Center for Systematic Entomology

About us

The people behind the Center for Systematic Entomology

A volunteer society of entomologists who support research and publishing in insect systematics — run by elected officers and a board of directors, with editorial and grant teams.

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How we work

How the CSE is run

  1. 01

    Officers

    President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are elected for one-year terms and may be re-elected. Together they form the Executive Committee.

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  2. 02

    Board of Directors

    The officers and board members, elected for three-year terms, guide the mission and strategy of the CSE. The Board usually meets four times a year.

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  3. 03

    Teams & committees

    The editors of Insecta Mundi, and the Gifts, Grants and Endowments (GGE) Committee, which sets policy on donations, gifts and grants.

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  4. 04

    Annual meeting

    Members meet once a year at the business meeting held during the CSE Annual Conference.

Executive Committee · 2026

Officers

Photo of Felipe Soto-AdamesPresidentFelipe Soto-Adames Photo of Evan WaiteVice PresidentEvan Waite Photo of Erick RodriguezTreasurerErick Rodriguez Photo of Gary J. SteckSecretaryGary J. Steck

Elected for three-year terms

Board members

Our journal

Insecta Mundi editorial team

Photo of David PlotkinChief EditorDavid Plotkin Photo of Paul SkelleyAssistant EditorPaul Skelley
Head Layout EditorRobert Forsyth

Write to the editors at [email protected] · Instructions for authors

Appointed by the Board

Gifts, Grants & Endowments Committee

Develops and recommends policy on donations, tangible gifts and the administration of grants, including the Peck travel grants.

Photo of Sandor KellyChair & FSCA RepresentativeSandor Kelly Photo of Paul SkelleyCSE Assistant TreasurerPaul Skelley Photo of Felipe Soto-AdamesCSE PresidentFelipe Soto-Adames

This website

Web support team

Photo of José Luis PereiraWebmaster SupervisorJosé Luis Pereira Photo of Davide Dal PosWebmaster AssociateDavide Dal Pos

Our history

Former board members

Thank you to everyone who has served on the Board of the Center for Systematic Entomology.

  1. 2023–2025

    Davide Dal Pos · Kyle Schnepp · Paul Skelley · Erin Powell · Oliver Keller (resigned 2023)

  2. 2021–2023

    Mark Rothschild · Gary J. Steck · Alessandra Pandolfi · David Serrano

  3. 2020–2022

    Kyle Schnepp · John Leavengood · Davide Dal Pos · Oliver Keller

  4. 2019–2021

    Felipe Soto-Adames · Krystal Ashman · David Plotkin · Julieta Brambila

  5. 2018–2020

    William Grogan · Mark Rothschild · Eric Rodriguez · Gary J. Steck

  6. 2017–2019

    Paul Skelley · Kyle Schnepp · Bob Woodruff · Oliver Keller

  7. 2016–2018

    Joe Eger · Rudi Scheffrahn · David Plotkin · Julieta Brambila

  8. 2015–2017

    Robert Woodruff · Paul Skelley · Jiri Hulcr · Andrei Sourakov