The International Society of Zoological Sciences unites scholars and educators with national and professional organizations to promote the integrative science of zoology, increase the availability of resources for research and foster international collaboration. more
The International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit membership-based organization of professionals and aims to promote zoology by improving communication between zoologists and zoological organizations; increase the availability of resources needed to conduct zoological research; and promote co-ordination, collaboration and co-operation between different fields of zoology.
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What We Do

The International Society of Zoological Sciences unites scholars and educators with national and professional organizations to promote the integrative science of zoology, increase the availability of resources for research and foster international collaboration.

Achieve Goals

  • • Publishes the scientific journal Integrative Zoology (INZ)
  • • Organizes International Congresses of Zoology (ICZ)
  • • Hosts International Symposia of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ)
  • • Sponsors research
  • • Conducts education sessions and workshops
  • • Provides an avenue for zoological discussion
  • • Keeps members informed on zoological news
  • • Produces a newsletter on ISZS developments and news
Executive Committee

  • Nils Chr. Stenseth

    PRESIDENT
    Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Norway

  • Sarita Maree

    VICE PRESIDENTS
    Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, South Africa

  • Zhibin Zhang

    EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
    Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  • Yvon Le Maho

    EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
    Emeritus Director of Research, National Center for Scientific Research, France

  • Yury Yu. Dgebuadze

    EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
    Head of Laboratory Severtsov Institute of Ecology & Evolution, Russians Academy of Sc...

  • Marcel Holyoak

    EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
    Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Univers...

  • Hiroyuki Takeda

    EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
    Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Advisory Committee

  • John Buckeridge

    CHAIR
    John Buckeridge is a professor at the School of Civil, Environmental & Chemical Engin...

  • Chunxu Han

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    ISZS SECRETARIAT

  • Mauricio Lima

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Pontificia University of California, Catolica de Chile

  • Jürgen Heinze

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Faculty of Biology University of Regensberg, Germany

  • Yoshitaka Nagahama

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Institution for Collaborative Relations Ehime University, Japan

  • Michael Schmitt

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Michael Schmitt is a professor and research scientist at Ernst-Moritz Arndt-Universit...

  • Edwin Cooper

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Edwin Cooper is a distinguished professor at Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunolog...

  • Yan Xie

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Yan Xie is an associate research professor in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Acade...

  • Rosa Polymeni

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Rosa Polymeni is an associate professor at Section of Zoology – Marine Biology, Unive...

  • Marvalee Wake

    ADVISORY MEMBERS
    Marvalee Wake is a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of ...
President Emeritus

  • Yiyu Chen

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS
    China National Natural Science Foundation
Secretariat Staff

Meeting of the Executive Committee

  • 2004

  • 2006

  • 2007

  • 2008

  • 2009

  • 2010

  • 2012

  • 2013

  • 2014

  • 2015

  • 2016

ISZS Membership

Membership to the ISZS is open to any individual or organisation with an interest in animals. There are two categories of membership at ISZS, Institutional and Individual. Currently, the ISZS has over 100 Institutional Members representing over 30 000 zoologists and over 1,000 Individual Members.

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