Editor Shalva Barjadze
Shalva Barjadze
Head of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Research interests:

Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of aphids and collembolans; Biology, ecology and conservation of the cave dwelling invertebrates.

Read more
Research group member Eteri Maghradze
Eteri Maghradze
Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Research interests:

Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of the cave dwelling beetles (Carabidae, Curculionidae, Staphylinidae).

Read more
Research group member Tea arabuli
Tea arabuli
Associate Researcher, Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Research interests:

Biodiversity of Invertebrates (Acari: Oribatida, Tetranychoidea), Fauna and ecology of cave dwelling Invertebrate animals.

Read more
Research group member Zezva Asanidze
Zezva Asanidze
Researcher of the Institute of Ecology of Ilia State University.
Research interests:

Plant and animal ecology and diversity in Caucasus; Interdisciplinary studies.

Read more
Research group member Levan Mumladze
Levan Mumladze
Associate Professor at Ilia State University, Director of Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University.
Research interests:

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.

Read more
Research group member Ioseb Natradze
Ioseb Natradze
Assistant Researcher in the Vertebrate Animals scientific-research team of the Institute of Zoology of Ilia State University.
Research interests:

Bats, Large mammals, Species diversity, Ecology, Conservation, Management planning, Field Research and Monitoring.

Read more
Research group member Lado Shavadze
Lado Shavadze
Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Research interests:

Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of the cave dwelling isopods (Malacostraca, Isopoda).

Read more
Research group member Mariam Gogshelidze
Mariam Gogshelidze
Member of the invertebrates scientific-research team at Zoology Institute at Ilia State University.
Research interests:

Taxonomy, biodiversity and phylogeny of the cave dwelling false scorpions (Pseudoscorpionida).

Read more
Collaborator Dragan Antić
Dragan Antić

Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology.

Research interests:

Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and chemoecology of the Diplopoda and Chilopoda. Biospeleology.

Email: dragan.antic@bio.bg.ac.rs

Collaborator Stefano Taiti
Stefano Taiti

Associate Researcher, Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Florence, Italy.

Research interests:

Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, functional morphology and ecology of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Oniscidea).

Email: stefano.taiti@cnr.it

Collaborator Jochen Martens
Jochen Martens

Professor emeritus, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Research interests:

Harvestman taxonomy and evolution.

Email: martens@uni-mainz.de

Collaborator Juan A. Zaragoza
Juan A. Zaragoza

Retired. Honorific Collaborator Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

Research interests:

Taxonomy and biogeography of Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida).

Email: ja.zaragoza@ua.es

Collaborator Felipe Soto-Adames
Felipe Soto-Adames

Curator of Arthropods, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida, 32608, USA

Research interests:

Taxonomy and biodiversity of the springtails (Collembola).

Email: felipe.soto-adames@fdacs.gov

Collaborator Arnaud Faille
Arnaud Faille

Researcher, Curator of Coleoptera collection, Department Entomology, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany.

Research interests:

Taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, biogeography and conservation of endogean and cave beetles.

Email: arnaud.faille@smns-bw.de

Collaborator Peter Hlaváč
Peter Hlaváč

Associate researcher. Department of Entomology, National Museum, Natural History Museum, Praha, The Czech Republic.

Research interests:

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

Collaborator Iva Njunjić
Iva Njunjić

Director, Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, The Netherlands

Research interests:

Taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, conservation of the cave dwelling Leiodidae

Email: iva.enco@gmail.com

Collaborator Christo Deltshev
Christo Deltshev

Arachnology, taxonomy, zoogeography, biospeleology, biodiversity, conservation priorities of the invertebrates.

Research interests:

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

Collaborator Ilham Alekperov
Ilham Alekperov

Head of laboratory of Protozoology, curator of the collection of free-living ciliates and testate amoebae, Institute of Zoology, NAS of Azerbaijan.

Research interests:

Taxonomy and ecology of free-living Protozoa; bioassay at the cellular and population levels.

Email: i_alekperov@yahoo.com

Collaborator Ivan H. Tuf
Ivan H. Tuf

Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Research interests:

Taxonomy, behaviour and ecology of the centipedes (Chilopoda) and terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea).

Email: ivan.tuf@upol.cz

Collaborator Anton Brancelj
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

Research interests:

Taxonomy of Copepoda and Cladocera, speleobiology, limnology, groundwater ecology

Email: anton.brancelj@nib.si

Collaborator Dmitry Sidorov
Dmitry Sidorov

Researcher, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, FSC East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russian Federation.

Research interests:

Taxonomy and biodiversity of subterranean amphipods (Amphipoda).

Email: sidorov@biosoil.ru

Collaborator Alberto Sendra
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

Research interests:

Taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, biogeography and conservation of cave animals and their cave-ecosystem.

Email: alberto.sendra@uv.es

Collaborator Ľubomír Kováč
Ľubomír Kováč

Professor, head of the Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia.

Research interests:

Ecology, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution

Email: lubomir.kovac@upjs.sk

Collaborator Oleg Gorgadze
Oleg Gorgadze

Researcher, study of entomopathogens scientific research team leader, Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University.

Research interests:

Taxonomy, morphology and ecology of  entomopathogenic nematodes (Heterorhabditidae, Mermitidae, Steinernematidae).

Email: oleg.gorgadze@iliauni.edu.ge

Collaborator Csaba Csuzdi
Csaba Csuzdi

Professor of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary.

Research interests:

Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and ecology of earthworms.

Email: csaba.csuzdi@uni-eszterhazy.hu

Collaborator Clemens Grosser
Clemens Grosser

Independent researcher

Research interests:

Taxonomy and faunistics of leeches (Hirudinea)

Email: c.grosser@gmx.de

Collaborator Giacinta Angela Stocchino
Giacinta Angela Stocchino

Researcher, Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio, Università di Sassari,Via Muroni 25, I-07100, Sassari, Italy

Research interests:

Taxonomy, reproductive biology, karyology and biogeography of freshwater triclads (Tricladida)

Email: stocchin@uniss.it