Shalva Barjadze
Head of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of aphids and collembolans; Biology, ecology and conservation of the cave dwelling invertebrates.
Eteri Maghradze
Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of the cave dwelling beetles (Carabidae, Curculionidae, Staphylinidae).
Tea arabuli
Associate Researcher, Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Biodiversity of Invertebrates (Acari: Oribatida, Tetranychoidea), Fauna and ecology of cave dwelling Invertebrate animals.
Zezva Asanidze
Researcher of the Institute of Ecology of Ilia State University.
Plant and animal ecology and diversity in Caucasus; Interdisciplinary studies.
Levan Mumladze
Associate Professor at Ilia State University, Director of Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University.
Animal diversity, distribution and community composition. Based on a model taxa (molluscs, mites, several taxa of arthropods, fishes) identification of biodiversity patterns and structuring mechanisms, interspecific relationships, biogeography and phylogeography in the Caucausus biodiversity hotspot. One of the main direction of research is the inventory of invertebrate animal diversity in south Caucasus region.
Ioseb Natradze
Assistant Researcher in the Vertebrate Animals scientific-research team of the Institute of Zoology of Ilia State University.
Bats, Large mammals, Species diversity, Ecology, Conservation, Management planning, Field Research and Monitoring.
Lado Shavadze
Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of the cave dwelling isopods (Malacostraca, Isopoda).
Mariam Gogshelidze
Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of the cave dwelling false scorpions (Pseudoscorpionida).
Dragan Antić
Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology.
Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and chemoecology of the Diplopoda and Chilopoda. Biospeleology.
Email: dragan.antic@bio.bg.ac.rs
Stefano Taiti
Associate Researcher, Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Florence, Italy.
Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, functional morphology and ecology of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Oniscidea).
Email: stefano.taiti@cnr.it
Jochen Martens
Professor emeritus, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Harvestman taxonomy and evolution.
Email: martens@uni-mainz.de
Juan A. Zaragoza
Retired. Honorific Collaborator Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Taxonomy and biogeography of Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida).
Email: ja.zaragoza@ua.es
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Felipe Soto-Adames
Curator of Arthropods, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, 32608, USA
Taxonomy and biodiversity of the springtails (Collembola).
Email: felipe.soto-adames@fdacs.gov
Arnaud Faille
Researcher, Curator of Coleoptera collection, Department Entomology, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany.
Taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, biogeography and conservation of endogean and cave beetles.
Email: arnaud.faille@smns-bw.de
Peter Hlaváč
Associate researcher. Department of Entomology, National Museum, Natural History Museum, Praha, The Czech Republic.
Taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of cave, soil and litter dwelling Staphylinidae (Pselaphinae, Scydmaeninae, Omaliinae), Leiodidae (tribe Leptodirini) and Curculionidae (tribes Typoderini and Raymondionymini).
Email: peterclaviger@gmail.com
Iva Njunjić
Director, Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, The Netherlands
Taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, conservation of the cave dwelling Leiodidae
Email: iva.enco@gmail.com
Christo Deltshev
Arachnology, taxonomy, zoogeography, biospeleology, biodiversity, conservation priorities of the invertebrates.
Retired as Head of the Department “Taxonomy, Faunistic and Zoogeography” of Institute of Zoology (Now: Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research) (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Sofia, Bulgaria.
Email: deltshev@gmail.com
Ilham Alekperov
Head of laboratory of Protozoology, curator of the collection of free-living ciliates and testate amoebae, Institute of Zoology, NAS of Azerbaijan.
Taxonomy and ecology of free-living Protozoa; bioassay at the cellular and population levels.
Email: i_alekperov@yahoo.com
Ivan H. Tuf
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Taxonomy, behaviour and ecology of the centipedes (Chilopoda) and terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea).
Email: ivan.tuf@upol.cz
Anton Brancelj
Senior researcher, Department for Ecosystems and Organisms Research, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia & Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Taxonomy of Copepoda and Cladocera, speleobiology, limnology, groundwater ecology
Email: anton.brancelj@nib.si
Dmitry Sidorov
Researcher, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, FSC East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
Taxonomy and biodiversity of subterranean amphipods (Amphipoda).
Email: sidorov@biosoil.ru
Alberto Sendra
Honorific professor of the Grupo de Investigación de Biología del Suelo y de los Ecosistemas Subterráneos, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, biogeography and conservation of cave animals and their cave-ecosystem.
Email: alberto.sendra@uv.es
Ľubomír Kováč
Professor, head of the Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia.
Ecology, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution
Email: lubomir.kovac@upjs.sk
Oleg Gorgadze
Researcher, study of entomopathogens scientific research team leader, Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University.
Taxonomy, morphology and ecology of entomopathogenic nematodes (Heterorhabditidae, Mermitidae, Steinernematidae).
Email: oleg.gorgadze@iliauni.edu.ge
Csaba Csuzdi
Professor of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary.
Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and ecology of earthworms.
Email: csaba.csuzdi@uni-eszterhazy.hu
Clemens Grosser
Independent researcher
Taxonomy and faunistics of leeches (Hirudinea)
Email: c.grosser@gmx.de
Giacinta Angela Stocchino
Researcher, Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio, Università di Sassari,Via Muroni 25, I-07100, Sassari, Italy
Taxonomy, reproductive biology, karyology and biogeography of freshwater triclads (Tricladida)
Email: stocchin@uniss.it