The ESEB board (= steering committee) consists of nine officers elected by the membership. The President, the Vice President, and the Congress Organizer are elected for a two-year term. The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology (JEB), the Evolution Letters (EL) Officer, the Secretary, and the Executive Vice-President join the board for four years. Beside the two-year term of office as president, the President is part of the steering committee as President-Elect during the two years before office and remains on the board as Past President for another two years.
Current Steering Committee
Past Officers of ESEB
ESEB Presidents
- 2019 – 2021 Ophélie Ronce, FR
- 2017 – 2019 Nina Wedell, UK
- 2015 – 2017 Laurent Keller, CH
- 2013 – 2015 Roger Butlin, UK
- 2011 – 2013 Brian Charlesworth, UK
- 2009 – 2011 Siv Andersson, SE
- 2007 – 2009 Isabelle Olivieri, FR
- 2005 – 2007 Paul Brakefield, NL
- 2003 – 2005 Rolf Hoekstra, NL
- 2001 – 2003 Deborah Charlesworth, UK
- 1999 – 2001 Godfrey Hewitt, UK
- 1997 – 1999 Stephen Stearns, CH
- 1995 – 1997 Wim Scharloo, NL
- 1993 – 1995 John Harper, UK
- 1991 – 1993 John Maynard Smith, UK
- 1989 – 1991 Bengt Bengtsson, SE
- 1987 – 1989 Arthur Cain, UK
ESEB Vice Presidents
- 2021 – 2023 Andrea Betancourt, UK
- 2019 – 2021 Sara Magalhães, PT
- 2017 – 2019 Anna-Liisa Laine, CH
- 2015 – 2017 Juha Merilä, FI
- 2013 – 2015 Dieter Ebert, CH
- 2011 – 2013 Anneli Hoikkala, FI
- 2009 – 2011 Sally Otto, CA
- 2007 – 2009 Mauro Santos, ES
- 2005 – 2007 Paul Schmid-Hempel, CH
- 2003 – 2005 Michel Raymond, FR
- 2001 – 2003 Pekka Pamilo, FI
- 1999 – 2001 Koos Boomsma, DK
- 1997 – 1999 Alessandro Minelli, IT
- 1995 – 1997 Isabelle Olivieri, FR
- 1993 – 1995 Linda Partridge, UK
- 1991 – 1993 Adam Lomnicki, PL
- 1989 – 1991 Jean David, FR
- 1987 – 1989 Peter Calow, UK
ESEB Executive Vice Presidents (Treasurers)
- 2019 – 2023 Koen Verhoeven, NL
- 2015 – 2019 Jacintha Ellers, NL
- 2011 – 2015 Leo Beukeboom, NL
- 2007 – 2011 Patsy Haccou, NL
- 2005 – 2007 Xavier Vekemans, FR
- 2001 – 2005 Jon Ågren, SE
- 1997 – 2001 Jos van Damme, NL
- 1993 – 1997 Pekka Pamilo, SE
- 1987 – 1993 Volker Loeschcke, DK
ESEB Secretaries
- 2017 – 2021 John Pannell, CH
- 2013 – 2017 Hinrich Schulenburg, DE
- 2009 – 2013 Tadeusz Kawecki, CH
- 2003 – 2009 Dieter Ebert, CH
- 1997 – 2003 Jacqui Shykoff, FR
- 1993 – 1997 Wilfried Gabriel, DE
- 1991 – 1993 Laura Zonta, IT
- 1990 – 1991 Bruno Baur, CH
- 1987 – 1990 Arie van Noordwijk, CH
JEB Editor-in-Chiefs
- 2017 – 2021 Wolf Blanckenhorn, CH
- 2011 – 2017 Mike Ritchie, UK
- 2007 – 2011 Allen J. Moore, UK
- 2003 – 2007 Juha Merilä, FI
- 2000 – 2003 Peter van Tienderen, NL
- 1995 – 1999 Rolf Hoekstra, NL
- 1991 – 1995 Pierre Henri Gouyon, FR
- 1987 – 1991 Stephen C. Stearns, CH
Evolution Letters Officer
- 2018 – 2023 Mike G. Ritchie, UK
ESEB Congress Organizers
- 2019 – 2022 Lukas Kratochvil
- 2017 – 2019 Craig Primmer, FI
- 2015 – 2017 Leo Beukeboom, NL
- 2013 – 2015 Nicolas Perrin, CH
- 2011 – 2013 Octávio S. Paulo, PT
- 2009 – 2011 Nico Michiels, DE
- 2007 – 2009 Cristina Lorenzi and Gabriella Sella, IT
- 2005 – 2007 Jacob Höglund, Jon Ågren, & Mats Björklund, SE
- 2003 – 2005 Jan Kozlowski, PL
- 2001 – 2003 Roger Butlin, UK
- 1999 – 2001 Volker Loeschcke, DK
- 1997 – 1999 Antionio Fontdevilla, ES
- 1995 – 1997 Jos van Damme, NL
- 1993 – 1995 Nick Barton, UK
- 1991 – 1993 François Catzeflis, FR
- 1989 – 1991 Gabor Vida, HU
- 1987 – 1989 Valerio Sbordoni, IT
- 1987 – 1987 Stephen C. Stearns, CH
Affiliations/Countries listed at the time of the officer’s term