The officers of the Systematics Association have been elected to manage the day to day running of the association. Council members are elected for a term of three years at the AGM if their nominations are approved. They meet regularly with the officers to assist in the running of the Systematics Association. Council can also co-opt members between annual general meetings.
Officers*
President: Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Secretary: Karen Siu-Ting: Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Publications officer: Gavin Broad, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Grants and Awards officer: Anne Jungblut, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Events officer: Will Goodall-Copestake, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK
Membership Officer: Katie Collins, Curator of Benthic Molluscs, Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Treasurer: Peter Mulhair, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, UK
Communications officer: Ana Serra Silva, The Natural History Museum, London, UK and the University of Bristol, UK
Young Systematists’ Forum Officer: Ellinor Michel, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Council members
Chris Creevey, Institute for Global Food Security and the School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Laura Forrest, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK
Beulah Garner, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Kálmán Könyves, The Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, UK
Benoit Loeuille, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Eve Lucas, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Manuel Luján, Identification and Naming, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Jordi Paps, University of Bristol, UK
Chester J. Sands, British Antarctic Survey, UK
Jon Todd, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Alfredo Vizzini, Department of Life Sciences and Systematic Biology, Torino University, Italy
Jovita Yesilyurt, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
*Further details of the officer roles are available as Job Descriptions