The International Microbiology Literacy Initiative

A Global Council

Our Council Around the World

Council members work from universities and institutes on 4 continents. Hover a pin to meet a member, or click it to zoom in.

17Members
13Countries
4Continents

Pins are placed at each member's city. The glowing lines show our connected network.

GermanyIndiaFranceCosta RicaUnited KingdomUSAIsraelItalyUruguaySpainDenmarkAustraliaChina
Meet the Council

Our Distinguished Council

Meet the brilliant minds leading microbiology research and education worldwide

Kenneth Timmis

Kenneth Timmis

CHAIR
Institute of Microbiology, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

Juan Luis Ramos

Juan Luis Ramos

CHIEF
CSIC,Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada, Spain

Rup Lal

Rup Lal

CO-CHAIR
INSA Senior Scientist, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India

Puri Lopez

Puri Lopez

CO-CHAIR
CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris-Saclay

Max Chavarria

Max Chavarria

University of Costa Rica & National Center for Biotechnological Innovaciones (CENIBiot)

Terence J McGenity

McGenity, Terence J

University of Essex, UK

Max Häggblom

Max Häggblom

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

Omry Koren

Omry Koren

Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University

Eliora Z. Ron

Eliora Z. Ron, PhD

Professor of Microbiology, The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Carla Pruzzo

Carla Pruzzo

Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy. "Retired"

Paola Scavone

Paola Scavone

Laboratorio de Biofilms Microbianos, Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay

Maria Francisca Colom Valiente

Maria Francisca Colom Valiente

Associate Professor Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Miguel Hernandez, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Spain

Pablo Iván Nikel

Prof. Pablo Iván Nikel

Chair of Synthetic Bacterial Metabolism, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark

Chris Greening

Chris Greening

Monash University, Department of Microbiology / Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash BDI Global Change Program: Health in a Changing World, Clayton, Australia

Wei Huang

Wei Huang

University of Oxford PI of Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research,China

XIAOLEI WU

Xiaolei

Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University Dean, National Wetland Conservation and Restoration Technology Center

Fenping Wang

Fenping Wang

International Center for Deep Life Investigation (ICDLI), School of Oceanography, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, P.R.China