FEMS Ambassadors
FEMS Ambassadors share our work and vision with microbiologists in their countries. Ambassadors use their contacts, communication skills and enthusiasm, supported by us to highlight the activities of FEMS and encourage collaborations and participation in these activities.
Current FEMS Ambassadors
- Prof. Ken-ichi Yoshida, FEMS Ambassador for Japan. Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University (Japan)
- Dr Nozomu Obana, FEMS Deputy Ambassador for Japan. University of Tsukuba (Japan)
- Prof. Lixin Zhang, FEMS Ambassador for China. State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology (China) & Institute of Microbiology, CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- Dr Biao Ren, Deputy FEMS Ambassador for China. Sichuang University (China)
- Prof. Jung-Hye Roe, FEMS Ambassador for South Korea. School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University (Republic of Korea)
- Prof Ara Koh, Deputy FEMS Ambassador for South Korea. Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Bio Open Innovation Center (BOIC), (Republic of Korea)
- Prof. Nicole Webster, FEMS Ambassador for Australia. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania (Australia)
- Dr Patrick Laffy, FEMS Deputy Ambassador for Australia. Australian Institute of Marine Science (Australia)
- Prof. Vivien Measday, FEMS Ambassador for Canada. Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
- Dr Vera Tai, Deputy FEMS Ambassador for Canada. Western University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Microbial Ecology (Canada)
- Prof. Rup Lal, FEMS Ambassador for India. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi (India)
- Dr Janmejay Pandey, FEMS Deputy Ambassador for India. Central University of Rajasthan (India)
- Prof. Rosane Schwan, FEMS Ambassador for Brazil. Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras (Brazil)
- Prof. Anderson Sant’Ana, FEMS Deputy Ambassador for Brazil. University of Campinas (Brazil)
- Dr Jennifer Walker, FEMS Deputy Ambassador for the United States. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UTHealth Houston’s McGovern Medical School (United States)
Former FEMS Ambassadors
- Prof. Sang-Ki Rhee, FEMS Ambassador for South Korea. Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Soon Chun Hyang University (South Korea) & Vice President of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS).
- Prof. Linda J. Kenney, FEMS Ambassador for the USA and Singapore. Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore (Singapore) & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas (USA)
Interviews, news and resources
- Resources: Q&A about FEMS
- News: Announcing Three New Ambassadors from South Korea, India and Brazil: Jung-Hye Roe, Rup Lal and Rosane Schwan (02/2022)
- Interview: Meet Vivien Measday the FEMS Ambassador for Canada (11/2020)
- News: Announcing Two New Ambassadors from Australia & Canada: Nicole Webster and Vivien Measday (10/2020)
- Interview: Meet Prof. Ken-Ichi Yoshida, the first FEMS Ambassador for Japan (11/2019)
- Interview: Meet Prof. Linda J Kenney, the first FEMS Ambassador for the USA and Singapore (11/2019)
- News: A new FEMS Ambassador for the USA & Singapore: Prof. Linda J Kenney (09/2019)
- News: Introducing Three New International FEMS Ambassadors for China, Japan and South Korea (02/2019)
FEMS Journals and open access
Open access is key to supporting the FEMS mission of disseminating high quality research as widely as possible: when high quality, peer reviewed sound science is open access, anyone, anywhere in the world with an internet connection, can read it. All but one of the not-for-profit FEMS journals are fully open access (OA), with one journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, offering free-to-publish and OA options.
