Membership of the ESF Standing Committee for the Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences (LESC)

NAME

EXPERTISE

MEMBER ORGANISATION

Reinhart Ceulemans
Department of Biology, University of Antwerpen, BE

ecology; plant ecology; plant biology; plant ecophysiology; bio-energy

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaandern (FWO)

NAME

EXPERTISE

MEMBER ORGANISATION

Susanne Åkesson
Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, SE

animal ecology

Swedish Research Council - Natural Sciences and Engineering Sciences

Isabel Ambar
Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade de Lisboa, PT

physical oceanography; in site measurements of ocean parameters (hydrology; currents); satellite remote sensing applied to the ocean

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Hans Brix
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK

biology; ecology; plant physiology; constructed wetlands

Danish Natural Research Council (FNU)

Nigel L. Brown (*)
College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK

microbiology; molecular genetics

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

Constantin Doukas (*)
Department of History, Geology and Palaeontology, University of Athens, GR

vertebrate palaeontology; smaller mammals research; ecosystem dynamics

National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF)

Arnold Driessen
Department of Microbiology, University of Groningen, NL

membrane biology; transport; protein translocation; membrane protein insertion; membrane protein assembly; multidrug resistance; antibiotics secretion

Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) / Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)

Olivier Francis (*)
University of Luxembourg, LU

physics; geophysics; physical oceanography (tides)

Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)

Alan G. Jones
School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, IE

solid Earth processes and structure; geophysics; electomagnetism

Enterprise Ireland / Health Research Board (HRB) / Irish Research Council for Sciences, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET)

Aslihan Kerç
Department of Environmental Engineering, Marmara University, TR

environmental engineering; water and wastewater treatment; environmental chemistry and analysis

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

Kit Kovacs
Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, NO

polar biology including population biology; ecology and zoology of marine mammals

Researoh Council of Norway

Jan Kraic
Research Institute of Plant Production, SK

molecular biology; biotechnology; biochemistry; molecular breeding

Slovak Academy of Sciences / Slovak Research and Development Agency

Juozas Kulys
Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT

biochemistry; biological kinetics; nanobiotechnology; computer modelling

Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation

Sonja Lojen (*)
Department of Environmental Sciences, J. Stefan Institute, SI

geology; isotope geochemistry; biogeochemical cycling of nutrient in aquatic environments and soils; isotope ecology

Slovenian Science Foundation / Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Georgi Markov
Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG

population biology; ecology; genetics of mammals

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) / National Science Fund of Bulgaria

Judit Padisák
Insitute of Environmental Sciences and Limnology, University of Pannonia, HU

limnology

Hungarian Academy of Sciences / Hungarian Scientific Research Fund

Paavo Pelkonen
Univeristy of Joensuu, FI

forest ecology; ecological physiology; modelling; bioenergy research

Academy of Finland

Maria Pilar Perez (*)
Instituto de Microbiologia Bioquimica, Universidade de Salamanca, ES

molecular biology; microbiology; yeast genetics; cell biology; biochemistry

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) / Ministerio de Education y Ciencia

Mihai E. Popa
Laboratory of Palaeontology, University of Bucharest, RO

geology; palaeobotany; palynology

National University Research Council (NURC)

Marianne Popp
Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research
University of Vienna, AT

plant physiology

Austrian Science Foundation (FWF)

Czeleslawa Rosik-Dulewska
Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, PL

environmental engineering

Polish Academy of Sciences

Michel Salzet (*)
Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides,
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, FR

neuroproteomic; neuroimmunology; immunology; neurochemistry; mass spectrometry; invertebrates

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza (*)
Department of  Agronomy, Forestry and Land Use, Agricultural Research Council, IT

forest ecology and management; global change biology; crop physiology

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Mark Stitt (*)
Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPIMP), DE

plant biochemistry; molecular plant physiology; plant biology

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG)

Andreas Strasser
Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, CH

geology

Swiss National Science Foundation

Jan Tavernier
Cytokine Receptor Laboratory, Ghent University

intercellular communication; cytokines; receptor biology; signal transduction; immunology; allergy; metabolic diseases

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO)

Tanel Tenson
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu, EE

biosciences; environment microbiology

Estonian Academy of Sciences / Estonian Science Foundation

Durdica Ugarkovic
Department of Molecular Biology; Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, HR

genetics; molecular biology; molecular evolution

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts / The National Foundation of Science, Higher Education and Technological Development

Wolfgang Weisser
Institut für Ökologie, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, DE

ecology; biology; zoology

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Theodoros I. Zachariadis
Department of Environmental Management, Cyprus University of Technology, CY

environmental engineering

Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation

NAME

COMMITTEE/ORGANISATION

Lars Horn

Chair of the Marine Board-ESF

Isabel Moura

Member of the ESF - Standing Committee for Physical and Engineering Sciences (PESC)

Ulrike Pechinger

Member of the COST - Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM) domain

Roland Pochet

Chair of the COST - Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS) domain

Peter Raspor

Vice-Chair of the COST - Food and Agriculture (FA) domain

Carlo Alberto Ricci

Chair of the ESF - European Polar Board

Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza

Member of the COST - Forests, their Products and Services (FPS) domain

Dieter Schinzer

Chair of the COST - Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST) domain

Giora Simchen

The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

David Stonner

National Science Foundation (NSF) - Europe Office

Jean-Pierre Swings

Chair of the ESF - European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC)