TFTSG Membership
The TFTSG currently has 404 members from 62 nations.
(as of 1 December 2024)
(For global maps of where TFTSG members live, work or focus [2004-2008 Quadrennium data], click here)
Membership in the TFTSG is by invitation only, based on experience, expertise,
and leadership in freshwater turtle or tortoise conservation and/or biology.
Please contact Craig Stanford if you would like to be considered for TFTSG membership. We are especially interested in new members from nations under-represented in the membership, and who are focused on scientific research and/or conservation efforts for tortoises and/or freshwater turtles. We are always interested in new members with turtle and/or tortoise expertise and a passion for their conservation. Turtles are in serious trouble and need all the help they can get. If you feel that you are interested and would like to contribute to our work, please contact us. Although membership is considered an honor earned, it is also a responsibility to participate and to contribute actively to our turtle conservation efforts. We focus primarily on scientific evaluations of status and threats analysis, and help to catalyze conservation action, while avoiding non-scientific advocacy. For more detailed information on the work and activities of the TFTSG, see this link.
For a short history of the TFTSG and its former leadership, click here.
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TFTSG Executive Committee:
(Leadership for the 2020–2024 Quadrennium as of April 2022)
Craig B. Stanford (Chair TFTSG) [Send Email]
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Anders G.J. Rhodin (Chair Emeritus & Executive Vice Chair TFTSG, Co-Chair TCF) [Send Email]
Director, Chelonian Research Foundation, Arlington, VT, USA
Chair, Turtle Conservancy, Ojai, CA, USA
Peter Paul van Dijk (Deputy Chair TFTSG) [Send Email]
Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
Turtle Conservancy, Ojai, CA, USA
Rick Hudson (Deputy Chair TFTSG) [Send Email]
President, Turtle Survival Alliance, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Vivian P. Páez (Red List Coordinator TFTSG) [Send Email]
Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Brian D. Horne [Send Email]
Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA
Russell A. Mittermeier [Send Email]
Chief Conservation Officer, Re:wild, Austin, TX, USA
Past President, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA
Eric V. Goode [Send Email]
President & CEO, Turtle Conservancy, Ojai, CA, USA
Andrew Walde [Send Email]
Chief Operating Officer, Turtle Survival Alliance, Charleston, SC, USA
Gerald Kuchling [Send Email]
Chelonia Enterprises, Perth, WA, Australia
TFTSG Steering Committee and IUCN Red List Authority:
Craig B. Stanford, USA (Chair, Executive Committee)
Ernst H.W. Baard, South Africa
Kristin H. Berry, USA
Torsten E.G. Blanck, Austria
Kurt A. Buhlmann, USA
Indraneil Das, Malaysia
Carla Eisemberg, Australia & Brazil
Arthur Georges, Australia
J. Whitfield Gibbons, USA
Paul M. Gibbons, USA
Eric V. Goode, USA (Executive Committee)
Douglas B. Hendrie, Vietnam
Brian D. Horne, USA
Rick Hudson, USA (Deputy Chair, Executive Committee)
John B. Iverson, USA
Gerald Kuchling, Australia (Executive Committee)
Michael Lau, China
Dwight P. Lawson, USA
Jeffrey E. Lovich, USA
Luca Luiselli, Italy & Nigeria
Russell A. Mittermeier, USA (Executive Committee)
Vivian P. Páez, Colombia (Red List Coordinator, Executive Committee)
Hugh R. Quinn, USA
Herilala Randriamahazo, Madagascar
Anders G.J. Rhodin, USA (Chair Emeritus & Executive Vice Chair, Executive Committee)
H. Bradley Shaffer, USA
Dionysius S.K. Sharma, Malaysia
Shi Haitao, China
Peter Paul van Dijk, USA (Deputy Chair, Executive Committee)
Andrew Walde, USA (Executive Committee)
Regional Vice-Chairs, TFTSG
North America
Rosalinda Palomo-Ramos, Mexico
Will Selman, USA
Gamaliel Castañeda Gaytán, Mexico
Latin America
German Forero-Medina, Colombia
Vivian P. Páez, Colombia
Europe
Albert Bertolero, Spain
Gerardo Garcia, United Kingdom
Africa
Tomas Diagne, Senegal
Luca Luiselli, Italy & Nigeria
Ernst Baard, South Africa
Madagascar
Soary Randrianjafizanaka, Madagascar
Herilala Randriamahazo, Madagascar
South Asia
Caesar Rahman, Bangladesh
China
Shi Haitao, China
Gong Shiping, China
Southeast Asia
Kalyar Platt, Myanmar
Steve Platt, Myanmar
Joko Guntoro, Indonesia
Australia
Arthur Georges, Australia
Ricky Spencer, Australia
Current TFTSG Membership (2016-2025)
The following is a list of all TFTSG Members for the 2016-2020 IUCN Quadrennium, including Last Name, First Name, and Country of Residence. Non-members who wish to make contact with members or make enquiries pertinent to turtle conservation efforts by any of these members or in these areas may contact Craig Stanford for more information and referrals to the members.
All members of this TFTSG network of turtle specialists are available as appropriate to help provide commentary, expertise, consultation, and/or guidance to assist turtle conservation efforts or endeavors wherever needed. We will make every effort to meet all legitimate needs and to provide help or advice as necessary. We engage in scientific data-driven technical advice recommendations and do not engage in non-data-driven advocacy. Contact Craig Stanford for any questions.
Acebey, Sandra, Bolivia
Acuña-Mesén, Rafael A., Costa Rica
Ades, Gary W.J., China
Adhikhari, Sabin, Nepal
Aguirre Leon, Gustavo, Mexico
Ahsan, M. Farid, Bangladesh
Ainsley, Phil, Australia
Aisha, Hamera, Pakistan
Akre, Thomas S.B., USA
Alcalde, Leandro, Argentina
Allman, Phil, USA
Altherr, Sandra, Germany
Amepou, Yolarnie, Papua New Guinea
Anadon, Jose, USA
Anders, Ben, China
Angley, Jim, USA
Arakelyan, Marine, Armenia
Aresco, Matthew J., USA
Artner, Harald, Austria
Atkinson, Benjamin, USA
Attum, Omar, USA
Auliya, Mark A., Germany
Avery, Harold W., USA
Ayres, Cesar, Spain
Baard, Ernst H.W., South Africa
Baha El Din, Sherif, Egypt
Baker, Patrick J., USA
Banks, Chris B., Australia
Barrett, Heather, Belize
Baruah, Chittaranjan, India
Basyal, Chitra, Nepal
Batistella, Alexandre, Brazil
Baxter, Richard, Australia
Berry, Kristin H., USA
Bertolero, Albert, Spain
Bilbeisi, Abeer, Jordan
Bjorndal, Karen A., USA
Blanck, Torsten E.G., Austria
Bock, Brian C., Colombia
Bolton, Ryan M., Canada
Bonin, Franck, France
Bordes, Cédric, France
Bourquin, Ortwin, USA
Bower, Deborah, Australia
Briggs-Gonzalez, Venetia, Belize
Buhlmann, Kurt A., USA
Buley, Kevin R., New Zealand
Burke, Russell L., USA
Bury, R. Bruce, USA
Buskirk, James R., USA
Butler, Joseph A., USA
Byrne, Paul, USA
Cabrera, Mario, Argentina
Caccone, Adalgisa, USA
Cadi, Antoine, France
Calderón-Mandujano, Romel René, Mexico
Calle, Paul P., USA
Caporaso, Fredric, USA
Caron, Sebastien, France
Carr, John L., USA
Carstairs, Sue, USA
Carvajal, Pamela, Bolivia
Castañeda Gaytán, Gamaliel, Mexico
Castaño-Mora, Olga Victoria, Colombia
Castellano, Christina, USA
Ceballos, Claudia, Colombia
Chan, Eng-Heng, Malaysia
Chauhan, Rajeev, India
Chen, Pelf Nyok, Malaysia
Chen, Tien-Hsi, Taiwan
Choudhury, Binod Chandra, India
Clavijo-Baquet, Sabrina, Uruguay
Colli, Guarino, Brazil
Collins, David E., USA
Congdon, Justin D., USA
Conrad, Cyler Norman, USA
Conway-Gómez, Kristen, USA
Crews, David, USA
Crow, Paul, China
Cunha, Fabio, Brazil
Currylow, Andrea, USA
Das, Indraneil, Malaysia
D’Cruze, Neil, United Kingdom
de Bruin, Ron W.F., Netherlands
De Silva, Anslem, Sri Lanka
Deepak, Veerappan, India
Dharwadkar, Sneha, India
Diagne, Lamine, Senegal
Diagne, Tomas, Senegal
Diaz Beltran, Luis, Cuba
Diesmos, Arvin, Philippines
Dodd, C. Kenneth, Jr., USA
Doody, J. Sean, USA
Dreslik, Michael, USA
Drobenkov, Sergey, Belarus
Drummond, Gláucia Moreira, Brazil
Dupuis-Desormeaux, Marc, Canada
Durrant, Kane, Australia
Echeverry Alcendra, Andrea, Colombia
Eisemberg, Carla, Australia
Emmett, David, Cambodia
Enders, Steve, USA
Engstrom, Tag N., USA
Ennen, Joshua, USA
Estrades, Andrés, Uruguay
Ettmar, Stephan, Austria
Fachín-Terán, Augusto, Brazil
Fallabrino, Alejandro, Uruguay
Famelli, Shirley, Brazil
Fanazava, Rijasoa, Madagascar
Farkas, Balázs L., Hungary
Feisal, Alfian Herdi, Indonesia
Feldman, Mark L., New Zealand
Ferrara, Camila, Brazil
Ferreira Júnior, Paulo Dias, Brazil
Ferri, Vincenzo, Italy
Ferronato, Bruno de Oliveira, Australia
Fidenci, Pierre, USA
Fielder, Darren P., Australia
FitzSimmons, Nancy N., Australia
Flanagan, Joseph P., USA
Flores-Villela, Oscar A., Mexico
Fong, Jonathan J., USA
Fontijne, Wim, Netherlands
Fordham, Damien A., Australia
Forero-Medina, German, Colombia
Fornetti, Alessandro Nati, Italy
Frankel, Matthew G., USA
Franklin, Carl J., USA
Freeman, Alastair B., Australia
Freitas Córdova, Joao Diego, Peru
Freyer, Daniela, Germany
Fritz, Uwe, Germany
Gallego-García, Natalia, Colombia
Garcia, Gerardo, United Kingdom
Gawan, Saurav, India
Georges, Arthur, Australia
Gerlach, Justin, United Kingdom
Germano, David J., USA
Ghaffari, Hanyeh, Iran
Gibbons, J. Whitfield, USA
Gibbons, Paul M., USA
Gibbs, James P., USA
Gillingwater, Scott D., Canada
Gimenez Casalduero, Andres, Spain
Godwin, James C., USA
Gong Shiping, China
Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia, Mexico
Goode, Eric V., USA
Gracia Martinez, Eva, Spain
Gray, Jordan, USA
Griffioen, Christel, Cambodia
Griffiths, Owen L., Mauritius
Guntoro, Joko, Indonesia
Guyot Jackson, Ghislaine, USA
Gyawali, Kritagya, Nepal
Ha, Hoang, Vietnam
Hagen, Cris, USA
Hailey, Adrian, Trinidad & Tobago
Harapan, Try Surya, Indonesia
Harding, James H., USA
Heinrich, George L., USA
Hendrie, Douglas B., USA & Vietnam
Henen, Brian T., USA
Heng Sovannara, Cambodia
Hennig, Andreas S., Germany
Herman, Thomas B., Canada
Hernandez, Omar, Venezuela
Hidayat, Oki, Indonesia
Ho, Shawn, USA
Hodges, Kathryn M., Australia
Hollender, Ethan, USA
Holloway, Rohan, Australia
Holmstrom, William F., USA
Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Brazil
Horne, Brian D., USA
Horta, Gabriel de Freitas, Brazil
Howell, Hunter, USA
Howeth, Jennifer G., USA
Hu, Qiufei, China
Hudson, Rick, USA
Ihlow, Flora, Germany
Inchaustegui, Sixto J., Dominican Republic
Innis, Charles J., USA
Iskandar, Djoko T., Indonesia
Ivanchev, Ivo E., Bulgaria
Iverson, John B., USA
Jackson, Dale R., USA
Jacobson, Elliott R., USA
Janzen, Fredric J., USA
Jensen, Karen A., USA
Johnston, Gerald, USA
Jones, Michael T., USA
Jones, Robert L., USA
Juvik, James O., USA
Karraker, Nancy, USA
Kartik, Ajay, India
Kennett, Rod M., Australia
Kessler, Ethan, USA
Kiester, A. Ross, USA
Klerks, Mark, Netherlands
Kopecny, Libor, Czech Republic
Krishnasamy, Kanitha, Malaysia
Kubisch, Erika, Argentina
Kuchling, Gerald, Australia
Kundu, Shantanu, India
Kwok, Sharon, Hong Kong
Landrey, Chuck, USA
Lau, Michael, China
Lauritsen, Ann Marie, USA
Lawson, Dwight P., USA
Le, Minh, Vietnam
Lechowicz, Christopher J., USA
Le Duc, Olivier, Vietnam
Le Gal, Anne-Sophie, France
Lehr, Edgar, USA
Leone, Chris, USA
Leprince, Benjamin, France
Leuteritz, Thomas E.J., USA
Lewis, Richard E., Madagascar
Lieberman, Susan S., USA
Limbu, Nishan, Nepal
Limpus, Duncan J., Australia
Lindeman, Peter V., USA
Lipman, Alison, USA
Litzgus, Jacqueline D., Canada
Liu, James, USA
Liuzzo, Mirko, Italy
Loehr, Victor J.T., Netherlands
Lopez Luna, Marco, Mexico
Louis, Edward E., Jr., USA
Lovich, Jeffrey E., USA
Luiselli, Luca, Italy & Nigeria
Malik, Siti Nor Baizurah Abdul, Sabah, Malaysia
Mantziou, Georgia, Greece
Maran, Jérôme, France
Marlin, Jacob, Belize
Marques, Thiago, Brazil
Maurer, Max, USA
McCormack, Tim, Vietnam
McCaskill, Lonnie, USA
McCoy, Earl D., USA
McDiarmid, Roy W., USA
McGaugh, Suzanne E., USA
McGovern, Pearson, Senegal
Merchán Fornelino, Manuel, Spain
Merz, Stefan, Germany
Meshaka, Walter E., Jr., USA
Métrailler, Sébastien, Switzerland
Meylan, Peter A., USA
Michels, Jan, Germany
Mifsud, David, USA
Mittermeier, Russell A., USA
Mobaraki, Asghar, Iran
Moldowan, Patrick, Canada
Moler, Paul E., USA
Moll, Edward O., USA
Mortimer, Jeanne A., Seychelles
Mushinsky, Henry R., USA
Mwaya, Reginald T., Tanzania
Nickl, Sebastian, Germany
Nottebaert, Claude, France
Noureen, Uzma, Pakistan
Ogle, Michael, USA
Orenstein, Ronald I., Canada
Ota, Hidetoshi, Japan
Ottonello, Dario, Italy
Owens, Thomas C., USA
Paasikunnas, Timo, Finland
Páez, Vivian P., Colombia
Palomo-Ramos, Rosalinda, Mexico
Panda, Ashish, India
Pappas, Michael J., USA
Parham, James F., USA
Patra, Anweshan, India
Pauler, Waltraud, Germany
Pearse, Devon E., USA
Pedrono, Miguel, France
Perälä, Jarmo, Finland
Pezzuti, Juarez C.B., Brazil
Pfau, Beate, Germany
Pham, Thong, Vietnam
Pitt, Amber, USA
Platt, Kalyar, Myanmar
Platt, Steven G., Myanmar
Plummer, Michael V., USA
Poch, Santiago, Spain
Polisar, John, USA
Portelinha, Thiago Costa Gonçalves, Brazil
Poynter, Bradley, USA
Prowant, Lisa, USA
Pun, Shyam, Nepal
Purkayastha, Jayaditya, India
Quinn, Hugh R., USA
Rabbe, Md. Fazle, Bangladesh
Rafeliarisoa, Tsilavo H., Madagascar
Raffel, Martina, Germany
Rahman, Caesar Shariar, Bangladesh
Rakotoarisoa, Ny Aina Tiana, Madagascar
Ramy, Angelo M., Madagascar
Randriamahazo, Herilala J.A.R., Madagascar
Randrianjafizanaka, Soary, Madagascar
Rao, R.J., India
Raphael, Bonnie L., USA
Rashid, S.M.A., Bangladesh
Razafindrakoto, A. Léon, France
Reh, Borja, Spain
Rey Ortíz, Gustavo, Bolivia
Reyes Grajales, Eduardo, Mexico
Rhodin, Anders G.J., USA
Ricardez, Viviana, USA
Riedle, J. Daren, USA
Rioux Paquette, Sébastien, New Zealand
Riyanto, Awal, Indonesia
Rodrigues, Maurice, USA
Rollinson, Njal, Canada
Roosenburg, Willem M., USA
Rouot, Simon, France
Rueda-Almonacid, José Vicente, Colombia
Saeed, Khurram, Pakistan
Safi, Amtyaz, Pakistan
Sahoo, Subhashree, India
Sardari, Pourya, Canada
Saumure, Raymond A., USA
Salzberg, Allen S., USA
Schaffer, Jason R., Australia
Schilde, Maik, Germany
Schneeweiss, Norbert, Germany
Schoppe, Sabine, Philippines
Scibetta, Salvatore, USA
Scott, Norman J., Jr., USA
Seidel, Michael E., USA
Seigel, Richard A., USA
Selman, Will, USA
Seminoff, Jeffrey A., USA
Senneke, Darrell, USA
Shaffer, H. Bradley, USA
Sharma, Dionysius S.K., Malaysia
Shepherd, Chris R., Canada
Shi Haitao, China
Shoemaker, Kevin, USA
Shrestha, Ashmita, Nepal
Singh, Arunima, India
Singh, Shailendra, India
Skibsted, Michael, USA
Slavens, Frank, USA
Slimani, Tahar, Morocco
Smith, Lora L., USA
Som, Sitha, Cambodia
Souza, Franco L., Brazil
Spencer, Ricky, Australia
Spinks, Phillip Q., USA
Spotila, James R., USA
Stanek, Nathanael, USA
Stanford, Craig B., USA
Starkey, David E., USA
Stoner, Sarah, United Kingdom
Stuart, Bryan L., USA
Sumaila, Haruna Acheriga, Ghana
Sung Yik Hei, China
Swingland, Ian R., United Kingdom
Tabaka, Chris, USA
Talukdar, Animesh, India
Tapia, Washington, Ecuador
Taskavak, Ertan, Turkey
Thomas, R. Brent, USA
Thomson, Robert C., USA
Thomson, Scott, Australia
Tiana Rakotoarisoa, Ny Aina , Madagascar
Trauth, Stanley E., USA
Tuberville, Tracey D., USA
Tucker, John K., USA
Türkozan, Oguz, Turkey
Valenzuela, Nicole, USA
Vamberger, Melita, Germany
van Dijk, Peter Paul, USA
Van Dyke, James, Australia
Vargas-Ramirez, Mario A., Colombia
Vasudevan, Karthik, India
Velosoa, Juliette, Madagascar
Vetter, Holger, Germany
Villa, Robert, USA
Vinke, Sabine, Paraguay
Vinke, Thomas, Paraguay
Wagner, Philipp, Germany
Walde, Andrew, USA
Walker, Ryan C.J., United Kingdom
Walsh, Timothy J., USA
Walton, Elizabeth M., USA
Weissgold, Bruce J., USA
Wen Cheng, China
Whitaker, Nikhil, India
Wiguna, Arbi, Indonesia
Willey, Elizabeth, USA
Wilson, Dawn S., USA
Zadhoush, Behzad, Iran
Zaher, Hussam, Brazil
Zappalorti, Robert T., USA
Zeigler, F. William, USA
Zhang Fang, China
Zhou Ting, China
Zovickian, William H., USA
Zuffi, Marco A.L., Italy
Zug, George R., USA