Add or correct an entry

Three ways in, depending on how you like to work. All of them end up in the same CSV.

Anyone may add anyone — you do not have to be adding yourself, and you do not need permission. The only rule is that entries describe people who actually run or contribute to research on fungi or oomycetes, and that a lab or institutional page backs up the entry.

1. The form

Open the submission form →

It takes about a minute and asks for the same fields the directory stores. Use it for a new person or for a correction to an existing one — a submission under a name already listed is treated as an update.

Submissions are reviewed before they appear. Expect a few days.

2. A GitHub issue

If you would rather not use a form:

• Add someone to the directory
• Correct an existing entry
• Remove me from the directory

3. A pull request

The directory is a CSV. Edit wrifo/data/people.csv directly on GitHub, keep the rows sorted by sort_name, and open a pull request. The schema is documented next to the data.

What to put in each field

Field	What it should hold
name	Last, First — with the name and diacritics you actually use
institution	The institution, without the country in parentheses
country	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (US, GB, DE, AU…)
region	One of Africa, Asia, Australia/NZ, Europe, North America, South America
research_area_1, research_area_2	Up to two areas from the fixed vocabulary below
keywords	Anything else, separated by semicolons — organisms, methods, systems
website	A lab or institutional page. Not LinkedIn, not Twitter/X
career_stage	PhD, Postdoc, Junior, Intermediate, Senior, Emeritus

The research area vocabulary is fixed so the filters stay useful:

Biochemistry Biotechnology Cell biology Development Ecology Evolution Genetics/Genomics Immunology Medical Mycology Plant Pathology Signaling Taxonomy

Anything that does not fit belongs in keywords, not in a new area. If a whole subfield is genuinely missing, open an issue and make the case.

What happens next

Submissions go into a review queue, not straight onto the page. A maintainer checks that the institution and lab link resolve and that the research areas come from the vocabulary above, then merges the entry. Rows with a region or career stage outside the vocabulary, or a social-media link in place of a lab page, are held back until someone fixes them.

Removal

Nobody is listed against their will. Ask, by any of the routes above, and the entry comes out — no explanation needed, no questions asked.

Privacy

The directory holds only professional information: name, institution, research area, and a public lab page. Email addresses and other contact details are never published here, even when a submission includes one.