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Lead authors

Pernille B. Eidesen
Professor
- Terrestrial Biology, Phylogeography, Vascular plants
- University of Oslo (UiO)
- p.b.eidesen@ibv.uio.no
- Author
- Project leader

Stephen Coulson
Professor
- Terrestrial Biology, Invertebrates
- The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
- stevec@unis.no
- Author

Klaus Høiland
Professor emeritus
- Terrestrial Biology, Fungi
- University of Oslo, Department of Biosciences
- klaus.hoiland@ibv.uio.no
- Author

David Pearce
Professor
- Microbiology
- Applied Sciences at Northumbria University
- DAVID.PEARCE@NORTHUMBRIA.AC.UK
- Author

Antonio Alcamí
Professor
- Microbiology, virology
- Author

Stefan Bertilsson
Professor
- Microbiology
- Author

Malu Avila
PhD
- Terrestrial biology, Invertebrates
- Former PhD at The University Centre in Svalbard, currently at NatureMetrics, UK
- mlavilaj@gmail.com
- Author
- Editor

Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir
Professor
- Terrestrial biology, ecology, plants
- Former Professor of Ecology at the University Centre in Svalbard, currently at Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland
- isj@hi.is
- Author

Lennart Nilsen
Associate Professor
- Terrestrial biology, plants, bryophytes
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
- lennart.nilsen@uit.no
- Author
Additional text, editing and other contributions

Lise Øvreås
Professor
- Microbiology
- Department of Biological Sciences (BIO), UiB - The University of Bergen
- Lise.Ovreas@uib.no
- Content contributor

Simone Lang
Associate Professor
- Terrestrial biology, bryophytes
- The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
- simonel@unis.no
- Content contributor

Eike Stübner
PhD
- Marine Biology
- Former PhD at The University Centre in Svalbard, currently at Svalbard Folkehøgskole
- eike@svalbardfolkehogskole.no
- Editor, content contributor

Magdalena Wutkowska
Researcher
- Molecular Microbiology, Arctic Microbiology, Marine Ecology
- SoWa Research Infrastructure (SoWa)
- magdalena.wutkowska@bc.cas.cz
- Editor

Simen S. Hjelle
Biologist
- Arctic Biology
- University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
- simenh@unis.no
- Content contributor, editor