IMA fellows

The creation of the new category of IMA Fellows was announced in IMA Fungus 4(2): (40) (December 2013), along with protocols for nomination and election.

Fellows shall be mycologists who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of mycology at an international level, through service to the IMA, its Regional Committees, organization of international meetings, or otherwise as the Award Committees deem appropriate.

IMA President John Taylor announced the election of nine founding Fellows by the IMA Executive Committee in order to launch the category, and stressed that this election recognizes both their research excellence and service to global mycology.

 

2024

Dominik Begerow

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to mycology and services to IMA

Joan Bennett

in recognition of her outstanding contribution to mycology

Lynne Boddy

in recognition of her outstanding contribution to fungal ecology and raising awareness of fungi

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung

in recognition of her outstanding contribution to medical mycology

Jose Carmine Dianese

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to mycology in Latin America

Giuliana Furci

in recognition of her outstanding contribution promoting fungal globally

Thomas Laessoe

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to global dissemination of mycological knowledge through teaching  

Xingzhong Liu

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to mycology and services to IMA

Tom May

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to fungal taxonomy and nomenclature within the ICTF

Chiharu Nakashima

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to mycology and services to IMA

Shaun Pennycook

in recognition of his outstanding nomenclature contribution to MYCOBANK

Orlando Petrini

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to mycology and services to IMA

Luigina Romani

in recognition of her outstanding contribution to fungal immunology

Keith Seifert

in recognition of his outstanding contribution to mycology and services to IMA

2018

David L. Hawksworth 

Lene Lange

Jennifer Luangsa-ard 
 

Karen Hansen

for research excellence and service to global mycology
 

John I. Pitt
 

Nick D. Read
 

Trond Schumacher 
 

Junta Sugiyama 
 

John W. Taylor 
 

Michael J. Wingfield 

2014

 

Meredith Blackwell
 

Anthony J.F. Griffiths
 

Nils Hallenberg
 

I. Brent Heath
 

Cletus (“Clete”) P. Kurtzman †2017
 

Franz Oberwinkler †2018

Leif Ryvarden
 

Gioconda San-Blas

Chiryathumadom V. Subramanian †2016

Mary L. Berbee

Sharon A. Cantrell

 

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