Editorial Team

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 extinction, imperilment and rediscovery.

The realization of that predicament was the original motivation for the creation of JLS. We are also inspired by the emerging framework of lost species, which acts as a heuristic for prioritizing which species we should be mobilizing around to search for, and ideally rediscover and conserve.

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, and act swiftly to relocate and protect species on the brink of extinction. See below for names, affiliations and areas of expertise for JLS handing editors.

Editor-in-Chief

• Matthew Forister, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Associate Editor-in-Chief

• Hollis Woodard, University of California, Riverside, USA

Handling editors, organized by subject areas

Plants and fungi

  • Gerardo Avalos, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Neotropical plants
  • Hayrunisa Baş Sermenli, Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Türkiye, Fungi
  • Quentin Luke, East African Herbarium, National Museums, Kenya, African plants
  • Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, Vascular plants, Arecaceae
  • Jeffery K Stallman, Global Center for Species Survival, Indianapolis Zoo, USA, Fungi
  • Dewidine Van der Colff, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa, South African plants
  • Jacques van Rooy, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa, Bryophyta
  • Aida Vasco, University of Antioquia, Colombia, Fungi
  • Seana Walsh, National Tropical Botanical Garden, USA, Hawaiian and other Pacific Island floras
  • Dustin Wolkis, National Tropical Botanical Garden, USA, Plants

Insects and other invertebrates

  • Franklyn Cala-Riquelme, California Academy of Sciences, USA, Arachnids
  • Francoise Cavada-Blanco, University of Portsmouth, UK, Anthozoa
  • Lee Dyer, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera
  • Chris Halsch, Binghamton University, USA, Papilionoidea and quantitative methods
  • Dave Lightfoot, University of New Mexico, USA, Orthoptera
  • Andrew Mitchell, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australia, Lepidoptera
  • Chris Nice, Texas State University, USA, Terrestrial and aquatic insects
  • Christine Parent, University of Idaho, USA, Gastropoda
  • John Stireman, Wright State University, USA, Diptera
  • Lidia Sulca, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru, Hymenoptera
  • Dmitry Telnov, Natural History Museum, London, UK, Daugavpils University, Latvia, Coleoptera, biogeography
  • Santiago Villamarin-Cortez, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica, Coleoptera, aquatic macroinvertebrates
  • Anna Walker, New Mexico BioPark Society, USA, Fireflies
  • David Wagner, University of Connecticut, USA, Lepidoptera, terrestrial insects
  • Jessica Ware, American Museum of Natural History, USA, Odonata, aquatic invertebrates, non-holometabolous insects

Mammals

  • Nicole Duplaix, IUCN SSC Otter Specialist Group, USA, Mammals, Carnivora
  • Ehab Eid, IUCN SSC Steering Committee, Jordan, Mammals
  • Elise Lauterbur, University of Vermont, USA, Chiroptera
  • Ilad Vivas López , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Carnivora
  • Erik Meijaard, Borneo Futures in Brunei, Brunei, SE Asian mammals and birds
  • Alexis Mychajliw, Middlebury College, USA, Small mammals

Fish, reptiles and amphibians

  • Amaël Borzée, Nanjing Forestry University, China, Amphibians
  • Philip Bowles, IUCN SSC Snake and Lizard Red List Authority, UK, Squamata
  • Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, México, Freshwater fishes
  • Mariah Donohue, Binghamton University, USA, Amphibians, primates
  • Nick Dulvy, Simon Fraser University, Canada, Sharks
  • Daniela Giannetto, Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Türkiye, Freshwater fishes
  • Cüneyt Kaya, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi, Türkiye, Freshwater fishes
  • Chris Raxworthy, American Museum of Natural History, USA, Squamata
  • Graham Short, California Academy of Sciences, USA, Reef fishes
  • Craig Stanford, University of Southern California, USA, Turtles & tortoises, primates
  • Anna Thonis, New York University, USA, Caribbean herpetofauna
  • Sally Wren, IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, New Zealand, Amphibians

Birds

  • Chris Elphick, University of Connecticut, USA, Birds
  • Patricia Latas, IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group, USA, Psittaciformes
  • John Mittermeier, American Bird Conservancy, USA, Birds
  • Michael Reed, Tufts University, USA, Birds
  • Joe Wood, International Conservation Programs, Toledo Zoo, USA, Columbiformes 

Conceptual and methodological

  • Christie Bahlai, Kent State University, USA, Quantitative ecology
  • Mai Fahmy, Fordham University, USA, eDNA, Cryptic vertebrate diversity
  • 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
  • Tom Martin, Operation Wallacea Ltd, UK, Global conservation
  • Arne Mooers, Simon Fraser University, Canada, Phylogenetics, genetics, and conservation