For decades, anecdotes of extinction have been passed around among small groups of taxonomic experts who know "what used to be there," and which species have become hard or impossible to find, yet we have never had a single venue for recording losses. The realization of that predicament was the original motivation for the creation of JLS.
The editorial board of JLS is an international group of like-minded scientists coming together with a common vision and mission to better record and understand the modern extinction event. See below for names, affiliations and areas of expertise for JLS handing editors.
As of early 2025, we are building our team of handling editors and an advisory board. If you are interested in joining the team, especially with expertise you don't see covered below, please contact us.
• Matthew Forister, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
• Hollis Woodard, University of California, Riverside, USA
Plants and fungi
• Gerardo Avalos, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Neotropical plants
• Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, Vascular plants, Arecaceae
• Seana Walsh, National Tropical Botanical Garden, USA, Hawaiian and other Pacific Island floras
• Dustin Wolkis, National Tropical Botanical Garden, USA, Plants
• Dewidine Van der Colff, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa, South African plants
• Quentin Luke, East African Herbarium, National Museums, Kenya, African plants
• Jacques van Rooy, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa, Bryophyta
• Hayrunisa Baş Sermenli, Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Türkiye, Fungi
• Aida Vasco, University of Antioquia, Colombia, Fungi
Insects and other invertebrates
• Lee Dyer, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera
• Andrew Mitchell, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australia, Lepidoptera
• David Wagner, University of Connecticut, USA, Lepidoptera, terrestrial insects
• Chris Halsch, Binghamton University, USA, Papilionoidea and quantitative methods
• Dave Lightfoot, University of New Mexico, USA, Orthoptera
• Chris Nice, Texas State University, USA, Terrestrial and aquatic insects
• John Stireman, Wright State University, USA, Diptera
• Lidia Sulca, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru, Hymenoptera
• Santiago Villamarin-Cortez, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica, Coleoptera, aquatic macroinvertebrates
• Anna Walker, New Mexico BioPark Society, USA, Fireflies
• Jessica Ware, American Museum of Natural History, USA, Odonata, aquatic invertebrates, non-holometabolous insects
• Christine Parent, University of Idaho, USA, Gastropoda
• Franklyn Cala-Riquelme, California Academy of Sciences, USA, Arachnids
• Francoise Cavada-Blanco, University of Portsmouth, UK, Anthozoa
Mammals
• Nicole Duplaix, IUCN SSC Otter Specialist Group, USA, Mammals, Carnivora
• Ehab Eid, IUCN SSC Steering Committee, Lebanon, Mammals
• Erik Meijaard, Borneo Futures in Brunei, Brunei, SE Asian mammals and birds
• Alexis Mychajliw, Middlebury College, USA, Small mammals
• Ilad Vivas López , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Carnivora
• Elise Lauterbur, University of Vermont, USA, Chiroptera
Fish, reptiles and amphibians
• Chris Raxworthy, American Museum of Natural History, USA, Squamata
• Craig Stanford, University of Southern California, USA, Turtles & tortoises, primates
• Anna Thonis, New York University, USA, Caribbean herpetofauna
• Amaël Borzée, Nanjing Forestry University, China, Amphibians
• Mariah Donohue, Binghamton University, USA, Amphibians, primates
• Daniela Giannetto, Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Türkiye, Freshwater fish
• Cüneyt Kaya, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi, Türkiye, Freshwater fish
Birds
• Joe Wood, International Conservation Programs, Toledo Zoo, USA, Columbiformes
• Patricia Latas, IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group, USA, Psittaciformes
• Michael Reed, Tufts University, USA, Birds
• Chris Elphick, University of Connecticut, USA, Birds
• John Mittermeier, American Bird Conservancy, USA, Birds
Conceptual and methodological
• Mai Fahmy, Fordham University, USA, eDNA, Cryptic vertebrate diversity
• Christie Bahlai, Kent State University, USA, Quantitative ecology
• Eliza Grames, Binghamton University, USA, Evidence synthesis
• Sandra Hervías-Parejo, IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Spain, Insular species
• Alex Loomis, NOAA Restoration Center, USA, Demographic modeling, plants, and marine systems