Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Team

The BGE’s family comprises a large community of talented genomic science practitioners across Europe. You can see a small representation of them below.

Coordination team

Dimitris Koureas

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
BGE director

Pete Hollingsworth

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
BGE deputy director
(DNA barcoding stream)

Camila Mazzoni

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
BGE deputy director
(Genome sequencing stream)

Mara Lawniczak

Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genome Sequencing
Sequencing Pillar leader

Robert Waterhouse

University of Lausanne
BGE joint network activities coordinator

Claudio Ciofi

University of Florence

Roya Shokoohi

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Project manager

Andres Rivera

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Assistant project manager

Jose Alonso

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Communication team member

Pillar leaders

Pete Hollingsworth

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Barcoding Node Development (BIOSCAN Europe)

Camila Mazzoni

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Genome Node Development (ERGA)

Sarah Bourlat

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Barcoding Sampling pillar

Astrid Böhne

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Genome Sampling pillar

Mara Lawniczak

Wellcome Sanger Institute
Barcode Sequencing pillar

Mark Blaxter

Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genome Sequencing pillar

Jerry Lanfear

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (ELIXIR/EBI)
Barcoding Data and Data Infrastructure pillar

Katharina Heil

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (ELIXIR/EBI)
Genome Data and Data Infrastructure pillar

Pedro Beja

Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO)
Barcoding Applications pillar

Jose Melo Ferreira

Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO)
Genome Applications pillar

Work package leaders

Dimitris Koureas

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Management and Coordination

Pete Hollingsworth

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Barcoding Node Development
Communication and Engagement

Camila Mazzoni

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Genome Node Development

Torbjørn Ekrem

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Barcoding Sampling

Astrid Böhne

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Genome Sampling

Benjamin Wills Price

Natural History Museum, London
Barcode Sequencing

Mark Blaxter

Wellcome Sanger Institute
Genome Sequencing

Olga Vinnere Pettersson

SciLifeLab
Genome Sequencing

Rutger Vos

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Barcoding Data and Data Infrastructure

Katharina Heil

ELIXIR/EBI
Genome Data and Data Infrastructure

Brent Emerson

Spanish National Research Council
Barcoding Applications

Jose Melo Ferreira

Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources
Genome Applications

Robert Waterhouse

University of Lausanne
Joint Network Activities

Ana Casino

Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities
Policy and Ethics

Questions or remarks?

Contact

Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Darwinweg 2
2333 CR – Leiden
(The Netherlands)
info@biodiversitygenomics.eu

For media inquiries, please contact:
jose.alonso@naturalis.nl