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[ultimate_heading main_heading=”President” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:30px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”][\/ultimate_heading]
\"Elizabeth<\/div>

Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh<\/span><\/h4>
Professor Emerita<\/div>
Biology Department
\nUniversity of Washington
\nLeaf growth, photobiology, plant movements, plant behavior<\/p>\n

mailing address:
\nBiology Department, Box 35-1800
\nUniversity of Washington, Seattle WA 98195 USA<\/div>

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[ultimate_heading main_heading=”Steering Committee” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:30px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”][\/ultimate_heading]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
\"Dr.<\/a><\/div>

Dr. Frantisek Baluska<\/span><\/h4><\/a>
Professor<\/div>
University of Bonn
\nGermany
\nCell biology, plant cognition, signaling & behavior, cell & plant sentience<\/p>\n

mailing address:
\nIZMB, University of Bonn
\nKirschallee 1, 531155 Bonn, Germany.<\/div>

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\"Satish<\/div>

Satish C Bhatla<\/span><\/h4>
Professor (superannuated)<\/div>
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, India
\nFellow, National Academy of Science, (India), Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
\nAbiotic stress, nitric oxide and melatonin signalling, seed germination<\/div>
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\"Fran\u00e7ois<\/div>

Fran\u00e7ois Bouteau<\/span><\/h4>
Professor<\/div>
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des \u00c9nergies de Demain (LIED-UMR 8236), Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9
\nPlant responses to environnemental stress, anesthesia, electrophysiology
\ncase courrier 7040 Lamarck, 75205 PARIS CEDEX 13, France<\/div>
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\"Eric<\/div>

Eric D. Brenner, PhD.<\/span><\/h4>
Clinical Assistant Professor<\/div>
Clinical Assistant Professor
\nDepartment of Biology
\nNew York University
\n611A Silver Building
\n100 Washington Square East
\nNew York, NY 10003<\/div>
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\"Stefano<\/a><\/div>

Stefano Mancuso<\/span><\/h4><\/a>
University of Florence
\nItaly<\/div>
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\"Peter<\/div>

Peter V. Minorsky<\/span><\/h4>
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\"Susan<\/a><\/div>

Susan J. Murch<\/span><\/h4><\/a>
Professor & Canada Research Chair
\nChemistry, Room 350 Fipke Centre
\nUniversity of British Columbia
\n3247 University Way
\nKelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1V 1V7<\/div>
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\"Ariel<\/a><\/div>

Ariel Novoplansky<\/span><\/h4><\/a>
Professor<\/div>
Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Evolutionary ecology, plant behavior, decision making, communication, learning and memory. Sylvan Adams Campus, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 8499000, Israel.<\/div>
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\"Gustavo<\/a><\/div>

Gustavo Maia Souza<\/span><\/h4><\/a>
Full Professor<\/div>
Department of Botany, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
\nResearch Interests: Plant Cognition, Electrophysiology, interplant communication, plasticity under stressful conditions, self-organization and dynamic complex systems.
\nCV: https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6754-4860<\/a>, http:\/\/lattes.cnpq.br\/3664441705741783<\/a><\/div>
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\"Anthony<\/div>

Anthony Trewavas. FRS. FRSE<\/span><\/h4>
Emeritus Professor<\/div>
Institute of Molecular Plant Science, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, UK
\nCorresponding member of the American Society of Plant Physiology.
\nPlant intelligence and Behaviour. Signal transduction. Potential consciousness in plants and associated characteristics<\/div>
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