Members

Membership is by invitation only. Membership is offered via recommendations from current members and based on specific expertise, usually of specific species or genera. Members include researchers, government officials, wildlife veterinarians, zoo and botanical institute employees, protected area managers, and experts on snakes. Most members are deployed in multiple Specialist Groups and Task Forces within the IUCN. 

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Current members as of 28/Oct/2024:

Full Name, Country

Aaron Savio Lobo, India

Abhijit Das, India

Alexander Bonsels, Germany

Ashwini Mohan, India/UK

Alberto Puente Rolon, Puerto Rico

Alice Armand, France

Amir Hamidy, Indonesia

Andrew Durso, United States

Anslem de Silva, Sri Lanka

Aryeh Miller, USA

Awal Riyanto, Indonesia

Beate Pfau, Germany

Ben Croak, Australia

Bruno Camera, Brazil

Bruno Rocha, Brazil

Bryan Maritz, South Africa

Byron Wilson, Jamaica

Chad Montgomery, United States

Charlie Manolis, Australia

Chifundera Kusamba, DRC

Chris Jenkins, United States

Christian Toudonou, Benin

Christina Zdenek, Australia

Christine Strussmann, Brazil

Chris Jolly, Australia

Christopher Raxworthy, United States

Claudia Koch, Germany

Cristiano Nogueira, Brazil

Dale DeNardo, United States

Damian Lettoof, Australia

Damian Michael, Australia

Damien Esquerré, Australia

Daniel Jestrzemski, Germany

Daniel Natusch, New Zealand

Darren Pietersen, South Africa

David Barker, United States

David Gower, United Kingdom

David Holtzman, United States

David Slip, Australia

David Wilson, Australia

Diego Cisneros Heredia, Ecuador

Dustin Smith, United States

Edem Eniang, Nigeria

Emilio Buongermini, Paraguay

Eridani Mulder, Australia

Everton Miranda, Brazil

Evy Arida, Indonesia

Francisco Franco, Brazil

Francois Becker, Namibia

Francois Theart, Namibia

Frank Glaw, Germany

Gavin Bedford, Australia

Georgia Ward-Fear, Australia

Gerry Martin, India

Gnaneswar Ch, India

Gordon Burghardt, United States

Graham Alexander, South Africa

Graham Reynolds, United States

Hannah Madden, Netherlands

Harshil Patel, India

Hiral Naik+B52, South Africa

Hossein Nabizadeh, Iran

Ian Stephen, United Kingdom

Ivan Ineich, France

Javier Rodriguez, United States

Jdolia, India

Jeff Murray, United States

Jenny Daltry, United States

Jess Lyons, Australia

Jesus Rivas, United States

Johannes Els, United Arab Emirates

Johannes Penner, Germany

John Murphy, United States

Jose Louies, India

Jose Jesus Sigala Rodriguez, Mexico

Juan Draque, Argentina

Juliana Terra, Brazil

Justin Bernstein, United States (Regional Chair: East and Southeast Asia)

Kai Kolodziej, Austria

Kamal Devkota, Nepal

Kanishka Dimithra Bandara Ukuwela, Sri Lanka

Kidan Patanant, Saint Lucia

Klaus Ehrlich, Germany

Krystal Tolley, South Africa

Kusamba Chifundera, DR Congo

Lee Fitzgerald, United States

Lemuel Cromwell, Guyana

Lenn Isidore, Saint Lucia

Ligia Prado, Brazil

Luca Luiselli, Italy

Lucy Aquino, Paraguay

Marco Pani , Italy

Marco Suárez-Atilano, Mexico

Maria Elena Barragan-Paladines, Ecuador

Mariano Barros, Argentina

Mark O'Shea, United Kingdom

Markus Monzel, Germany

Martha Motte, Paraguay

Mary Ruth Low, Singapore

Matthew Greenlees, Australia

Mathias Loertscher, Switzerland

Matthias Jurczyk, Germany

Melissa Bruton, Australia (Regional Chair: Oceania)

Mendis Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka

Michael Lau, Hong Kong

Michael Saina, Germany

Michael Starkey, USA

Miguel García Bermudez, Puerto Rico

Miguel Vences, Germany

Mirza Kusrini, Indonesia

Mona van-Schingen-Khan, Germany

Mumpuni, Indonesia

Nikhil Whitaker, India

Nicolas Vidal, France

Nik Cole, United Kingdom

Obdulio Menghi, Argentina

Oliver Tallowin, United Kingdom

Patricio Micucci, Argentina

Patrick Aust, Zimbabwe

Paul Oliver, Australia

Paulo Passos, Brazil

Peter Tolson, United States

Phil Bowles, United Kingdom

Pier Cacciali, Paraguay

Pratyush Mohapatra, India

Raju Vyas, India

Ralf Horold, Germany

Ramesh Chinnasamy, India

Ranga Chamara, Sri Lanka

Renata Platenberg, United States (VI)

Rene Kohler, Germany

Richard Burger, United Kingdom

Richard Seigel, United States

Richard Shine, Australia

Robert Fisher, United States

Robert Henderson, United States

Robert Reed, United States

Romulus Whitaker, India

Ruchira Somaweera, Sri Lanka

Scott Boback, United States

Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Bangladesh

Simon Maddock, United Kingdom

Soham Mukherjee, India

Sonja Luz, Singapore

Stephen Spear, United States

Steve Gorzula, United States

Suranjan Karunarathna, Sri Lanka

Susan Koenig, Jamaica

Syahfitri Anita, Indonesia

Syarifah Khadiejah, Malaysia

Thomas Madsen, Australia

Tomas Waller, Argentina

Tom Charlton, United Kingdom

Tim Colston, United States

Timm Juul Jensen, Denmark

Thomas Lindner, Germany

Tomas Waller, Argentina

Umer Hafeez Goursi, United States

Victoria Lichtschein, Argentina

Vikash Tatayah, Mauritius

Vinay Udyawer, Australia

Walter Erdelen, Germany

Werner Conradie, South Africa

William Oduro, Ghana

Wolfgang Wuster, United Kingdom

Xavier Bonnet, France

Yang Jian Huan, China

Zhigang Jiang, China