ATBC Presidents
Presidents, Officers, and Councilors of ATBC work together to advance the goals of the Association, as set out in the Strategic Plan. They are involved in committees and task forces as well as discussions, debates, and decisions about ATBC activities and organization.
Juan Posada
President-Elect
Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)
Tuyeni Mwampamba
President
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (México)
Norbert Cordeiro
Past-President
Roosevelt University and Field Museum (USA)
ATBC Officers
Lúcia G. Lohmann
Executive Director
2019-2024
Universdade de São Paulo (Brazil)
director@tropicalbio.org
Patricia D. Sampaio
Treasurer
2013-2023
University of Florida (USA)
Jennifer Powers
Editor-in-Chief, Biotropica
2019-2024
University of Minnesota (USA)
Maga Gei
Communications Coordinator
2017-present
communications@tropicalbio.
Iván Ortiz-Rodríguez
Conferences Coordinator
2021-present
conferences@tropicalbio.
ATBC Councilors
Amy Zanne
3rd Year Councilor
2022-2024
University of Miami (USA)
Vinita Gowda
3rd Year Councilor
2022-2024
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (India)
Jedediah Brodie
3rd Year Councilor
2022-2024
University of Montana (USA)
Meghna Krishnadas
2nd Year Councilor
2023-2025
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (India)
Gonzalo Rivas
2nd Year Councilor
2023-2025
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador)
Myriam Mujawamariya
2nd Year Councilor
2023-2025
University of Rwanda (Rwanda)
Farah Carrasco-Rueda
1st Year Councilor
2024-2026
Field Museum (Perú)
Louis Santiago
1st Year Councilor
2024-2026
University of California, Riverside (USA)
Alejandra Jaramillo
1st Year Councilor
2024-2026
Universidad Militar Nueva Granada (Colombia)
ATBC Chapter Voting Members of Council
Edu Effiom
Africa Chapter Chair
2020-2025
Cross River State Ministry of Climate Change, Forestry Commission (Nigeria)
Ramesh Krishnamurthy
Asia-Pacific Chapter
2023-2025
Wildlife Institute of India (India)
Edwin-Lebrija Trejos
Neotropical Chapter
2023-2025
University of Haifa, Oranim (Israel)