Directorate of the gtö
The members of the gtö elect the directorate of our society at the annual meetings, in a two 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
pierre-michel.forget (at) mnhn.fr
mecadev.cnrs.fr/…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
Vojtech Novotny
Vice-president
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.
Scientific board members
Holger Kurz
Member of scientific advisory board
Büro für biologische Bestandsaufnahmen
Moorkamp 10
D-20357 Hamburg
gtoe (at) bfbb.de
Being 21 I visited the tropical rain forest for the first time and became interested in tropical ecology. Alongside my interest in taxonomy I tried to relate the diversification of Lauraceae with their pollination system. I became a gtö member in 1989. In 2005 I was elected as gtö’s treasurer and had this position until 2020. Having an own office as freelance expert since 1981, I familiarized with balance sheets and taxes. Having served as a treasurer of gtö for 15 years is my way to support the tropical ecology.
Jürgen Homeier
Member of scientific advisory board
Georg-August-University Göttingen – Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research
Untere Karspüle 2
37073 Göttingen
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, UK
shl47(at)cam.ac.uk
https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/sarah-luke
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.
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.
Alice C. Hughes
Member of scientific advisory board
Centre for Integrative Conservation
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun, Mengla
Yunnan 666303
P.R. China
ach_biodiversity (at) hotmail.com
I am a conservation biogeographer looking at patterns of diversity and drivers of biodiversity change across Southeast Asia.
Bettina Engelbrecht
Member of scientific advisory board
Department of Plant Ecology
University of Bayreuth
Universitaetsstrasse 30
95440 Bayreuth
Germany
bettina.engelbrecht (at) uni-bayreuth.de
I am a tropical plant ecologist interested in the factors shaping tropical tree diversity under current and future climate, with a focus on direct and indirect effects of drought. To that end, I am explicitly linking plant physiological and functional ecology with population and community ecology.
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
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.
Sven Günter
Member of scientific advisory board
Head of Dept., Forestry Worldwide
Thünen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics
Leuschnerstr. 91
21031 Hamburg, Germany
sven.guenter (at) ti.bund.de
I am a forester, contributing to science-based solutions for sustainable policies in the field of multipurpose forestry, ecosystem services and livelihoods in tropical forest landscapes. My major motivation for participation in the advisory board of the Society for Tropical Ecology is helping to bridge the gap between solid ecological research and sustainable management of forest ecosystems and livelihoods of forest dependent people in the tropics.
Annemarie Wurz
Member of scientific advisory board - Social Media Manager
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Agroecology
Department of Crop Science
Grisebachstr. 6
37077 Göttingen
Germany
annemarie.wurz (at) uni-goettingen.de
Twitter: @annemarie_wu
I am a tropical ecologist interested in pollination and pollinator conservation in crop production systems. Currently, I am a PhD student researching the effect of land-use change on biodiversity in vanilla agroforestry and other land-uses in north-eastern Madagascar. I find science communication very important and therefore I am happy to manage the Gtö’s twitter and facebook accounts to increase our visibility and impact through social media.
Pablo Orozco-terWengel
Member of scientific advisory board
Cardiff School of Biosciences
Cardiff University
The Sir Martin Evans Building
Museum Avenue
Cardiff
CF10 3AX
orozco-terwengelpa (at) cardiff.ac.uk
www.pabloorozcoterwengel.nl
I was born in Colombia, one of the countries with highest biodiversity. Since an early age I have been interested in the natural world, and considering the diversity of my country of origin, I’ve also been interested in finding out ways to conserve that biodiversity. My work has since an early stage focused in understanding how evolutionary processes have shaped the genetic variation of species throughout the tropics, and aimed at using that knowledge to inform management strategies for conservation in the region. Since the appearance of next generation sequences, I have strived to use that information to further understand genetic processes leading to local adaptation, as these provide insights on how species may be able to deal with some aspects of climate change.
Patrick A. Jansen
Member of scientific advisory board
Department of Environmental Sciences
Wageningen University
PO Box 47
6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
patrick.jansen (at) wur.nl
I am a community ecologist studying interactions between wildlife and plants, such as seed dispersal and herbivory, in the tropics as well as the temperate zone. Much of my work involves the use of camera traps to record animal presence, abundance and behaviour.
