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1 IAP SPEEDY OVERVIEW OF COLLABORATORS KU Leuven Aquatic, Evolution & Conservation research group of Luc De Meester Luc DE MEESTER Caroline SOUFFREAU Carla DENIS Kristien BRANS Jessie ENGELEN Toshiro HANASHIRO PI Post-doc Technician PhD-student PhD-student PhD-student Aquatic & & Field/lab/DNA Population genetics & ITV (Zooplankton) (Bacterioplankt) (Zooplankton) (Zooplankton) (Bacterioplankt) Andros GIANUCA PhD-student (Zooplankton) KU Leuven Aquatic, Evolution & Conservation research group of Robby Stoks Robby STOKS Lin OP DE BEECK Nedim TÜZÜN PI PhD-student PhD-student Aquatic & Sexual selection Stress Evolution (Damselflies) (Damselflies) (Damselflies) 1

2 KU Leuven Biodiversity and Genomics research group of Filip Volckaert Filip VOLCKAERT Joost RAEYMAEKERS Anurag CHATURVEDI PI Post-doc PhD-student biology Ecological speciation genomics (Fish) (Fish) (Fish) KU Leuven Plant Conservation and Population Biology research group of Olivier Honnay Olivier HONNAY Veronika MARTINOVA Jacek BARTLEWICZ PI PhD-student PhD-student Conservation biology Microbial Population genetics & Microbial (Plants) (Ectomycorrhiza) (Plants) KU Leuven Aquatic, Evolution & Conservation research group of Ellen Decaestecker (Kulak) Ellen DECAESTECKER Lien REYSERHOVE Martijn CALLENS Emilie MACKE PI PhD-student PhD-student Post-doc Daphnia parasites & microbiota Daphnia parasites Daphnia microbiota Daphnia microbiota (Zooplankton) (Zooplankton) (Zooplankton) (Zooplankton) 2

3 UCL Behavioural & Conservation Group (Earth & Life Institute) research group of Hans Van Dyck Hans VAN DYCK Thomas MERCKX Aurélien KAISER PI Post-doc PhD-student Behavioural Behavioural & & Conservation Conservation Behavioural & Conservation (mainly insects) (Moths, butterflies & grasshoppers) (Butterflies) UGent Terrestrial Unit research group of Luc Lens & Dries Bonte Luc LENS Dries BONTE Liesbeth DE NEVE VAN BELLEGHEM Aimeric TEYSSIER Noraine HUDIN PI PI Post-doc Post-doc PhD-student PhD-student Avian & Spatial & Behavioural Evolution & genomics Host-parasite interactions Nutritional (Birds) (Arthropods) (Birds) (Birds) (Bird microbiota) (Birds) Lieze ROUFFAER Jasmijn HILLAERT Adriana ALZATE Pieter VANTIEGHEM Hans MATHEVE Graeme RYCYK PhD-student PhD-student PhD-student Technician Technician Technician Wildlife disease and microbiota (Bird pathogens) Bird & arthropod sampling GIS & bird sampling Arthropod identification Meta-community modelling (Plant-arthropod interactions) Meta-community context of (Arthropods) 3

4 UGent Protistology & Aquatic research group of Wim Vyverman Wim VYVERMAN Pieter VANORMELINGEN Jeroen VANWICHELEN PI Post-doc Technician Aquatic and and population genetics (Phytoplankton) (Phytoplankton) (Phytoplankton) U Antwerpen Group Erik Matthysen Erik MATTHYSEN Diederik STRUBBE Lisa FURU BAARDSEN Joris ELST Raoul VAN OOSTEN Dieter HEYLEN PI Post-doc PhD student Technician PhD-student Post-doc Ecological Field work Distribution models (Birds, arthropods) & Disease (Birds) (Nest arthropods) (Birds) (Ticks) (Ticks, Borrelia) Frank ADRIAENSEN Aimeric TEYSSIER Technician Database management, GIS, fieldwork (Birds) PhD student (jointly with UGent) (Birds) 4

5 RBINS Frederik HENDRICKX Thierry BACKELJAU Isabelle SCHÖN Koen MARTENS Maud QUINZIN Katrien DE WOLF PI PI PI PI Post-doc PhD-student Population Phylogeny, Population Genomics genetics,, genetics, phylogeny, distribution mapping, genomics and community (Beetles) (Snails and slugs) (Ostracods) (Ostracods) (Snails, Ostracods) (Beetles) Rose SABLON Chantal VANNIEUWEN -HOVEN Carl VANGESTEL Karin BREUGHELMANS VANBELLEGHEM Scientific staff Technician Post-doc Scientific staff PhD-student Sampling, identification, Sampling, sample sorting Ecological genomics, Genetics Ecological genomics, bioinformatics bioinformatics (Snails) (Insects, spiders) (Insects, birds) (Snails) (Beetles) INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS Justin Pedro Diego TRAVIS PERES-NETO FONTANETO DECLERCK (Univ Aberdeen) (UQAM) (CNR) (NIOO-KNAW) PI PI PI PI Modelling of population and ary dynamics Taxonomy, community, population genetics Metacommunity analysis (Aq. organisms) (Bdelloid rotifers) (Zooplankton) 5

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