Scientific Steering Committee 2022

Members

Diana Ruiz Pino

Diana Ruiz Pino
Chair since 2022
E-mail: Diana.Ruiz-Pino@locean.ipsl.fr

Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Research interests: ocean carbon and oxygen biogeochemical cycles and climate change

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Marion Gehlen

Marion Gehlen
Vice-chair since 2022
E-mail: marion.gehlen@lsce.ipsl.fr

LSCE/IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Climate change impacts on ocean processes, ocean acidification on marine biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems and feedbacks, recent past and future evolution of the marine carbon cycle; predictability of biogeochemical state and its variability

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Alice Newton

Alice Newton
Vice-Chair since 2019

E-mail: anewton@ualg.pt

Web page: Link

Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Eutrophication, assessment frameworks of marine social – ecological systems, Regional Seas Conventions, marine environmental policy implementation, marine biodiversity assessments, science communication

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Micaela Trimble

Vice-Chair since 2021
E-mail: mica.trimble@saras-institute.org
Web page: Link

South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies, Montevideo, Uruguay

Social-ecological systems; adaptive co-management; environmental governance; public participation

Intro presentation

Derek Armitage

Derek Armitage
Member since 2022
E-mail: derek.armitage@uwaterloo.ca
Web page: Link

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Governance, knowledge co-production, coastal social-ecological systems

Nina Bednaršek
Member since 2022
E-mail: nbednarsek@gmail.com
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Oregon State University, Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystems and Resources Studies

Ocean acidification, biological oceanography, ocean ecosystem change, mitigation and adaptation strategies, climate change

Belgrano, Andrea

Andrea Belgrano
Member since 2021
E-mail: andrea.belgrano@slu.se
Web page: Link

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Marine Research, Lysekil, Sweden and  Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment (SIME), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Ecosystem-based management for marine fisheries, ocean governance sustainability and resilience

Intro presentation

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Thorsten Blenckner
Member since 2021
E-mail: thorsten.blenckner@su.se
Web page: Link

Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden

Ecosystem processes and multiple stressors, socio-ecological systems

Intro presentation

Alistair-HOBDAY

Alistair Hobday
Member since 2017
E-mail: alistair.hobday@csiro.au

Web page: Link

Past co-Chair of CLIOTOP

CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Climate variability and change, climate adaptation, fisheries management, ecological risk assessments, science-to-policy

Narriman Jiddawi

Narriman Jiddawi
Member since 2020
E-mail: n_jiddawi@yahoo.com
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Institute of Fisheries Research and other marine resources, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Socio-economics, governance issues, stakeholder empowerment

Intro presentation

Dongyan

Dongyan Liu
Ex officio member since 2022
E-mail: dyliu@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
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State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China

Impact of eutrophication and ocean warming on phytoplankton shifts in coastal waters

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Jingling Ren

Member since 2022
E-mail: renjingl@ouc.edu.cn
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Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Biogeochemical processes and multiple stressors, biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their applications, roles of micronutrients and bioengineering

Suvaluck Satumanatpan

Suvaluck Satumanatpan

Member since 2018
E-mail: suvaluck.nat@mahidol.ac.th
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Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand

Marine and coastal management and fisheries governance

Samiya-Selim

Samiya Selim
Early Career representative since 2022
E-mail: samiya.selim@ulab.edu.bd

University of Liberal Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Interdisciplinary areas of social-ecological systems – sustainability science, climate change adaptation and resilience, and the science-policy interface

Lynne Shannon

Lynne Shannon
Member since 2022
E-mail: lynne.shannon@uct.ac.za 
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University of Cape Town, Cape Town,  South Africa

Ecosystem modelling, ecosystem-based management, fisheries, indicators, biodiversity

Intro presentation

David VanderZwaag

David VanderZwaag
Member since 2018
E-mail: David.VanderZwaag@Dal.Ca
Web page: Link

Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

Marine and environmental law and governance

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Nireka Weeratunge Starkloff
Member since 2021
E-mail: nireka.weeratunge@yahoo.com
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International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Socio-cultural anthropology, environment-society interface, marine-dependent communities

Intro presentation

Boris Worm Portrait

Boris Worm
Ex officio member since 2022
E-mail: Boris.Worm@Dal.Ca
Web page: Link

Dalhousie University and Ocean School, Halifax, NS, Canada

Marine ecologist with a special interest in understanding relationships between people and marine biodiversity at large spatial scales

Intro presentation