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Organization chart

Founder members

The founder members participated to the foundation of the WBA to the Museum of Natural History of Verona, October 4th, 2004.

Founder members

DANIELE AVESANI
Naturalist, hydrobiologist

CESARE BELLÓ
Entomologist, Company manager

GIANFRANCO CAODURO
Forester, biospeleologist

ANDREA CERADINI
Veterinarian, speleologist

DAVID JOHN HOSKING
Geologist, archeologist

GIULIANO LAZZARIN
Forester, botanist

GIOVANNI ONORE
Entomologist, marianist friar

NICOLA ROVETTI
Educator, photographer

Founder members

DANIELE AVESANI
Naturalist, hydrobiologist

GIANFRANCO CAODURO
Forester, biospeleologist

DAVID JOHN HOSKING
Geologist, archeologist

GIOVANNI ONORE
Entomologist, marianist friar

CESARE BELLÓ
Entomologist, Company manager

ANDREA CERADINI
Veterinarian, speleologist

GIULIANO LAZZARIN
Forester, botanist

NICOLA ROVETTI
Educator, photographer

Scientific committee

The WBA Scientific Committee is a statutory expert body constituted by experts nominated by the WBA Directing Council. The members of the Scientific Committee are elected for a three year term and they are re-eligible. For the triennium 2014-2016 the WBA Scientific Committee is formed by the following experts:

Scientific committee members

Barrientos-Lozano Ludivina
Professor of Zoology, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria (México).

Daccordi Mauro
Ex-curator of Zoology, Museum of Natural History of Verona and Museum of Natural Sciences of Torino; entomologist, specialist on Coleoptera Crisomelidae.

Guidolin Laura
Professor of Zoogeography, Department of Biology, University of Padova.

Massa Bruno
Professor of Agrarian Entomology and Bodiversity, University of Palermo.

Osella Giuseppe
Professor of Zoology, Director of Department of Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila; specialist on Coleoptera Curculionidae.

Roig Fidel Alejandro
Professor of Dendrochronology, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina) and Universidade de São Paulo (Brasil).

Tretiach Mauro
Professor of Botany, Department of Biology, University of Trieste. President of the Società Lichenologica Italiana.

Casale Achille
Professor of Zoology, Department of Biology and Biological Anthropology, University of Sassari.

Giachino Pier Mauro
Coordinator of the Scientific Committee. Manager of the Phytosanitary Sector, Regione Piemonte; entomologist, specialist on Coleoptera Carabidae and Cholevidae.

Kleukers Roy
Curator of Entomology, Nationa Museum of Natural History of Leiden (Holland). Responsible for Holland of the European Invertebrate Survey.

Onore Giovanni
Professor of Zoology, Director of the Museum of Zoology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador; specialist on Coleoptera Scarabeidae.

Peck Stewart
Professor of the Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada).

Salgado Costas Josè Maria
Josè Maria Professor of Entomology, Department of Animal Biology, University of Leon (Spain).

Vailati Dante
Ex-curator of Zoology, Museum of Natural History of Brescia; entomologist, specialist on Coleoptera Cholevidae.

Directing council

The WBA Directing Council is elected by the WBA Assembly every three years; it is composed by three to nine councillors. For the triennium 2020-2022 the following members have been elected councillors:

Directing council members