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Jennifer Luangsa-ard
Jennifer Luangsa-ard
PhD 2004, Kasetsart University, Thailand
The Principal Investigator of the Plant Microbe Interaction Research Team at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand, Her research focuses on the phylogeny and interactions of hypocrealean invertebrate-pathogenic fungi. Google Scholar.
Ibtissem Ben Fekih
Ibtissem Ben Fekih
PhD 2016, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia
Postdoctoral Researcher at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Belgium. Her research focuses on insect-pathogenic fungi in the orders Entomophthorales and Hypocreales, biological control strategies, and multitrophic interactions. She worked in several countries including Tunisia, China, and South Korea. Google Scholar.
Annette Bruun Jensen
Annette Bruun Jensen
PhD 2001, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research focuses on the interaction between microorganisms and insects, particularly insect-pathogenic fungi. She has worked with a broad range of insects (including bees, ants, flies, aphids, and beetles) and several fungal groups (Ascosphaera, Entomophthorales, and Hypocreales) on many national and international projects including both applied and fundamental research questions. Google Scholar.
Danny Haelewaters
Danny Haelewaters
PhD 2018, Harvard University
Head of the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology. He is also a Visiting Professor at Ghent University, where he teaches about mycology, effective communication, and science writing. He has done postdocs in Belgium, Czechia, and the USA. His research focuses on groups of understudied fungi in understudied habitat and on biodiversity monitoring. His lab is interested in taxonomy and conservation, evolutionary biology, and the ecology of trophic interactions. Google Scholar.
João PM Araújo
João PM Araújo
Mycologist whose research focuses on the diversity, evolution, and ecological roles of insect-associated fungi. He is currently based at the Natural History Museum of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen, where he leads research on the fungal microbiome of sap-sucking insects and the evolutionary transitions between parasitism, symbiosis, and plant association in fungi. His work integrates extensive field exploration, natural history collections, taxonomy, phylogenomics, and microscopy to uncover hidden fungal diversity and understand how complex host–fungus interactions evolve. Google Scholar.
Marta Wrzosek
Marta Wrzosek
PhD 2000, University of Warsaw, Poland
Associate professor at the Botanic Garden, Faculty of Biology, and the Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw. Mycologist specializing in fungal biodiversity, taxonomy, and ecological interactions, with a particular focus on arthropod–fungal relationships. Recently, her research explored the diversity and evolutionary significance of fungi associated with ants. Cooperator of researchers of the Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Siedlce. First president of the Polish Mycological Society. Author of popular science books. Google Scholar.
Cezary Tkaczuk
Cezary Tkaczuk
PhD 1995, University of Siedlce, Poland
Full Professor at the University of Siedlce, Poland. His research focuses on insect- and acaropathogenic fungi in the orders Entomophthorales and Hypocreales, their biology, biodiversity, taxonomy and evaluation of their potential as biological control agents of insect and mite pests. He has worked on many national and international projects including both fundamental and applied aspects. In the years 2004-2011 he was the FUNGI sub-convenor of IOBC/WPRS Working Group "Insect Pathogens and Entomoparasitic Nematodes”. Google Scholar.
Lee Davies
Lee Davies
The Fungarium Collection Manager at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Along with curating the collection, he teaches Fungarium and field techniques for mycological collections in Madagascar. His research interest is the fungi of Madagascar, particularly entomopathogenic fungi.
Aimée Blondelle
Aimée Blondelle
First year PhD student from the Research Group Mycology at Ghent University and Meise Botanic Garden, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Danny Haelewaters, Prof. Dr. Mieke Verbeken, Dr. André De Kesel and Dr. Carl Dick. She has a great interest in parasites and multitrophic interactions. Her PhD research focuses on investigating a hyperparasitic system consisting of bats, ectoparasitic bat flies and Laboulbeniales, and she is studying how the diversity of this tritrophic system compares along a latitudinal axis in Europe and Africa, taking into account environmental and ecological factors, and functional traits.
Image source: “Moth with Entomopathogenic fungus” by Andreas Kay, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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