ICAIS

ICAIS 2026 International Scientific Committee

Committee Co-Chairs

  • Jaimie Dick, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
  • Ross Cuthbert, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
  • Deborah Sparks, Invasive Species Centre – ICAIS Secretariat, Canada

Honorary Conference Chair

  • Frances Lucy, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland

Program Development Committee

  • Coming soon!

Committee Members

Africa

  • Julie Coetzee – Rhodes University, South Africa
  • Ryan Wasserman – Rhodes University, South Africa
  • Takudzwa Comfort Madzivanzira – University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Europe

  • David Aldridge – University of Cambridge, UK
  • Joost Backx – Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands
  • Ana-Cristina Cardoso – European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy
  • Ross Cuthbert – Queen’s University Belfast, UK
  • Jaimie Dick – Queen’s University Belfast, UK
  • Arjan Gittenberger – GiMaRIS, The Netherlands
  • Phillip Haubrock – Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany
  • Frances Lucy – Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
  • Leo Nagelkerke – Wageningen University, Aquaculture & Fisheries Group, The Netherlands
  • Roar Sandodden – Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway
  • Sander Smolders – Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands
  • Hugo Verreycken – INBO, Belgium
  • Elena Tricarico – University of Florence, Italy
  • Frank Collas – Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Michal Grabowski – University of Lodz, Poland
  • Teun Everts – INBO, Belgium

Americas

  • Alejandro Botolus – Grupo de Ecología en Ambientes Costeros, IPEEC-CONICET, Argentina
  • Morelia Camacho-Cervantes – Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
  • Sam Chan – Oregon Sea Grant, USA
  • Stephen Phillips – Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, USA
  • Deborah Sparks – Invasive Species Centre, Canada
  • Jason LeBlanc – Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture, Canada
  • Sarah Bailey – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada
  • Olivier Morissette – Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
  • Alison Morris – Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Canada
  • Tera Shewchenko – Invasive Species Centre, Canada
  • Jean Vitule – Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
  • Jeff Brinsmead – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada

Asia Pacific

  • Deborah Hofstra – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
  • Darren Yeo – National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Meng Xu – Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, China
  • Aiban Zhan – Chinese Academy of Science, China
  • Dangen Gu, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
  • Danish Ahmed – Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait