro
Member of scientific advisory board
Departmnet of Environment and Biodiversity. Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria
noreen.mutoro(at)stud.plus.ac.at, noreenm88[at]gmail.com
I am a wildlife biologist mainly interested in exploring the ecology of different taxa living in human-dominated landscapes beyond protected areas. I am also passionate about testing and developing alternative or standardised methods for monitoring rare/elusive species in different habitats, especially in the tropics. I find immense joy in travelling, participating in marathons, hiking, nature photography and drumming.
Vojtech Novotny
Member of scientific advisory board
Biology Centre
Czech Academy of Science
Branisovska 31
37005 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
novotny (at) entu.cas.cz
I am a tropical ecologist interested in the ecology of plant-insects food webs in tropical forests and conservation of tropical biodiversity.
Elise Sivault
Member of scientific advisory board
Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions, Biology Centre of Czech Republic, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, CZ 370 05 Ceske Budejovice
sivault.e[at]gmail.com
I am a tropical ecologist with a keen focus on understanding trophic cascades involving insectivorous predators (i.e., birds and bats), insects, and plants. I have extensive experience in surveying bats in diverse tropical forests, especially in Papua New Guinea. One exciting aspect of my research is utilizing metabarcoding techniques to identify bat-feeding patterns and explore potential connections to their microbiomes for conservation perspectives.
Researchgate:
www.researchgate.net
Website:
elisesivault.wordpress.com
Twitter: @ESivault
Omer Nevo
Member of scientific advisory board
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Puschstr. 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
omer.nevo[at]evolutionary-ecology.de
I am an evolutionary ecologist studying the ecology and evolution of fruit traits in the context of seed dispersal by animals. I work with both plants and animals in multiple systems to understand how animals use their senses to identify ripe fruit, and how this drove the evolution of fruit traits. While working on multiple fruit traits, my main focus is on fruit metabolomics and chemical communication.
