David ANDOW*, Dept. of Entomology Univ. of Minnesota, USA
Population and community ecology, agricultural ecology, ecological risk assessment
Klaus AMMANN*, Univ. of Bern Botanical Garden, Switzerland
Biosafety of transgenic plants, especially gene flow, discursive methods in the debate on genetic engineering
Kornelia SMALLA§, Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology and Biosafety, Germany
Microbial diversity; molecular monitoring techniques; antibiotic resistance and mobile genetic elements
Alan McHUGHEN§, University of California, Riverside, USA
Gene tansfer, including gene flow; mitigation strategies, with a plant focus
Rikke BAGGER-JORGENSEN, RISO National Laboratory, Denmark
Introgression, fitness, gene expression (in particular in relation to crop-wild crosses); ethics in relation to the use of GMOs
Ervin BALÁZS, Dept. of Applied Genomics, Agricultural Research Center, Hungary
Plant-virus interactions; virus-resistant transgenic plants; plant virus evolution in relation to ecological impacts
Norman ELLSTRAND, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Plant population genetics; impacts of gene flow and hybridization; evolution of weediness and invasiveness; extinction by hybridization
Lynn FREWER, Dept. of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
Risk perception; risk communication; consumer attitudes to biotechnology; consumer behavior
Terrance M. HURLEY, Dept. of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, USA
Socio-economic aspects of environmental risk assessment; risk management; bioeconomic simulation modeling; regulation of plant-incorporated protecants
Pierre-Benoît JOLY, Dept. of Environment, Techniques, Societies, Economical Politics, National Institute for Agronomic Research, France
Sociology and economics of innovation, technology, assessment; public participation; governance of biotechnology
Anne KAPUSCINSKI, Sherman Fairchild Professor of Sustainability Science, Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College, USA
Ecological risk assessment of introduced aquatic organisms including transgenic and selectively bred lines, and non-native species; analytic-deliberative and systems approaches to risk assessment; biosafety policy and regulations; sustainable aquaculture
Deborah K. LETOURNEAU, Dept. of Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Entomology; community ecology; trophic cascades; insect-plant interactions; tropical ecology; biosafety of transgenic plants
William MUIR, Dept. of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, USA
Population, quantitative, and molecular genetics; genetic methods to improve adaptability, stress resistance, and animal well-being; the interface of quantitative and molecular genetics, including use of molecular markers in breeding programs and transgenics; methods for biotechnology risk assessment
Joachim SCHIEMANN, Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology and Biosafety, Germany
Environmental risk assessment; inherent biosafety of transgenic plants (elimination of marker genes, site-specific genetic modifications, etc.); biosafety aspects of molecular farming
Bruce E. TABASHNIK, Dept. of Entomology, University of Arizona, USA
Evolution of insect resistance to genetically modified crops; environmental impacts of transgenic Bt cotton on target and non-target arthropods; risk assessment of biocontrol agents; invasive alien species
Jan Dirk VAN ELSAS, Groningen University, The Netherlands
Horizontal gene transfer in bacteria; Gene transfer from plants to bacteria; Effects of GMO's on microbial systems; Soil microbiology; Molecular tools in microbial ecology; Microbial diversity in soil and other ecosystems
* Associate Chair of the ISBR Publications Committee
§ Member of the ISBR Publications Committee
