Organizers and Policy Committee

Fungal 2026 is organized by these valued members of the GSA community. Thank you to these dedicated volunteers!

Organizers

Meritxell Riquelme, CICESE

Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University

Fungal Policy Committee

Xiaorong Lin, University of Georgia (2019–2026) Chair  

Louis Corrachano, Universidad de Sevilla (2024 – 2030)

Reinhard Fischer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (2022–2028)

Alex Idnurm, University of Melbourne (2024 – 2030)

Luis Larrondo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2019–2026)

Li-Jun Ma, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2022–2028) Poster Award Chair

Vera Meyer, Technical University of Berlin (2019–2026)

Rebecca Shapiro, University of Guelph (2024–2030)

Oded Yarden, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2022–2028)

Ex Officio

John Leslie, Fungal Genetics Stock Center

Exhibit and Sponsor Committee

Deborah Bell-Pedersen, Texas A&M University

Antonio di Pietro, Universidad de Cordoba

Kevin Fuller, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Bing Zhai, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology