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: Dr Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, Department of Biology, University of Oxford, UK
Secretary: Dr Karen Siu-Ting: Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Publications officer: Dr Gavin Broad, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Grants and Awards officer: Dr Anne Jungblut, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Events officer: Dr Will Goodall-Copestake, Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK
Membership Officer: Dr Katie Collins, Curator of Benthic Molluscs, Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Treasurer: Dr 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
Webmaster Dr Ana Rita Simões, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Young Systematists’ Forum Officer: Dr Ellinor Michel, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Student’s Representative: George Burton, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Council members
Dr Chris Creevey, Institute for Global Food Security and the School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dr. 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
Dr Manuel Luján, Identification and Naming, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Dr Jordi Paps, University of Bristol, UK
Chester J. Sands, British Antarctic Survey, UK
Dr Jon Todd, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Dr Jovita Yesilyurt, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
*Further details of the officer roles are available as Job Descriptions