Invited Lecturers

Prof. Eric W. Triplett (University of Florida)
Specialized fields: Freshwater microbiology. Bacterial diversity and controls. ARISA and T-RFLP methodology.

Prof. Nelson Hairston (Cornell University)
Specialized fields: The interaction between microevolutionary, population, community, and ecosystem processes in inland-water organisms, especially zooplankton.

Prof. James Elser (Arizona State University)
Specialized fields: Ecological stochiometry. Integration of ecosystems science and evolutionary biology.

Prof. Andrew Hendry (McGill University)
Specialized fields: The interaction between ecological and evolutionary processes. Both theoretical and experimental approaches to the roles of natural selection, gene flow and human disturbances on macroevolution.

Prof. Elena Litchman (Michigan State University)
Specialized fields: Aquatic ecology, community ecology and biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton.

Prof. Luc De Meester (K. U. Leuven)
Specialized fields: Evolutionary ecology, Micro-evolutionary responses to natural and human-induced stress, biodiversity, metapopulation biology and conservation.

Dr. Carsten Schubert (Eawag)
Specialized fields: Isotopic and organic geochemical investigations in respect to the cycling of nutrients and the preservation of organic matter in aquatic sediments.