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
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
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
Micaela Trimble
Vice-Chair since 2021
E-mail: mica.trimble@saras-institute.org
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South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies, Montevideo, Uruguay
Social-ecological systems; adaptive co-management; environmental governance; public participation
Derek Armitage
Member since 2022
E-mail: derek.armitage@uwaterloo.ca
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Governance, knowledge co-production, coastal social-ecological systems
Nina Bednaršek
Member since 2022
E-mail: nbednarsek@gmail.com
Web page: Link
Oregon State University, Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystems and Resources Studies
Ocean acidification, biological oceanography, ocean ecosystem change, mitigation and adaptation strategies, climate change
Andrea Belgrano
Member since 2021
E-mail: andrea.belgrano@slu.se
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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
Thorsten Blenckner
Member since 2021
E-mail: thorsten.blenckner@su.se
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Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
Ecosystem processes and multiple stressors, socio-ecological systems
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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