Officers
Election process
The members of the Executive Council serve the WAC in formulating policy and in facilitating communication among the members. Any member of the WAC is eligible to serve on the Executive Council. Elections are held during the WAC business meeting at the triennial International Conferences on Copepoda (ICOC). It is not necessary for the candidates to be personally present at the ICOC, but it has traditionally been the case that candidates
commit, as far as possible, to participate in ICOCs during their periods in office. Normally all the officers (President, Vice-President, General Secretary, and Treasurer) and several of
the Council Members stand for election or re-election at each business meeting. A new election will take place during the upcoming International Conference on Copepoda. Details on the nomination
process will be given when appropriate.
Executive Council of the WAC
2022–2024
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT (Job Description)
Hans G. Dam
University of Connecticut
U.S.A.
hans.dam@uconn.edu
PAST-PRESIDENT
Diana M.P. Galassi
University of L'Aquila
Italy
dianamariapaola.galassi@univaq.it
VICE-PRESIDENT
Mark Ohman
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
U.S.A.
mohman@ucsd.edu
GENERAL SECRETARY
Leocadio Blanco Bercial
BIOS - Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Bermuda
leocadio@bios.edu
TREASURER (Job Description)
T. Chad Walter
Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center
U.S.A.
walterc@si.edu
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Grace Wyngaard
James Madison University
U.S.A.
wyngaaga@jmu.edu
Rony Huys
Natural History Museum, London
United Kingdom
r.huys@nhm.ac.uk
Alexandra Savchenko
Moscow State University
Russia
as.savchenko1@gmail.com
James P. Bernot
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
U.S.A.
bernotj@si.edu
Iole Di Capua
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples
Italy
iole.dicapua@szn.it
Atshushi Yagamuchi
Hokkaido University
Japan
a-yama@fish.hokudai.ac.jp
LOCAL SECRETARY
Susumu Ohtsuka
Hiroshima University
Japan
ohtsuka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Appointed Positions
WEBMASTER
Julianne Kalman Passarelli
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
U.S.A.
julianne.passarelli@lacity.org
AUDITORS
Grace Wyngaard
James Madison University
U.S.A
wyngaarda@jmu.edu
Susan M. Dippenaar
University of Limpopo
South Africa
susan.dippenaar@ul.ac.za
Past Officers
FOUNDER PRESIDENT
Zbigniew Kabata: 1984-1987
PRESIDENT
Jan Stock: 1987-1990
Arthur Humes: 1990-1993
Gus Paffenhofer: 1993-1996
Ju-shey Ho: 1996-1999
Geoff Boxshall: 1999-2002
H. Kurt Schminke: 2002-2005
Shin-ichi Uye: 2005-2008
Janet Bradford-Grieve: 2008-2011
Rony Huys: 2011-2014
Eduardo Suárez-Morales: 2014-2017
Diana M.P. Galassi: 2017-2022
Hans G. Dam: 2022-present
PAST-PRESIDENT
Geoff Boxshall: 2002-2005
H. Kurt Schminke: 2005-2008
Shin-ichi Uye: 2008-2011
Janet Bradford-Grieve: 2011-2014
Rony Huys: 2014-2017
Eduardo Suárez-Morales: 2017-2022
Diana M.P. Galassi: 2022-present
VICE-PRESIDENT
John Wells: 1987-1990
Geoff Boxshall: 1990-1993
Ju-shey Ho: 1993-1996
Adriana Ianora: 1996-1999
Janet Reid: 1999-2002
Shin-ichi Uye: 2002-2005
Jefferson Turner: 2005-2008
Rony Huys: 2008-2011
Jiang-Shiou Hwang: 2011-2014
Diana M.P. Galassi: 2014-2017
Julianne Kalman Passarelli: 2017-2022
Mark Ohman: 2022-present
GENERAL SECRETARY
Chris Corkett: 1987-1993
Janet Reid: 1993-1996
Eduardo Suarez Morales: 1996-2014
Hans G. Dam: 2014-2022
Leocadio Blanco Bercial: 2022-present
TREASURER
Gerd Schriever: 1987-1996
John Fornshell: 1996-2008
T. Chad Walter: 2008-present
EDITOR OF MONOCULUS
Kurt Schminke: 1980-1993
Hans Dahms: 1993-2002
Janet W. Reid: 2002-2011
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Moshe Gophen: 1987-1990
Ju-shey Ho: 1987-1990, 1990-1993
Kurt Schminke: 1987-1990
Chang-tai Shih: 1987-1990
Shin-ichi Uye: 1990-1993, 1993-1996
Jack Greenwood: 1990-1993, 1993-1996
Frank Ferrari: 1990-1993, 1993-1996
Ruth Boettger Schnack: 1993-1996, 1996-1999
Shuhei Nishida: 1996-1999
Grace Wyngaard: 1996-2002
Susumu Ohtsuka: 1999-2002
Rubens Lopes: 1999-2005
Rony Huys: 1996-2002
Jefferson Turner: 2002-2005
Jiang-Shiou Hwang: 2002-2005, 2005-2008
Janet Bradford-Grieve: 2005-2008
Gaelë Dur: 2005-2008
Mark Ohman: 2005-2008
Sami Souissi: 2005-2008
Victor Alekseev: 2008-2011
La-orsri Sanoamuang: 2008-2011
James Bron: 2011-2014
Susan M. Dippenaar: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Danny Tang: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Anton Brancelj: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Samuel Gomez: 2011-2014, 2014-2017
Kanghyun Lee: 2014-2017
Ho Young Soh: 2014-2017, 2017-2022
Daisuke Uyeno: 2014-2017, 2017-2022
Susumu Ohtsuka: 2017-2022
Leocadio Blanco Bercial: 2017-2022
Nancy F. Mercado-Salas: 2017-2022
Grace Wyngaard: 2017-2022, 2022-present
Rony Huys: 2022-present
Alexandra Savchenko: 2022-present
James P. Bernot: 2022-present
Iole Di Capua: 2022-present
Atshushi Yagamuchi: 2022-present
WEBMASTER
Rubens M. Lopes: 2002-2009
Pedro Martínez-Arbizu: 2011-2022
Julianne Kalman Passarelli: 2022-present