and Evolution (FUSE), and associate editor of Australasian Plant Pathology, Sydowia, Fungal Planet, CBS Biodiversity Series, and CBS Laboratory Manual Series. He is a collaborator on the 1000 genome project, and the Tree of Life web project. Crous is appointed as Professor at the University of Stellenbosch, the University of Pretoria and the University of the Free State (South Africa), the University of Utrecht and the University of Wageningen (Netherlands). He also holds professorships in Melbourne and Murdoch (Australia), and in Chiang Mai (Thailand). In 2018 Crous was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. MycoBank In 2004 he launched MycoBank, a freely available online database to capture all fungal novelties described by the research community, which has since become mandatory in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants from 2013 onwards. Prof Crous has played an active role in teaching microbial biodiversity, and has added several thousand cultures to the CBS culture collection, and has described more than 3000 fungal taxa, the majority also supplemented with DNA barcodes. From the start, he has been a strong supporter to build the library of life for biodiversity on earth, and in this capacity, was the European representative in the International Barcode of Life project (Genome Canada), the chair of the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life, served on the Executive of the Consortium for the Barcode of Life, and participated in major projects such as the FES Plant Health, Tree of Life, and FP7- Quarantine Barcode of Life. Publications He has published more than 600 papers, authored or edited more than 30 books, and monographed several genera of major economic importance to global food and fibre security. Crous has supervised or co-supervised 26 master’s theses and has been the promoter or co-promoter of 20 doctoral dissertations. Crous teaches courses in biosystematics and plant pathology. His research focuses on the systematics of plant pathogenic fungi causing disease of economically important crops, also relevant to quarantine and trade in food and fibre. References External links Pedro Crous page on the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute website Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute website Studies in Mycology CBS Biodiversity Series CBS Laboratory Manual Series MycoBank Persoonia IMA Fungus Fungal Planet Businesscard University of Wageningen Businesscard University of Utrecht Wetenschapsportal NARCIS - positie, onderzoek, (Open Access) publicaties 1963 births Living people Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts