Thomas Kunz a slightly hit by a car lors du North American Symposium of Bat Research (NASBR) A Toronto, causing critical brain injuries including. The latest news, the “bat guru” was still in coma.
Director of Bat Lab at Boston University, it is one of the most influential researchers in the research community on bats. We wish him a speedy recovery.
The year of the bat 2011-2012 will be sadly marked by the disparition soudaine d'Elisabeth Kalko. The German scholar was very influential in the world of research on bats. She was director of the Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm and had specialized in ecology and evolution of tropical bats. This is a great shock to the entire community has strongly reacted to the sad news. Memories and messages of sympathy may be submitted including a dedicated facebook page : Remembering Elizabeth “Eli” Kalko. An homage will be at the next annual meeting of the “Society for Tropical Ecology” (GTOE) in February 2012.
http://www.uni-ulm.de/nawi/bio3/kalko/research/publications.html
