IRGO officers

IRGO officers are elected at the business meetings of the International Research Group on Ostracoda, which are held during the International Symposia on Ostracoda.
The terms of office begin at the end of the meeting and last until the next meeting.

 

2022-2026
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Lyon on July 22, 2022 the following officers were elected to serve a four-year term:

Chair: Vincent Perrier (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Vice-Chair:
Danpeng Xi
Past Chair: Moriaki Yasuhara (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Secretary:
Mark Warne (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Communication Officer: Simone Nunes-Brandao
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Treasurer:
Renate Matzke-Karasz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

2017-2021 (update: officers stay in office until the next ISO meeting, which is now scheduled for summer 2022)
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Santa Barbara on August 28, 2017 the following officers were elected to serve a four-year term:

Chair: Moriaki Yasuhara (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Vice-Chair: Vincent Perrier (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Past Chair: Finn Viehberg (
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Secretary:
Ilaria Mazzini (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Communication Officer: Robin J. Smith
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Treasurer:
Renate Matzke-Karasz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

2013-2017:
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Rome on July 26, 2013 the following officers were elected to serve a four-year term:

Chair: Finn Viehberg (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Vice-Chair: Todd Oakley (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Past Chair: Renate Matzke-Karasz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Secretary: Ricardo Lourenco Pinto (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Communication Officer: Ilaria Mazzini
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Treasurer: Akira Tsukagoshi (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

2009-2013:
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Brasilia on July 28, 2009, and during an online-election later that year, the following officers were elected to serve a four-year term:
Chair: Renate Matzke-Karasz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Vice-Chair: Elsa Gliozzi (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Past Chair: Koen Martens (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Secretary: Ricardo Lourenco Pinto (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Communication Officer: Peter Frenzel
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Treasurer: Akira Tsukagoshi (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

2005-2009:
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Berlin on September 13, 2005, the following officers were elected to serve a four-year term:
Chair: Koen Martens
Vice-Chair: Dermeval DoCarmo
Past Chair:
Alan R. Lord
Secretary: Michael Schudack
Treasurer: Akira Tsukagoshi

2001-2005:
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Shizuoka on August 4, 2001, the following officers were elected to serve a four-year term:
Chair: Alan R. Lord
Vice-Chair: Thomas M. Cronin
Secretary: Koen Martens
Treasurer: Takahira Kamiya

1997-2001:
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Chatham on July 31, 1997, the following officers were elected to serve a four-year term:
Chair: Noriyuki Ikeya
Vice-Chair: David Horne
Secretary: Dick Van Harten
Treasurer: Rosalie F. Maddocks
Councillor: Roger Kaesler

1994-1997:
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Prague on July 29, 1994, the following officers were elected to serve a three-year term:
Chair: Roger Kaesler
Vice-Chair: Dietmar Keyser
Secretary: Dick Van Harten
Treasurer: Rosalie F. Maddocks
Councillor: Patrick De Deckker

1991-1994:
At the IRGO Business Meeting in Warnambool on July 29, 1991, the following officers were elected to serve a three-year term:
Chair: Patrick De Deckker
Vice-Chair and Treasurer: Rosalie F. Maddocks
Secretary: Karel Wouters
Editor of Cypris: Elisabeth Brouwers
Organizer, Twelfth International Symposium on Ostracoda: Jaroslav Riha

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