Steering Committee

The GLEON Steering Committee includes representatives of the network’s membership who make collective decisions on matters relating to the network. Steering Committee members are nominated by all GLEON members and elected by the committee.

Steering Committee Co-chairs

  • Rafa Marcé, Blanes Center for Advanced Studies (CEAB), Spain (2022 –  )
  • Catherine O’Reilly, Lake Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth, United States – (2026 – )

Steering Committee Members

  • Ludmila Brighenti, Minas Gerais State Unverisity (UEMG)
  • Ali Ger, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil
  • Ted Harris, Kansas Biological Survey, United States
  • Benjamin Kraemer, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Germany
  • Jorrit Mesman, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Mindy Morales-Williams, University of Vermont, United States
  • Kati Patonai, University of Montreal
  • Arianto Santoso, BRIN (National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia), Indonesia
  • Lorena Silva, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and University of Missouri-Columbia, United States
  • Man Xiao, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, China
  • Guangwei Zhu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Michael Meyer, USGS, Rachel Pilla, Oak Ridge Lab, and Rosie Chapina, University of Vermont (GLEON Committee on inClusive Collaboration Representative)
  • Kirsty Forbes, Bangor University, and Lisa Morales, University of Geneva (GLEON Student Association Representatives)
  • Camille Minaudo, University of Bacelona, and Freya Olsson, Radboud University (GLEON Post-student Association Representatives)

Emeritus Co-Chairs of the GLEON Steering Committee

  • Lisette de Senerpont Domis, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Netherlands
  • Bas Ibelings, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Paul Hanson, University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology, United States
  • Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and Lake Sunapee Protective Association, United States
  • Tim Kratz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

GLEON Coordinator

  • Lisa Borre, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, United States

Committees & Task Forces

GLEON committees and task forces are chaired by Steering Committee members and populated by both Steering Committee members and any other interested GLEON members. If you are interested in joining a task force, please contact the current co-chairs.

The current task forces are:

  • Strategy
  • Website and communications
  • Recruitment and membership
  • Meetings and working groups