European Association of Acarologists (Eur.A.Ac.) was founded on 1st August 1988, with the following purposes: promote, develop, organize, create and disseminate knowledges on Acari, facilitate exchanges and partnerships among Acarologists, organize European congresses every four years for the dissemination of knowledges among Acarologists and other scientists, promote the education and training in all fields which are of interest to or concern Acarology, ensure the representation of Acarologists in the relationships with national and international research organizations and official institutions in order to promote the interest of acarology.
The EurAAc board
President: Anastasia Tsagkarakou, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation (ELGO DIMITRA), Athens, Greece
President elect: Wojcich Witalinski, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Treasurer: Marie-Stephane Tixier, Supagro, Montpellier, France
Secretary: Peter Schausberger, University of Vienna, Austria
Members
Jan Bruin, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacek Dabert, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Serge Kreiter, Supagro, Montpellier, France
Thomas van Leeuwen, University of Ghent, Belgium
Maria Navajas, INRAE, Montferriez-sur-Lez, France
Antonella di Palma, University of Foggia, Italy
M. Alejandra Perotti, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Rostislav Zemek, Biology Center CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic