Board

President

Vice President

Secretary-General

Treasurer

Past President

Li-Jia Qu

Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences
Peking University

Haidian District, Beijing 100871
P.R.China

qulj@pku.edu.cn

Sílvia Coimbra

Department of Biology
University of Porto

4169-007 Porto
Portugal 

scoimbra@fc.up.pt

Dolf Weijers

Biochemistry and Plant Development
University of Wageningen

6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands

dolf.weijers@wur.nl

Arp Schnittger

Department of Biology
University of Hamburg

22609 Hamburg
Germany

arp.schnittger@uni-hamburg.de

David Honys

Czech Academy of Science
Institute of Experimental Botany 

165 02 Prague 6 - Lysolaje
Czech Republic

david@ueb.cas.cz

 

Members of Executive Council (2026-2030)

Representative Americas

Representative Europe

Representative Asia

Communication Officer

Sharon A. Kessler

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Purdue University 

West Lafayette, IN 47907 
USA 

sakessler@purdue.edu

Lucia Colombo

Department of Biosciences
University of Milano

Via Celoria 26, Milano
Italy

Lucia.colombo@unimi.it

Minako Ueda

Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences
Tohoku University

980-8578 Sendai
Japan

minako.ueda.e7@tohoku.ac.jp

María Flores-Tornero

Department of Plant Biology
University of Valencia

46100 Burjassot (Valencia)
Spain 

maria.flores@uv.es

 

Past IASPRR Executive Board Members

(2022-2026)

  • President: David Honys, Institute of Experimental Botany (Czech Republic)
  • Vice President: Li-Jia Qu, Peking University (China)
  • Past President: Anja Geitmann, McGill University (Canada)
  • Secretary-General: Dolf Weijers, University of Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Treasurer: Arp Schnittger, University of Hamburg (Germany)
  • Representatives: Mark A. Johnson (USA), Sílvia Coimbra (EU) and Minako Ueda (Asia-Pacific)
  • Communication Officer: Daphne Goring, University of Toronto (Canada)

(2018-2022)

  • President: Anja Geitmann, McGill University (Canada)
  • Vice President: David Twell, University of Leicester (UK)
  • Past President: Tetsuya Higashiyama, University of Nagoya (Japan)
  • Secretary-General: Dolf Weijers, University of Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Treasurer: Stefanie Sprunck, University of Regensburg (Germany)
  • Representatives: Mark A. Johnson (USA), David Honys (EU) and Li-Jia Qu (Asia-Pacific)
  • Communication Officer: Daphne Goring, University of Toronto (Canada)

(2014-2018)

  • President: Tetsuya Higashiyama, University of Nagoya (Japan)
  • Vice President: Anja Geitmann, McGill University (Canada)
  • Past President: Thomas Dresselhaus, University of Regensburg (Germany)
  • Secretary-General: Dolf Weijers, University of Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Treasurer: Stefanie Sprunck, University of Regensburg (Germany)
  • Representatives: Alice Y. Cheung (USA), David Honys (EU) and Meng-Xiang Sun (Asia-Pacific)

(2010-2014)

  • President: Thomas Dresselhaus, University of Regensburg (Germany)
  • Vice President: Tetsuya Higashiyama, University of Nagoya (Japan)
  • Past President: Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma (USA)
  • Secretary-General: Noni Franklin-Tong, University of Birmingham (UK)
  • Treasurer: Stefanie Sprunck, University of Regensburg (Germany)
  • Representatives: Gary Drews (USA), Maria Helena S. Goldman (Brasil)

(2006-2010)

  • President: Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma (USA)
  • Vice President: Erhard Kranz, University of Hamburg (Germany)
  • Past President: Anna Koltunow, CSIRO, Adelaide (Australia)
  • Secretary-General: Ewa Szczuka and Maria Curie-Skodowska, University of Lublin (Poland)
  • Treasurer: Christian J. Keijzer, Agricultural University Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Representatives: Galina Titova (Russia), Rui Malho (Portugal)

(2002-2006)

  • President Anna Koltunow, CSIRO, Adelaide (Australia)
  • Vice President: Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma (USA)
  • Past President: Vipen Sawhney, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
  • Secretary-General: Ewa Szczuka and Maria Curie-Skodowska, University of Lublin (Poland)
  • Treasurer: Christian J. Keijzer, Agricultural University Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Representatives: Galina Titova (Russia), Yi-Qin Li (2002-04), Weicai Yang (2004-06) (China)

(1998-2002)

  • President: Vipen Sawhney, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
  • Vice President: David Mulcahy, University of Mass. at Amherst, (USA)
  • Past President: Mauro Cresti, University of Siena (Italy)
  • Secretary General: Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma (USA)
  • Treasurer: André van Lammeren, Agricultural University Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Representatives: Galina Titova (Russia), Yi-Qin Li (China)

(1994-1998)

  • President: Mauro Cresti, University of Siena (Italy)
  • Vice President: K.R. Shivanna University of Delhi (India)
  • Past President: R. Bruce Knox, University of Melbourne (Australia)
  • Secretary General and Treasurer: Michiel T.M. Willemse, Agricultural University Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Representatives: Tatayana Batygina (Russia), Josef Bednara (Poland), Stephen Blackmore (UK), Vito S. Polito (USA), F.H.Tang (China)

(1990-1994)

  • President: R. Bruce Knox, University of Melbourne (Australia)
  • Vice President: Mauro Cresti, University of Siena (Italy)
  • Secretary General and Treasurer: Michiel T.M. Willemse, Agricultural University Wageningen (The Netherlands)
  • Representatives: Tatayana Batygina (Russia), Josef Bednara (Poland), Stephen Blackmore (UK), Vito S. Polito (USA), David D. Cass (Canada), K.R. Shivanna (India)