Arthropod-Fungal Associations: From Parasites to Pathogens

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Jennifer Luangsa-ard

PhD 2004, Kasetsart University

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

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

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

PhD 2018, Harvard University

Head of the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution (LFEE) at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology and a Visiting Professor at Ghent University. His team focuses on biodiversity monitoring and understudied groups of fungi in understudied habitats. He focuses on Laboulbeniomycetes and has done fieldwork around the globe, including in Brunei, Iceland, Honduras, Malaysia, Mozambique, and Panama. He also leads #TeamLaboul, an informal group of students who are all broadly interested in fungal parasites and pathogens. Google Scholar.

João PM Araújo

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Marta Wrzosek

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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

is 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 funga of Madagascar, particularly entomopathogenic fungi and the genus Amanita.

Aimée Blondelle

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Image source: “Moth with Entomopathogenic fungus” by Andreas Kay, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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