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Name Surname Address Interests Position
Wataru Abe Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics;
Department of Biological Sciences;
Graduate School of Science;
University of Tokyo;
3-1 Hongo 7-chome;
Tokyo 113-0033;
Japan
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tel: 0081 (0)3 58414045
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e-mail:
wabe@biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Taxonomy, phylogeny,  biogeography Research Associate
Byron Adams Department of Biology;
401 WIDB;
Brigham Young University;
Provo, UT 84602-5181;
USA
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tel: 001 801 422 3132
fax: 001 801 422 0090
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e-mail: bjadams@byu.edu
Phylogeny, evolution, molecular systematics, biogeography,
ecology
Associate Professor
Paul Bartels Warren Wilson College;
Department of Biology;
CPO 6032;
P.O. Box 9000;
Asheville, NC 28815;
USA
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e-mail: pbartels@warren-wilson.edu
Ecology, behaviour, taxonomy Professor
Clark Beasley Department of Biology;
McMurry University;
Abilene, Texas 79697;
USA
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e-mail: cbeasley@mcm.edu
or: beasleyc@mcmurryadm.mcm.edu
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             Website
Taxonomy,  biogeography Professor Emeritus
Sandra Claxton 31 Bowman Ave;
South Camden;
NSW 2570;
Australia
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e-mail: skc@biovet.net.au
Taxonomy, ecology, biogeography PhD
Michael Collins Memorial University of Newfoundland;
Sty. John’s;
NL A1B 3X9;
Canada
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tel: 001 7097377522
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e-mail: collinsm@mun.ca
Tardigrades of Newfoundland and Labrador PhD
Robert Dafoe Department of Biology;
Jacksonville State University;
700 Pelham Road North;
Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602;
USA

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e-mail: rlcd@internetpro.net
Ecology Research Scientist
Susanna de Zio Grimaldi Department of Zoology;
University of Bari;
Via Orabona 4;
70125 Bari;
Italy
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e-mail: s.de.zio@biologia.uniba.it
Ecology, taxonomy, biogeography Full Professor
Peter Degma Department of Zoology;
Comenius University;
Mlynska Dolina B-1;
SK-842 15 Bratislava;
Slovakia
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e-mail: degma@fns.uniba.sk
Faunistics, ecology Scientific Assistant
Miloslav Devetter Institute of Soil Biology;
Czech Academy of Sciences;
Na Sadkach 7;
370-05 Ceskie Budejovice;
Czech Republic
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e-mail: devetter@upb.cas.cz
Ecology, taxonomy, soil biology, limnology Researcher
Soren Faurby Ecology and Genetics;
Institute of Biology;
University of Aarhus;
Ny Munkegade - Building 1540;
8000 Arhus C;
Denmark
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e-mail: soren.faurby@biology.au.dk
Biogeography,
taxonomy,
evolutionary and ecological aspects of cryptobiosis
PhD Student
Paulo Fontoura Department of Zoology and Anthropology;
Faculty of Sciences;
University of Porto;
Rua Campo Alegre s/n;
4169-007, Porto;
Portugal
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tel: 00351 220402754
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e-mail: pfontoura@fc.up.pt
Taxonomy, behaviour Associate Professor
John Gibson Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies;
University of Tasmania;
Private Bag 77;
Tasmania 7001;
Australia
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e-mail:
john.gibson@utas.edu.au
Antarctic tardigrades, paleolimnology Honorary Research Fellow
Bob Goldstein Biology Department;
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
Chapel Hill, NC 27510-3280;
USA
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e-mail: bobg@unc.edu
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Evolution of Development Associate Professor
Roberto Guidetti Department of Animal Biology;
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia;
Via Campi 213/D;
41100, Modena;
Italy
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tel: 0039 059 2055555
fax: 0039 059 2055548
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e-mail: guidetti.roberto@unimore.it
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Ecological physiology,
extreme environmental physiology
Researcher
Noemi Guil Invertebrate Department;
Zoological Museum;
University of Copenhagen;
Universitetsparken 15;
DK-2100 Copenhagen O;
Denmark
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e-mail:
nguillopez@gmail.com
Taxonomy, phylogeny, biodiversity, ecology PhD
Steffen Hengherr Stuttgart University;
Institute of Biology;
Zoologie Pfaffenwaldring 57;
70569 Stuttgart;
Germany
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tel: 0049 711 68565089
fax: 0049 711 68565096
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e-mail: steffen.hengherr@bio.uni-stuttgart.de
Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of cryptobiosis PhD Student
Juliana Hinton Department of Biology and Health Sciences;
McNeese State University;
Box 92000;
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70609;
USA
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e-mail:
jhinton@mcneese.edu
Taxonomy, biogeography Assistant Professor
Karin Hohberg Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Gorlitz;
Sonnenstr. 19;
P.O.B. 300154;
D-02806 Gorlitz;
Germany
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tel: 0049 03581 47605531
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e-mail:
Karin.Hohberg@senckenberg.de
Ecology, behaviour Researcher
Daiki Horikawa NASA Ames Research Center;
Mail Stop 239-20;
Bldg N239 Rm 377;
Moffett Field;
CA 94035;
USA
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e-mail:
horikawadd@gmail.com
Ecological physiology,
extreme environmental physiology
PostDoc
Valentina Inshina

Laboratory for Research in Environmental Sustainability;
Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Ecological Problems (USRIEP);
6
Bakulina Street;
Kharkov, 61166;
Ukraine

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e-mail: valentinainshina@gmail.com

Ecology, faunistics, bioindication, the role of tardigrades in freshwater meiobenthic communities

MSc, Junior Researcher
Helen Ivarson Lund University;
Theoretical Ecology;
Ecology Building;
S-223 67 Lund;
Sweden
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e-mail: helen.ivarsson@teorekol.lu.se
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Life histories and the evolution
of cryptobiosis
PhD Student
Javier Jerez-Jaimes Faculty of Sciences;
Universidad Industrial de Santander;
Bucaramanga;
Colombia
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e-mail: javjerez@yahoo.es
or:        javjerez@hotmail.com
Taxonomy, ecology, palaeontology, relationships tardigrades-bryophytes, bioindicators Instructor
Ingemar Jonsson Department of Mathematics and Science;
Kristianstad University;
S-291 88 Kristianstad;
Sweden
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tel: 0046 44 203429
fax: 0046 44 203403
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e-mail: ingemar.jonsson@mna.hkr.se
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Evolution, ecology, life histories, cryptobiosis, desiccation tolerance Researcher
Lukasz Kaczmarek Department of Animal Taxonomy
and Ecology;
A. Mickiewicz University;
Umultowska 89;
61-614 Poznan;
Poland
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tel: 0048 606384687
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e-mail: LK@tardigrada.net
or:        kaczmar@amu.edu.pl
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             Website
Taxonomy,  biogeography Assistant Professor
Ian Kinchin King's Institute of Learning and Teaching;
King's College;
James Clerk Maxwell Building;
57 Waterloo Road;
London;
SE1 8WA;
United Kingdom
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e-mail: ian.kinchin@kcl.ac.uk
  PhD
Yevgen Kiosya Department of Biological Sciences;
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University;
Svobody sq. 4;
61077, Kharkiv;
Ukraine
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e-mail: yevgenkiosya@gmail.com
Taxonomy, biogeography, ecology, reproduction PhD Student
Reinhardt Kristensen Invertebrate Department;
Zoological Museum;
University of Copenhagen;
Universitetsparken 15;
DK-2100 Copenhagen O;
Denmark
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tel: 0045 35 32 11 18
fax: 0045 35 32 10 10
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e-mail: rmkristensen@snm.ku.dk
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             Website
             Arctic station website
Marine and Arctic Tardigrada, traditional and molecular taxonomy Full Professor, Director of Arctic Station
Takekazu Kunieda Department of Biological Sciences;
Graduate School of Science;
University of Tokyo;
7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku;
Tokyo 113-0033;
Japan
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tel: 0081 358 417 582
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e-mail: kunieda@biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Molecular and functional analyses, including genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics Assistant Professor
Natuschka Lee Lab of Microbial Systems Ecology (MSE);
Department of Microbiology;
Technical University of Munich (TUM);
Am Hochanger 4;
D-85354 Freising;
Germany
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tel: 0049 (0) 8161 71 5444
fax: 0049 (0) 8161 71 5475
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e-mail: nlee@microbial-systems-ecology.de
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Microbiology, ecology, symbiotic biology Assistant Professor
Xiaochen Li College of Life Sciences;
Shaanxi Normal University;
Xian, Shaanxi 710062;
China
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e-mail: xiaochen@snnu.edu.cn
Taxonomy, biogeography, thermal biology Assistant Professor
Brian Mackness School of Arts and Creative Enterprise;
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education;
Central Queensland University Rockhampton;
QLD 4702;
Australia
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e-mail:
bsmackness@hotmail.com
History of tardigrade research and tardigrade imagery PhD Student
Nigel Marley Marine Biology & Ecology Research Centre;
University of Plymouth (BGB301);
Drake Circus;
Plymouth;
PL4 8AA;
United Kingdom
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e-mail: nigel.marley@plymouth.ac.uk
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Taxonomy,
biogeography,
phylogeny,
community, ecology
Researcher
Sandra McInnes
British Antarctic Survey;
Madingley Road;
Cambridge;
CB23 0ET;
United Kingdom
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tel: 0044 1223 221559
fax: 0044 1223 362616
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e-mail: s.mcinnes@bas.ac.uk
      or: sjmc@pcmail.nerc-bas.ac.uk
Antarctic tardigrades, taxonomy, biogeography, population ecology Researcher
Terje Meier
Prinsdalsfaret 20;
N-1262 Oslo;
Norway
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tel: 0047 93 25 33 63
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e-mail:
t-meie@online.no
Taxonomy, biogeography, ecology MSc
Harry Meyer
Box 92000;
Department of Biology and Health Sciences;
McNeese State University;
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70609;
USA
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e-mail:
hmeyer@mcneese.edu
Ecology, biogeography Professor
Lukasz Michalczyk School of Biological Sciences;
University of East Anglia;
Norwich;
NR4 7TJ;
United Kingdom
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e-mail: LM@tardigrada.net
or:        L.Michalczyk@uea.ac.uk
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Taxonomy, morphology, evolution Senior Research Associate
Randy Miller Department of Biology;
Chestnut Hill College;
9601 Germantown Ave;
Philadelphia, PA 19118;
USA
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e-mail: millerw@chc.edu
Supporter PhD
Colleen Mitchell Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
Division of Plant Industry;
Citrus Health Response Program;
Vero Beach, Florida;
USA
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e-mail:
crmtichell80@gmail.com
Life History,
cryptobiosis
Environmental Specialist
Diane Nelson Department of Biological Sciences;
East Tennessee State University;
Box 70703 ETSU;
Johnson City, TN 37614-1710;
USA
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e-mail: nelsond@mail.etsu.edu
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Taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology Professor Emerita
Brent Nichols Principal Scientist;
Chief Scientific Officer;
DNA Environmental Logistics Corporation;
7022 Morning Dove Loop W;
Lakeland, FL 33809;
USA
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tel: 001 813 3568144
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e-mail: bnichols@dnaenvironmental.com
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Systematics, phylogeny, ecology PhD
Lorena Rebecchi Department of Animal Biology;
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia;
Via Campi 213/D;
41100, Modena;
Italy
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tel: 0039 059 2055553
fax: 0039 059 2055548
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e-mail: rebecchi.lorena@unimore.it
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Reproductive strategies, cytogenetics, life history, cryptobiosis, ultrastructure, biogeography Associate Professor
Frank Romano Department of Biology;
Jacksonville State University;
700 Pelham Road North;
Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602;
USA
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e-mail: fromano@jsu.edu
Faunistics and ecology Professor and Head, Biology
Chester Sands British Antarctic Survey;
Madingley Road;
Cambridge;
CB23 0ET;
United Kingdom
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e-mail: cjsan@bas.ac.uk
Molecular ecology, phylogeography, systematics, biogeography Research Scientist
Mike Shaw 217 Lancaster Gate Drive, No. 301;
Midlothian, VA 23113;
USA
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tel: 001 804 7947890
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e-mail: mike@theshaws.com
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Taxonomy Independent Researcher
Ralph Schill Stuttgart University;
Institute of Biology;
Zoologie Pfaffenwaldring 57;
70569 Stuttgart;
Germany
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tel: 0049 711 68569143
fax: 0049 711 68565096
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e-mail: ralph.schill@bio.uni-stuttgart.de
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Biochemical and biophysical adaptations to environmental extremes; stability of cells; stress proteins;
cryptobiosis
PhD
Atsushi Suzuki Department of Biology;
Keio University School of Medicine;
Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8521;
Japan
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e-mail: chu@hc.cc.keio.ac.jp
Comparative anatomy, life histories Assistant Professor
Denis Tumanov Laboratory of freshwater
and experimental hydrobiology;
Zoological Institute;
Academy of Sciences;
Universitetskaia emb. 1;
St. Petersburg 199034;
Russia
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e-mail: tardigrada@zin.ru
Ecology, taxonomy, soil biology, limnology Researcher
Bela Vargha National Institute of Environmental Health;
Department of Soil Hygiene;
Laboratory of Ecology
H-1097 Budapest;
Gyali ut 2-6;
Hungary
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e-mail: adalbertus@hdsnet.hu
Faunistics, ecology, biodiversity, bioindication Head of Laboratory
Barbara Weglarska Department of Systematic Zoology and Zoogeography;
Jagiellonian University;
ul. Ingardena 6;
30-060 Krakow;
Poland
Morphology, embryology, physiology, taxonomy Retired Professor

 

 

 

 

 


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