Founding Members

Paul Aigner
Co-Director, McLaughlin Natural Reserve
University of California, Davis
United States

Margarita Arianoutsou
Professor, Department of Ecology and Systematics
University of Athens
Greece

Marcela Bustamante-Sanchez
Department of Forestry and Environment
Universidad de Concepcion
Chile

Philippe Cohen
Administrative Director, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Stanford University
United States

Todd Dawson
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
United States

Panayiotis Dimitrakopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of the Environment
University of the Aegean
Greece

Karen Esler
Professor, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology
University of Stellenbosch
South Africa

Felicia Federico
Director, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
University of California, Los Angeles
United States

Becca Fenwick
Director, Yosemite Field Station
Sierra Nevada Research Institute
University of California, Merced
United States

Wayne Ferren
Principal Ecologist
Channel Islands Restoration
United States

Peggy Fiedler
Director, Natural Reserve System
University of California
United States

Chris Halle
Senior Metocean Engineer
Woodside Energy Ltd.
Australia

Michael Hamilton
Director, Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
University of California, Berkeley
United States

Isabelle Kay
Manager and Academic Coordinator, Natural Reserve System
University of California, San Diego
United States

Francisco Lloret
Professor of Ecology
Universitat Autonoma Barcelona
Spain

Claudia Luke
Director, Field Stations and Nature Preserves
Sonoma State University
United States

Ben Miller
Research Scientist, Kings Park Science Laboratories
Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority
Australia

Hal Mooney
Professor of Environmental Sciences
Stanford University
United States

Al Muth
Director, Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
University of California, Riverside
United States

Chen Yin Noah
Associate Director, Natural Reserve System
University of California
United States

Suzanne Olyarnik
Director, Bodega Marine Reserve
University of California, Davis
United States

Bruce Pavlik
Head of Restoration Ecology
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
United Kingdom

Mark Readdie
Director, Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States

Philip W. Rundel
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
United States

Mark Stromberg
past director, Hastings Natural History Reservation
University of California, Berkeley
United States