Local Organising Committee ECCB 2026
Krijn Trimbos (chair)
Institute of Environmental Sciences- Leiden University (CML-LU)
Femke Broekhuis
Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Barbara Gravendeel
Hortus botanicus Leiden-Leiden University (LU)
Alena Gsell
Institute of Environmental Sciences- Leiden University (CML-LU)
Ester Segers
Institute of Environmental Sciences- Leiden University (CML-LU)
Geert de Snoo
Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen (KNAW)
Ciska Veen
Netherlands Institute of Ecology – Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (NIOO-KNAW)
Scientific Committee ECCB 2026
Peter van Bodegom (chair)
Professor of Environmental Biology and Circular Horticultural Systems, Institute of Environmental Sciences – Leiden University (CML-LU), The Netherlands
Kati Vassiliki (co-chair)
Biodiversity Conservation Lab, University of Ioannina; Greece
Kat Stewart
Associate professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences- Leiden University (CML-LU), The Netherlands
Emily Strange
Assistant professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences- Leiden University (CML-LU), The Netherlands
John Piccolo
Professor, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Karlstad University, Sweden
Laura Bosco
President Board, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Finnish Museum of Natural History, Finland
Michelle Henley
Secretary Board, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Arash Ghoddousi
Treasurer, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
Ewa Orlikowska
Member-at-Large, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Karlstad University,Sweden
Jenny Glikman
Member-at-Large, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados, Spain
Ilse Markensteijn
Projectmanager, Institute of Environmental Sciences- Leiden University (CML-LU),The Netherlands
Steering Committee
Krijn Trimbos – Chair
Institute of Environmental Sciences (Leiden University)
Emma Marjakangas – Co-chair
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Econovo Aarhus
Ewa Orlikowska
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Karlstad University
Stephen Venn
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
Jenny Glikman
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados
Katalin Pap
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
Laura Bosco
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Finnish Museum of Natural History
Petr Zasadil
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
DEIJ Officers
Emma-Liina Marjakangas
SCB Europe Region Board Member and DEIJ Officer.
emma.marjakangas@bio.au.dk
Ester Segers
Coordinator Institute of Environmental Sciences- Leiden University (CML-LU) and DEIJ Officer.
e.t.i.segers@cml.leidenuniv.nl