Transformative change assessment experts
Please note: The allocation of experts to chapters may be subject to change.
Additional experts may be selected in line with the procedure for filling gaps in expertise set out in annex I to decision IPBES-4/3.
Experts
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Arun Agrawal | Chair | United States of America | United States of America |
University of Michigan | |||
| Lucas Garibaldi | Chair | Argentina | Argentina |
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) | |||
| Karen O'Brien | Chair | Norway | Norway |
University of Oslo | |||
| Janita Gurung | Coordinating lead author | ICIMOD | Nepal |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development |  0000-0003-1053-4412 |
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| Julia Leventon | Coordinating lead author | Czechia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences | 0000-0002-2447-8522 |
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| Fern Wickson | Coordinating lead author | Norway | Norway Australia |
UiT - the Arctic University of Norway | 0000-0002-2841-4155 |
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| Juan Dabezies | Lead author | Uruguay | Uruguay |
Universidad de la República | 0000-0003-2055-8549 |
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| Teresia Olemako | Lead author | United Republic of Tanzania | |
MS - Training Centre for Development Co-operation | |||
| Jerneja Penca | Lead author | Slovenia | Slovenia |
Science and Research Centre Koper | 0000-0002-2817-3443 |
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| Asha Rajvanshi | Lead author | India | India |
Independent Expert | |||
| Roseline Remans | Lead author | Belgium | Belgium |
Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | 0000-0003-3659-8529 |
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| Esther Turnhout | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
University of Twente, The Netherlands | 0000-0002-2190-2076 |
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| Yuki Yoshida | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan | 0000-0003-3787-6092 |
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| Peter Bridgewater | Review editor | Australia | Australia |
University of Canberra | 0000-0001-7972-5386 |
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| Belinda Reyers | Review editor | South Africa | South Africa |
Future Africa, University of Pretoria | 0000-0002-2194-8656 |
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| Adla Kahrić | Fellow | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Center for marine and freshwater biology Sharklab ADRIA | 0000-0002-5224-7502 |
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| Josheena Naggea | Fellow | Stanford University | Mauritius |
Stanford University | 0000-0001-5165-8679 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuan Liao | Coordinating lead author | Arizona State University | China |
Arizona State University | |||
| Lynne Shannon | Coordinating lead author | EUROMARINE european consortium | South Africa |
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town | 0000-0001-7842-0636 |
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| Sebastian Villasante | Coordinating lead author | Spain | Spain Argentina |
University of Santiago de Compostela | 0000-0001-6296-4479 |
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| Constant Yves Adou | Lead author | Côte d'Ivoire | Côte d'Ivoire |
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny | 0000-0002-9408-3497 |
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| Ermias Betemariam | Lead author | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat | Ethiopia |
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) | |||
| Saul Cunningham | Lead author | Australia | Australia |
Australian National University | 0000-0003-0703-6893 |
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| Erle Ellis | Lead author | Future Earth | United States of America |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | 0000-0002-2006-3362 |
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| Ambika Gautam | Lead author | IUCN | Nepal |
Kathmandu Forestry College | 0000-0001-3705-0335 |
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| Vera Hausner | Lead author | Norway | Norway |
UiT-The Arctic University of Norway | |||
| Jinlong Liu | Lead author | China | China |
Renmin University of China | 0000-0002-0228-0865 |
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| Lelani Mannetti | Lead author | Urban Studies Institute Georgia State University | Namibia |
Urban Studies Institute, Georgia State University | 0000-0001-7402-2569 |
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| Akira Mori | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
Yokohama National University | 0000-0002-8422-1198 |
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| Iago Otero | Lead author | University of Lausanne | Spain |
Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research, University of Lausanne | |||
| Gervasio Piñeiro | Lead author | Uruguay | Uruguay Argentina |
Facultad de Agronomia Univerisidad de Buenos Aires | 0000-0003-0184-9797 |
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| Sandra Waddock | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Boston College | 0000-0003-1089-7686 |
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| Helen Wheeler | Lead author | British Ecological Society | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Anglia Ruskin University | 0000-0002-9820-5818 |
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| Lun Yin | Lead author | Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge | China |
Center for Ecological Civilization, Southwest Forestry University | 0000-0001-5191-6498 |
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| Néstor Mazzeo | Review editor | Uruguay | Uruguay |
Udelar & SARAS Institute | 0000-0002-3090-2617 |
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| Arabinda Mishra | Review editor | ICIMOD | India |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) | 0000-0001-6921-0047 |
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| Timothée Fouqueray | Fellow | France | France |
Université du Québec en Outaouais | 0000-0003-4773-4733 |
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| Oleksandr Karasov | Fellow | Estonia | Ukraine |
University of Helsinki | 0000-0001-6121-4625 |
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| Geraud Canis Tasse Taboue | Fellow | Laboratory for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology University of Buea | Cameroon |
Institute of Agricultural Research for Development | 0000-0001-8545-7584 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Elena Bennett | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
McGill University | 0000-0003-3944-2925 |
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| Reinette Biggs | Coordinating lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
Stellenbosch University | |||
| Sevil Acar | Lead author | Türkiye | Türkiye |
Boğaziçi University | 0000-0001-5535-8673 |
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| Zuhre Aksoy | Lead author | Türkiye | Türkiye |
Bogazici University | 0000-0003-2142-2766 |
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| Francisco Alpizar | Lead author | Costa Rica | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Wageningen University and Research | 0000-0001-8479-081X |
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| Rafael Calderón Contreras | Lead author | Mexico | Mexico |
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana | 0000-0001-8709-4502 |
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| Claudia Campos | Lead author | Argentina | Argentina |
Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA- CONICET) | 0000-0002-4978-5449 |
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| Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu | Lead author | Romania | Romania |
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca | 0000-0003-1757-6615 |
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| David Lam | Lead author | Germany | Germany |
Leuphana University Lüneburg | 0000-0002-3604-0800 |
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| Björn-Ola Linnér | Lead author | Sweden | Sweden |
Linköping University | 0000-0001-9910-3779 |
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| Lyla Mehta | Lead author | Austria | Austria |
Institute of Development Studies; Noragric, Norway | 0000-0001-5327-2964 |
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| Maiko Nishi | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) | 0000-0001-7323-9168 |
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| Miles Richardson | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
University of Derby | |||
| Nicholas (Nick) Roskruge | Lead author | International Science Council (ISC) | New Zealand |
School of Agriculture & Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand | 0000-0002-2914-6316 |
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| Catherine Sabinot | Lead author | France | France |
Institute of Research for the Development | 0000-0001-5136-1517 |
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| Cristiana Simao Seixas | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
University of Campinas | 0000-0002-4464-2094 |
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| Håkon B. Stokland | Lead author | Norway | Norway |
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway | 0000-0001-9668-8492 |
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| Kai Chan | Review editor | Canada | Canada |
University of British Columbia | 0000-0002-7804-3276 |
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| Lian Pin Koh | Review editor | Singapore |
National University of Singapore | 0000-0001-8152-3871 |
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| Rachel Golden Kroner | Fellow | United States of America | United States of America |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | 0000-0003-1844-3398 |
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| Andressa V. Mansur | Fellow | Center for the Analysis of Social Ecological Landscapes-Indiana University Bloomington | Brazil |
Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia | 0000-0003-4104-3085 |
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| Stephen Woroniecki | Fellow | Sweden | Sweden United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
0000-0003-1894-2859 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Niki Frantzeskaki | Coordinating lead author | Greece |
Utrecht University, The Netherlands | 0000-0002-6983-448X |
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| Sergio Lambertucci | Coordinating lead author | Argentina | Argentina Spain |
Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente, CONICET - Universidad Nacional del comahue | 0000-0002-2624-2185 |
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| coleen vogel | Coordinating lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
University Witwatersrad | |||
| Mialy Andriamahefazafy | Lead author | Madagascar | Madagascar |
Geneva Science-Policy Interface, University of Geneva | 0000-0002-5470-9264 |
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| Silke Beck | Lead author | Germany | Germany |
UFZ Leipzig | 0000-0002-4157-0777 |
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| Wiebren Boonstra | Lead author | Sweden | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Sweden |
Uppsala University | 0000-0002-1191-0574 |
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| Edward Carr | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Clark University | 0000-0001-7784-471X |
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| Ruishan Chen | Lead author | China | China |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 0000-0002-7221-8784 |
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| Jessica Dempsey | Lead author | Canada | Canada |
University of British Columbia | |||
| Edgar Espinoza-Cisneros | Lead author | Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
University of Costa Rica | 0000-0002-1018-3440 |
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| Keisha Garcia | Lead author | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Esmail Karamidehkordi | Lead author | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Tarbiat Modares University and Iran's CBD | 0000-0003-4768-7084 |
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| Kanako Morita | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute | 0000-0001-7004-7566 |
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| Valerie Nelson | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
University of Greenwich | |||
| Tobias Plieninger | Lead author | Germany | Germany |
University of Göttingen and University of Kassel | |||
| Andy Stirling | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex | 0000-0002-0650-431X |
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| Kanae Tokunaga | Lead author | United States of America | Japan |
Gulf of Maine Research Institute | 0000-0002-6171-5187 |
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| Jean Paul Metzger | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil France |
University of São Paulo | 0000-0002-0087-5240 |
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| Margaret (Peggy) Smith | Review editor | Canada | Canada |
Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University | 0000-0001-7474-940X |
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| Fernanda Rojas-Marchini | Fellow | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Chile |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | 0000-0002-5690-6333 |
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| Asmita Sengupta | Fellow | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) | India |
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment | 0000000224777290 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Gosnell | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Oregon State University | 0000-0002-2108-945X |
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| Victoria Reyes García | Coordinating lead author | Spain | Spain |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) | 0000-0002-2914-8055 |
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| Yves Zinngrebe | Coordinating lead author | Germany | Germany |
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research | 0000-0003-1731-2222 |
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| Karina Benessaiah | Lead author | Tunisia | Tunisia Greece |
Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics | 0000-0001-9959-554X |
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| Martha Bonilla | Lead author | Mexico | Mexico |
Inecol | 0000-0002-2403-2002 |
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| Rodwell Chandipo | Lead author | Zambia | Zambia |
Zambia Environmental Management Agency | |||
| Joachim Claudet | Lead author | France | France |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | |||
| Tim Forsyth | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
London School of Economics and Political Science | 0001-7227-9475 |
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| Barbara Gemmill Herren | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America Switzerland |
Prescott College; World Agroforestry Centre | 0000-0003-4991-640X |
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| Patrick Huntjens | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI), School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University | 0000-0001-9089-317X |
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| Chinwe Ifejika Speranza | Lead author | Switzerland | Nigeria Switzerland |
University of Bern | 0000-0003-1927-7635 |
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| Rafael Magris | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
ICMBio | 0000-0002-1471-6603 |
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| Juana Mariño De Posada | Lead author | Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) | Colombia |
Independent | 0000-0002-4736-8457 |
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| Fumiko Nakao | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
Hokkaido University | |||
| Ram Pandit | Lead author | Nepal | Nepal |
The University of Western Australia | 0000-0003-4053-5694 |
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| Laura Maureen Bosch Pereira | Lead author | South Africa | South Africa Portugal |
University of the Witwatersrand | |||
| Kristina Raab | Lead author | Germany | Canada United States of America |
Independent | |||
| Ingrid Visseren | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Radboud University | 0000-0002-8495-6282 |
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| YOUN Yeo-Chang | Lead author | Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |
Seoul National University | 0000-0002-3353-1727 |
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| Carlos Alfredo Joly | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil |
Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services/BPBES | 0000-0002-7945-2805 |
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| María Elena Zaccagnini | Review editor | Argentina | Argentina |
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria | |||
| Xiaona Guo | Fellow | China | China |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |||
| Koji Miwa | Fellow | Japan | Japan |
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/ Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Floyd Homer | Bureau task force/expert group member | Trinidad and Tobago |
Multicrop Facility Ltd | ||||
| Asia Mohamed | Bureau task force/expert group member | Sudan |
University of Khartoum, Institute of Environmental Studies | ||||
| Markus Fischer | MEP task force/expert group member | Switzerland |
University of Bern | ||||
| Özden Görücü | MEP task force/expert group member | Türkiye |
Kahramanmaraş Sutcu Imam University | 0000-0001-7551-1540 |
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| Madhav Karki | MEP task force/expert group member | Nepal |
Ministry of Forest and Environment, Govt. of Nepal and IPBES | 0000-0003-0842-3836 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Laurence Perianin | Technical support unit (head) | France |
Université de Montpellier (MUSE) | ||||
| Camille Guibal | Technical support unit | France |
0000-0002-3376-2891 |
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| Anouk Renaud | Technical support unit | France |
University of Montpellier | 0000-0003-1493-4157 |