Dipterists Society
An International Society for Dipterology
The Council for International Congresses of Dipterology is an Executive Committee of the Dipterists Society, The ICD Chairperson is an Officer of the Society, and the ICD Councilors are Auxiliary Officers, including a Vice-Chair and Secretary. Councilors are elected for a term of 8 years, with the possibility for a second term. Following are the current Councilors and their periods of service.
Ashley Kirk-Spriggs, ICD Chairperson
Senior Curator of Diptera
African Natural History Research Trust
Street Court, Kingsland
Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 9QA
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: ashley.kirk-spriggs@anhrt.org.uk
Interests: Systematics of Afrotropical Diptera (especially Curtonotidae), biogeography, bioinventory
Periods of service: Term 1 (2010-2018), Term 2 (2018-2027), as ICD Chairperson (2023-2027)
Daniel Bickel, ICD Councilor (Vice-Chair)
Entomology, Australian Museum
6 College Street
Sydney, NSW 2010
AUSTRALIA
E-mail: Dan.Bickel@austmus.gov.au
Interests: Systematics of Dolichopodidae and study of insect inclusions in Cape York amber
Periods of service: Term 1 (2010-2018), Term 2 (2018-2027), as Vice Chair (2018-2027)
John Midgley, ICD Councilor (Secretary)
Department of Natural Sciences
KwaZulu-Natal Museum
237 Jabu Ndlovu Street
Pietermaritzburg, 3200, KZN
SOUTH AFRICA
E-mail: jmidgley@nmsa.org.za
Interests: Afrotropical Diptera, Syrphidae, lower Brachycera, taxonomy and Diptera conservation
Periods of service: Term 1 (2023-2031), as Secretary (2023-current)
Dalton de Souza Amorim, ICD Councilor
Departamento de Biologia - Emeritus Professor
FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo
Av. Bandeirantes 3900
14.040-901 Ribeirão Preto, SP
BRAZIL
E-mail: dsamorim@usp.br
Interests: Lower dipteran taxonomy, homology, morphology, phylogenetic reconstruction, biogeography, Diptera evolution
Periods of service: Term 1 (2018-2027)
Yuchen Ang, ICD Councilor
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
National University of Singapore
2 Conservatory Drive, 117377
SINGAPORE
E-mail: nhmay@nus.edu.sg
Interests: Oriental Diptera, acalyptrate taxonomy, morphology, cybertaxonomy, largescale integrative taxonomy and dark taxa
Periods of service: Term 1 (2023-2031)
Xiaolin Chen, ICD Councilor
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution
Institute of Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100101
CHINA
E-mail: xlchen@ioz.ac.cn
Interests: Taxonomy and Systematics of Diptera (particularly Tephritidae, Platystomatidae, Ulidiidae and Agromyzidae); insect image automatic recognition
Periods of service: Term 1 (2018-2027)
Netta Dorchin, ICD Councilor
School of Zoology, the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801
ISRAEL
E-mail: ndorchin@tauex.tau.ac.il
Interests: Taxonomy, phylogeny and systematics (Cecidomyiidae), evolution and ecology of gall-inducing insects, weed and insect biocontrol
Periods of service: Term 1 (2018-2027)
Stephen Gaimari, ICD Councilor
Dipterists Society
P.O. Box 231113
Sacramento, California 95823
USA
E-mail: sgaimari@dipterists.org
Interests: Taxonomy and systematics of Lauxanioidea, Odiniidae, and other Acalyptratae, and Therevidae and other Asiloidea
Periods of service: Term 1 (2010-2018), Term 2 (2018-2027)
Jessica Gillung, ICD Councilor
Lyman Entomological Museum
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec H9X 3V9
CANADA
E-mail: jessica.gillung@mcgill.ca
Interests: Biodiversity science, lower Brachycera, macroevolution, phylogenomics, bioinformatics and pollination ecology
Periods of service: Term 1 (2023-2031)
Valery Korneyev, ICD Councilor
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv
UKRAINE
E-mail: valery.korneyev@gmail.com
Interests: Systematics of Tephritidae, Ulidiidae, Pyrgotidae and Ctenostylidae
Periods of service: Term 1 (2014-2023), Term 2 (2023-2031)
Kazuhiro Masunaga, ICD Councilor
Lake Biwa Museum
1091 Oroshimo
Kusatsu
Shiga 525-0001
JAPAN
E-mail: masunaga-kazuhiro@biwahaku.jp
Interests: Systematics and biogeography of Dolichopodidae
Periods of service: Term 1 (2014-2023), Term 2 (2023-2031)
Erica McAlister, ICD Councilor
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London SW7 5BD
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: e.mcalister@nhm.ac.uk
Interests: Culicidae, Mycetophilidae and Lower Brachycera
Periods of service: Term 1 (2014-2023), Term 2 (2023-2031)
Ximo Mengual, ICD Councilor
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels
Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn
GERMANY
E-mail: x.mengual@leibniz-lib.de
Interests: Ecology, biology, systematics and taxonomy of Syrphidae, phylogenetics and phylogenomics
Periods of service: Term 1 (2023-2031)
Sarah Oliveira, ICD Councilor
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB 1)
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Avenida Esperança, s/n, Campus Samambaia, CEP 74.690-900
Goiânia, Goiás
BRASIL
E-mail: oliveira.sarahcv@gmail.com
Interests: Neotropical Diptera, Bibionomorpha, Mycetophilidae, taxonomy, phylogeny and Diptera surveys
Periods of service: Term 1 (2023-2031)
Jeffrey Skevington, ICD Councilor
Carleton University
Department of Biology
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
CANADA
E-mail: jhskevington@gmail.com
Interests: Systematics of Syrphidae, Pipunculidae and Conopidae
Periods of service: Term 1 (2018-2027)