Committees:
- Board
- Executive Committee
- Advocacy
- Awards
- Budget
- Conference
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- EcoEvoRxiv Committee
- Education and Outreach
- Fundraising
- Media
- Member Engagement Committee
- Senior Advisory Board
- Past Board Members
Annual Reports on Committee Activities:
Board of Directors
This is an elected committee that is ultimately responsible for SORTEE. Three positions on the board come open each year and are elected by the members of SORTEE in November. These terms last for three (3) years.
Members serving from 2026 through 2028 are:
Ineta Kačergytė (she/her)
(Website) is a
postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, where Ineta evaluates conservation efforts to restore wetlands
for biodiversity.
Aidan Tan
(Website)
is a paediatric doctor, governance leader and long-time advocate for
open, reliable and transparent science who cares deeply about
strengthening SORTEE’s global community through principled, inclusive
and accountable research culture.
Juliette Tariel-Adam (she/they)
(Website) is a postdoctoral researcher
interested in the evolution of fish behaviour. Juliette currently works
on tool use by fishes (project website)
remotely with Macquarie University.
Members serving from 2025 through 2027 are:
Michael Bertram (he/him) (Website) is an Assistant Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where he investigates the impacts of human-induced environmental change on wildlife populations.
Stephanie Flaman is a MSc student at the University of Regina in conjunction with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Marija Purgar (Website) is a PhD student in Oceanology at the Faculty of Science and a research assistant at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb.
Members serving from 2024 through 2026 are:
Matthieu Paquet, (he/him) (Website) is a researcher working on behavioural ecology and population dynamics at the Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE,CNRS).
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz
(she/her) (Website and
Labwebsite) is an Associate Professor at the
University of Alberta in Canada, where she works on meta-research and
evidence synthesis.
Executive Committee
As specified in the SORTEE bylaws, the Executive Committee is chosen by the Board of Directors.
Current officers are:
Marija Purgar (she/her) (President)
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz (she/her) (President-Elect) (Website)
Ed Ivimey-Cook (he/him) (Past-President) (Website)
Christian John (he/him) (Treasurer) (Website)
Matthieu Paquet (he/him) (Secretary) (Website)
Advocacy Committee
The Advocacy committee will develop policy statements and propose advocacy projects for improving the openness, reliability, and transparency of research in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Current members are:
Co-Chair: Joel Pick (he/him), University of Edinburgh, UK
(Contact -
Website)
Co-Chair: Ed Ivimey-Cook
(he/him), University of Glasgow, UK
(Website)
Ben Auxier (he/him) Wageningen University
and Research, Netherlands
(Website)
Leyla Cabugos, California
Polytechnic State University, USA
Sarah Hasnain (no preference),
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne University,
France (Website)
Christian John (he/him),
University of California, USA
(Website)
César Marín (he/him), Universidad Santo
Tomás, Chile (Website)
Shinichi Nakagawa (he/him),
University of Alberta, Canada & Collaboration for Open Science and
Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution (COSSEE)
(Website)
Julia Sharapi (she/her), Stanford
University, USA
Awards Committee
The awards committee is responsible for managing the SORTEE awards program https://www.sortee.org/awards/.
Current members are:
Chair: Marija Purgar (she/her), University of Alberta, Canada
Heikel BALTI (he/him), Marie & Louis Pasteur University, CNRS, France
(Website)
Abuoma Ejikeme (she/her), Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Sandra Hamel (she/her), Université Laval, Canada
(Website)
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz (she/her), University of Alberta in Canada
(Website and
Labwebsite)
Frigg Speelman (she/her), Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior,
Germany (Website)
Budget Committee
The Budget Committee reviews and approves funding requests.
Current members are:
Ed Ivimey Cook
Christian John
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz
Matthieu Paquet
Tim Parker
Marija Purgar
Conference Committee
The Conference committee organizes the virtual SORTEE Conference, held in October.
Current members are:
Chair: Stephanie Flaman,
University of Regina, Canada
Munyaneza Aphrodis,
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Yunnan, China
Abuoma Ejikeme (she/her),
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, University of Ibadan,
Nigeria
Lara Hinninger, (she/her),
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Lise Layotte (she/her), Norwegian
University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway
Lisa Nicvert (she/her),
FRB-CESAB
(DRAGON
project), Montpellier (France).
Website
Juliette Tariel-Adam (she/they), Macquarie University, Australia
(Website).
Magdalena Wutkowska
(she/her) Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry Biology Centre,
Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion within SORTEE’s activities and committees.
Current members are:
Co-Chair: Brooke Long-Fox (she/her/hers), MorphoBank, Phoenix
Bioinformatics, USA (Contact)
Co-Chair: Mark Young (he/they) School
of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
(Website)
Rounak Choudhary, Maharshi
Dayanand Saraswati University, Rajasthan, India
(Website)
Sarah Hasnain (no preference),
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne University,
France (Website)
Sofia
Paraskevopoulou (she/her), Dep of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala
University, Sweden (Website)
Pietro Pollo (he/him), School of
Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle,
Australia; Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological,
Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales,
Australia (Website
Charlotte Recapet
(they/them), Université Pau Pays de l’Adour, France
(Website)
Frigg Speelman (she/her), Max
Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour, Germany
(Website)
Aidan Tan, Faculty of Medicine and Health,
University of Sydney, Australia
(Website)
Juliette Tariel-Adam
(she/they), Macquarie University, Australia
(Website).
EcoEvoRxiv Committee
EcoEvoRxiv (EcoEvo"archive") is a not-for-profit subject-matter specific research repository for works related to ecology, evolution and conservation and is the official preprint server of SORTEE.
Current members are:
Chair: Stefan Vriend (he/him), Netherlands Institute of Ecology
(NIOO-KNAW), The Netherlands (Contact -
Website)
Jenna Braun (she/her) York University,
Toronto, Canada
Corné de Groot, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
(Website)
Charlène Gémard (she/her)
ECoBird, Ghent University, Belgium
(Website)
Yseult
Héjja-Brichard (she/they/none), Department of Interdisciplinary Life
Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine & Faculty of Life sciences,
University of Vienna, Austria (Website)
Lise Layotte (she/her), Norwegian
University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway
Brooke Long-Fox (she/her),
MorphoBank, Phoenix Bioinformatics, USA
Giulia Masoero (she/her), Swiss
Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
(Website)
Niladri Mondal (he.him),
Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Belgium
(Website)
Varsha Rani (she/her), HUN‐REN Centre
for Ecological Research & Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
(Website)
Tom Ratz (he/him), University of Zurich,
Switzerland (Website)
Pablo Recio Santiago
(he/him), Flinders University, Australia
(Website)
Matheus M. A. Salles
(he/him) Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Birgit Szabo (they/them), Centre for
Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds (EcoBird),
Department of Biology, Gent University, Belgium
Karolina Wąchała (she/her),
University of Bern, Switzerland.
(Website)
Mark Young (he/they) School of Biological
Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
(Website)
Felix Zimmermann (he/him),
Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape
Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
(Website)
Education and Outreach Committee
The Education & Outreach committee provides educational resources to individuals and organizations interested in learning more about improving research by making it more open, reliable, and transparent.
Current members are:
Chair: Saoirse Kelleher (she/her), University of Melbourne,
Australia (Contact -
Website)
Miriam Beck (she/her) FRB-CESAB
Montpellier, France
Leonardo Capitani (he/him),
Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology,
Switzerland (Website).
Hermina Ghenu (they/them),
University of Bern, Switzerland
Swastika Issar (she/her),
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research in Bangalore, India
Ineta Kačergytė (she/her) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
Sweden
(Website)
César Marín (he/him), Universidad Santo
Tomás, Chile (Website)
Musa Haladu Ali (he/him),
Northeast Normal University, Changchun City, China
(Website).
Luís M. Silva (he/him), University of
British Columbia, Canada. (Website
Fundraising Committee
The Fundraising committee develops and implements plans for raising funds to support SORTEE.
Current members are:
Chair: Ruby Krasnow (she/her), University of Maine, USA.
(Website)
Michael Bertram (he/him), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
Sweden (Website)
Barbara Class (she/her), INRAE, Montpellier, France
(Website)
Brian Gallagher (he/him), Whitman College, USA.
Website
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz (she/her), University of Alberta, Canada
(Website and
Labwebsite)
James Orr (he/him), University of Queensland, Australia
(Website)
Matthieu Paquet (he/him), Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station
(SETE), CNRS, France
(Website)
Alfredo Sánchez Tójar (he/him), University of Coimbra, Portugal
(Website)
Aidan Tan, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia
(Website)
Media Committee
The Media committee develops content (for the website, social media, and newsletter), designs and maintains the website, and develops new ideas for spreading the word about SORTEE and open, reliable, and transparent science.
Current members are:
Co-Chair: Swastika Issar (she/her), National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bangalore, India
Co-Chair: Oakleigh Wilson (she/her), University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia (Website)
Ipshita Gayen (she/her), Biological Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada
Deborah Hawkshaw (she/her), Biological Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Canada
Tim Parker, Department of biology, Whitman College, USA
(Website)
July Pilowsky (they/he/she), Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, USA; Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
Alfredo Sánchez Tójar (he/him), University of Coimbra, Portugal
(Website)
Abdulmalik Usman (he/him) Department of Wildlife and Ecotourism management, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
(Website)
Magdalena Wutkowska
(she/her) Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry Biology Centre,
Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia
Member Engagement Committee
The Member Engagement Committee oversees opportunities for SORTEE members to interact throughout the year. The motivation behind starting this committee is to increase the benefits of SORTEE membership (e.g., camaraderie and the opportunity to join collaborative projects).
Current members are:
Chair: Natalie van Dis, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
(Contact -
Website)
Cecilia Baldoni Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
(Website)
Max Carter-Brown (he/him), Anglia Ruskin University, UK
(Website)
Corné de Groot, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (Website)
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz (she/her), University of Alberta in Canada
(Website and
Labwebsite)
Rachel Turba (she/her) Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Senior Advisory Board
The purpose of the SAB is to provide senior counsel and advice to SORTEE leadership (Officers, Directors, and Chairs), and to facilitate strategic connections with related organizations and individuals. The Terms of Reference for the Senior Advisory Board can be found here.
Current members are:
Allen Moore
Bob Montgomerie
Bob Wong
Fiona Fidler
Julia Koricheva
Klaus Reinhold
Mark Burgman
Michael Jennions
Nicolas Galtier
Richard McElreath
Tracey Chapman
William Sutherland
Previous Board Members
Please see this page.