About The IBA
Brief History of the International Bryozoology Association
This organisation was formed by a small group back in 1968 to encourage research and promote an exchange of ideas on the Bryozoa. Since its foundation it has grown into an association numbering some 200 members world-wide, and covering both the fields of palaeontology and zoology.
Every three years the IBA runs an international conference from which papers are published as a proceedings volume. These books have become definitive works within the field of bryozoology owing to the scope and strength in depth of the articles.
View the Constitution for the IBA
Objectives of the IBA
The objectives of the International Bryozoology Association are:
- to encourage research on Bryozoa and stimulate others to participate and co-operate through informal meetings and correspondence
- to provide a forum for exchange of ideas
- to establish a means and an opportunity for personal contact and interaction in aiming for better mutual understanding
- to serve as a liaison among bryozoologists
- to introduce new students to the workers in this field
Any individual who supports the objectives of the I.B.A. and is willing to contribute to the achievement of those objectives is qualified for membership.
Membership
As a member of the IBA you will:
- be eligible to hold elective positions in the association and shall have the right to vote for the various elective offices.
- be eligible to give presentations at IBA conferences
- receive the newsletter BRYOZOA which contains information on (1) recent publications by members, (2) announcements of conferences, workshops, etc.(3) membersí views
- receive a listing of all IBA members
If you would like to join the IBA, please fill in an application form on the membership page
IBA Council 2007-2010
President
Eckart Håkansson
President-elect
Patrick Wyse-Jackson
Treasurer
Abigail M. Smith
Department of Marine Science
University of Otago
PO Box 56, Dunedin
New Zealand
contact: abby.smith
otago.ac.nz
IBA Secretary & Newsletter Editor
Timothy S. Wood
Department of Biological Sciences
Wright State University
Dayton
OH 45435
USA
contact: twooddesire.wright.edu
IBA Council Members 2007-2013
Lais Ramalho
Caroline Buttler
Ariunchimeg Yarinpil
Kamil Zagorsek
Andrei Ernst
Scott Lidgard
IBA Council Members 2010-2016
Andrea Waeschenbach
Masato Hirose
Maja Novosel
Björn Berning
Pierre Moissette,
Piotr Kuklinsky
Current IBA Members
A membership list can be found here