About IFNS

A Global Communications Forum
The Federation aims to foster communication among nematologists worldwide, through national and regional nematology societies. It also aims to enhance overall awareness of nematodes and the science of nematology. A key element in this is facilitating and promoting information exchange, e.g. through the International Congress of Nematology that occurs at six year intervals.

Member Societies

Check Out the Benefits of Membership

The 14 nematology societies affiliated to the IFNS have a total of 2,500 individual members. Details of what you get when you join these societies are provided on the Member Society pages.

IFNS Councilors

IFNS Secretary

IFNS Vice President

IFNS President

Andressa Machado
Aurelio Ciancio Bansa Singh
Biodun Claudius-Cole
Byron Adams
Danny Coyne
Eric Grenier
Ernesto San-Blas
Francesca De Luca
Isgouhi Kaloshian
Liao Jinling
Manzoor Hussain Soomro
Mike Hodda
Natsumi Kanzaki
Rosa Manzanilla
Mikhail Pridannikov
Pankaj Singh
Peng Deliang
Sanaa Haroon
Johji Miwa
Shashi Sharma
Wilfrida Decraemer
Zahra Tanha Maafi

Secretary
Thomais Kakouli-Duarte, PhD
Department of Applied Science
Institute of Technology Carlow
Kilkenny Road, Carlow
IRELAND
thomae.kakouli@itcarlow.ie

Vice President
John Jones
Head of Department
The James Hutton Institute Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK
john.jones@hutton.ac.uk

President
Prof. Dr. Florian Grundler INRES
Molekulare
Phytomedizin
Universität Bonn
mpm.uni-bonn.de

Past-Presidents

Ken Barker
Professor Emeritus
North Carolina State University(President to June 2002)

Thierry Vrain
Innisfree Farms, Vancouver Island(Interim-President to January 2003)

David Chitwood
Research Leader
USDA Nematology Laboratory(2003-2008)

Wilfrida Decraemer
Professor Universiteit Ghent(2008-2014)

Larry Duncan Professor University of Florida, IFAS (2014-2022)