Who We Are
CGSG – CONSERVATION GENETICS SPECIALIST GROUP
The CGSG acts as a focal point for the conservation genetics community and provides advice on genetic policy and management for the IUCN and expert knowledge and assistance to IUCN specialist groups (especially those lacking genetic expertise). CGSG will also seek to establish guidelines for pressing genetic policy and management issues, including the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Target 13. CGSG will facilitate a fuller appreciation, evaluation and conservation of genetic diversity at all levels providing a forum for all stakeholders to explore this crucial element of Planet Earth’s life systems.
THE CHAIRS


Mike Bruford
ChairmanTHE MEMBERS

Louis Bernatchez
Department of Biology, Université Laval, Canada
Laura Bertola
Leiden University, Netherlands
Chris Funk
Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Paul Boettcher
Animal Genetic Resources Branch, FAO, Rome, Italy
Gary Carvalho
School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
Love Dalén
Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden
Natasha de Vere
National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, UK
J. Andrew DeWoody
Biological Sciences and FNR, Purdue University, USA
Lori Eggert
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, USA
Robert Ekblom
Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Sweden
Jeremie Fant
Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, IL, USA
Margarida Fernandes
Divisão de Conservação e Biodiversidade, ICNF, Lisboa, Portugal
Rob Fleischer
Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA
Peter Galbusera
Centre for Research and Conservation, KMDA, Antwerp, Belgium
Jose A Godoy
Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
Antonio González
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, UNAM
Mehrdad Hajebabai
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Sean Hoban
Conservation Biologist, The Morton Arboretum Chicago, USA
Rus Hoelzel
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
Emily K. Latch
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Samrat Mondol
Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, India
Nikolai S Mugue
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia
Miho I Murayama
Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
Stephan Ntie
Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Franceville, Gabon
Rob Ogden
University of Edinburgh, UK
Helen Senn
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
Per Sjogren-Gulve
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden
Paul Sunnucks
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Helen Taylor
University of Otago, New Zealand
Cristiano Vernesi
Fondazione Edmund Mach, Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
Lisette Waits
Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, USA
Robin Waples
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Silke Werth
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Graz, Austria
Xiangjiang Zhan
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaGordon Luikart
Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, USA
Pablo Orozco ter Wengel
School of Biosciences,Cardiff University, UK

Antoinette Piaggio
National Wildlife Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, USA
Manuel Ruiz-Garcia
Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Anna MacDonald
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Astrid Vik Stronen
Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaTHE ADVISORY PANEL MEMBERS

Robert C Lacy
Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, IL, USA
Craig Moritz
Biodiversity Analysis, Australian National University, Australia
Oliver A Ryder
Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, USA
Yaping Zhang
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Africa
Coordinators

Isa-Rita Russo
School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Yoshan Moodley
School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology, University of Venda, South Africa
Antoinette Kotze
National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Badr Benjelloun
National Institute of Agronomic Research, Morocco

Catherine Sole
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Charles Masembe
School of Biological Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda

Coral Birss
CapeNature, South Africa

Ehsan Dulloo
Biodiversity International, Effective Genetic Resources Conservation and Use, Italy

Ian Rushworth
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa

Innocent Dossou-Aminon
National High School of Biosciences and Applied Biotechnologies (ENSBBA), National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics, Benin
Kenneth Uiseb
Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Directorate of Scientific Services, Namibia

Monica Mwale
South African Biodiversity Institute, National Zoological Gardens, South Africa

Muya Shadrack
School of Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Paulette Bloomer
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Thierry Hoareau
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Yasmin Heikal
Faculty of Science, Department of Botany, Mansoura University, Egypt