Christos Arvanitidis

Curriculum Vitae

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Personal Information

Last name:

Arvanitidis

First name:

Christos

Phone:

+30 2810 337748

e-mail:

arvanitidis@hcmr.gr

Function at IMBG:

Senior Researcher

Expertise / Research Interests

Marine Biodiversity
Functional Diversity
Biodiversity Informatics
Transitional Ecosystems
Quality control and assessment of the coastal marine ecosystems
Τaxonomy

Languages


Greek	native language
English	very good
French	good

Education and Training


1988-1994	PhD in Marine Biology, School of Biology, Aristotelian University
1983-1988	BSc in Biology, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

Specific Training


1999	Postdoctoral training in the context of the Project on the Hellenic-French Scientific Co-operation: Sejours Scientifiques en France. Station Marine de Wimereux, France

Professional Activities


2006 -,	Senior Researcher, Marine Biodiversity, Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece
1996-2006	Research collaborator, Marine Biodiversity, Institute of Marine Biology of Crete and Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece
1994-1996	Postdoctoral collaborator, Taxonomy, Zoogeography and Ecology of Marine Organisms, Zoology Department, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

International Recognition of Scientific Work

Citations (excluding self-citations):

415

Self-citations:

187

h-index:

Impact Factor:

Editor in Scientific Journals and Publications


Associate Editor in Frontiers in Marine Science
Guest Editor for the Special Issue in honour of Carlo Heip. Journal of Sea Research
Subject Editor in the Biodiversity Data Journal (Pensoft)
Guest Editor for the X-Theory Theme Section (MarBEF). Transitional Water Bulletin.
Guest Editor for the MarBEF Theme 1 Section: Latitudinal patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity on European continental shelves: Insights from the MarBEF database. Marine Ecology Progress Series, in honor of John Gray. (InteResearch)
Associate Editor in the Journal Transitional Waters Bulletin
Associate Editor for the European Polychaete species list (ERMS, ERMS-2)

Reviewer in international Journals

Acta Oecologica

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Biodiversity and Conservation

Biological Invasions

Bulletin of Marine Science

Diversity and Distributions

Continental Shelf Research

Ecological Indicators

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Helgoland Marine Research

Hydrobiologia

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Italian Journal of Zoology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Biogeography

Journal of Biological Research

Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Marine Biodiversity

Marine Biology

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Marine Ecology (formerly published by PSZNI)

Mediterranean Marine Science

PLOS ONE

Transitional Waters Bulletin

Scientia Marina

Vie et Milieu

Zoosymposia

Scholarships / Awards


1999	Hellenic-French Scientific Co-operation: Sejours Scientifiques en France. Station Marine de Wimereux, France
1998	EU TMR. Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
1990	EU Project Erasmus. Station Marine d’Endoume, Université d’Aix Marseille II; Laboratoire d’Écologie Animale, Université Catholique de l’Ouest d’Angers, France

Teaching Activities

Undergraduate courses


1999	Operational Education Project – Seminars: Life forms in the marine environment; structure and functioning of marine ecosystems, Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC)
1994-1996	Aquatic Organisms and Communites, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
1988-1996	Marine Biology lab courses, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
1988-1996	Zoology lab courses, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

Postgraduate courses


2010	Multivariate techniques in community ecology; The « Mediterranean Biota » summer school, University of Kiel, HCMR, University of Crete, Environmental Education Centre of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greec
2010	The use of the multivariate analyses in large-scale ecology: Are marine benthic communities assembled at random from regional species pools? The « Mediterranean Biota » summer school, University of Kiel, HCMR, University of Crete, Environmental Education Centre of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2010	Biological geography of the European seas:results from the MacroBen database; The « Mediterranean Biota » summer school, University of Kiel, HCMR, University of Crete, Environmental Education Centre of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2010	Biodiversity: an ocean of initiatives, projects, platforms and data; The « Mediterranean Biota » summer school, University of Kiel, HCMR, University of Crete, Environmental Education Centre of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2008	Multivariate analyses in Marine Biodiversity, Biology Department, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
2007	Multivariate analyses in Marine Biodiversity, Biology Department, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
2005	Marine Biodiversity: from the Comprehensive methodology to the Rapid Assessment Techniques, Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, HCMR
2004	Community analyses: steps to move forward – Seminar for Industry engineers, Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, HCMR

Supervision of BSc Theses


Faulwetter S (2005) Development of MedOBIS – a biogeographic information system for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Diploma Thesis, Department of Documentation in Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Hanover, , (2005)


Chatzigeorgiou G (2003) Assessment of the Mediterranean lagoonal biodiversity, Diploma Thesis (BSc Honours), Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, , (2003)

Supervision of MSc Theses


Sevastou Κ (1999) Study of the structure and distribution of the soft substrates polychaete taxocommunities at the sewage outfall of the Heraklion Gulf. MSc Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Crete, , (1999)


Κoulouri P (1999) Structure and dynamics of the soft substrates molluscan taxocommunities at the sewage outfall of the Heraklion Gulf. MSc Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Crete, , (1999)


Vasileiadou Κ (2007) The polychaete taxo-community in lagoonal ecosystems: A first ecological and molecular approach. MSc Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Crete, , (2007)


Chatzigeorgiou G (2005) Succession of a coastal transitional habitat in the Mediterranean (Gialova lagoon). MSc Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Crete, , (2005)


Μarkantonatou V. The Use of information on the macrobenthic invertebrate (Polychaeta) life cycle traits for the estimation of the transitional habitat quality in the Mediterranean. Department of Biology, University of Crete (Title of the MSc Thesis), , (2007)

Supervision of PhD Theses


Deprez T (2006) Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Mysida (Peracarida, Crustacea): A global approach through the biological information system NeMYS. Faculty of Sciences, University of Ghent (Member of Jury), , (2006)


Papageorgiou N. Study of the impacts of aquaculture on benthic fauna and on its functioning. Department of Biology, University of Crete (Title of the PhD Thesis) (Member of Jury), , (2011)

Research Activities

Research and Funding ID

Number of grants raised:

Total funding from projects (either as coordinator or as scientific responsible) ( in €):

6,800,000

Organization of Workshops and Symposia


October	2010	The “Mediterranean Biota”, postgraduate level summer school, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Co-organizer
July	2010	Third HELBIONET Steering Committee, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
May	2010	HELBIONET Second Steering Committee and Assembly Workshop meeting, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
February	2010	First HELBIONET Steering Committee meeting, Athens, Greece	Co-organizer
October	2009	ICES Task Group 6 on Indicators of seafloor integrity, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
April	2009	X_Theory Workshop (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, MarBEF), Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
February	2007	Nomina 1 Workshop (Encyclopedia of Life), Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Co-organizer
April	2006	ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Seas) Symposium Benthos Ecology Working Group WGBE; Heraklion, Crete	Co-organizer
June	2006	SeaDataNet Workshop, Heraklion, Crete	Co-organizer
October	2006	Theme 1 MarBEF Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
October	2006	Theme 1 MarBEF Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
October	2006	PROPE-taxon RMP (MarBEF) Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
December	2004	MarBEF Theme 3 Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Co-organizer
June	2004	ELME WP1 Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Co-organizer
March	2002	BIOMARE Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Organizer
May	2002	BIOMARE Workshop, Corinth, Greece	Organizer
April	1998	ICES Symposium Living Resources Committee, WGCEPH; Heraklion, Crete	Member of the organizing committee
October	2012	EMODnet Workshop, HCMR, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Co-organizer

Membership of Advisory and Research Bodies


2013	Member of the drafting team of the UN World Ocean Assessment 1
2010-2011	Member of the ICES Integrating Marine and Maritime Science Communities (MARCOM+) First Panel
2009-2010	Member of the ICES Task Group 6 on the “Indicators of seafloor integrity”
2008-	Member of the WoRMS (Word Register of Marine Species) Board
2007-	Member of the SMEBD (Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data) Council
1998-2000	Advisory Committee Member of the International Polychaete Association (IPA)

Participation in National Committees, Conferences, Workshops


June	2011	Amvrakikos wetlands Workshop	Arta, Greece
June	2010	Workshop on the biodiversity, Faculty of Biology	Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens
April	2010	Symposium for the day of the environment, Polytechnic School	Polytechnics School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
April	2010	Organic.Edunet: learning content web community, network of repositories on organic agriculture and agroecology	The Agricultural University of Athens, Library, Greece
March	2010	Trip all over Greece to communicate the activities and questionnaire of the HELBIONET Project	Mytilene, Alexandroupolis, Nea Peramos, Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Agrinio, Patras, Athens, Heraklion
February	2010	TV interview for the HELBIONET Project (in the context of the LIFEWATCH ESFRI), Kriti TV Channel	Heraklion, Crete
December	2010	Copenhagen: the environment in the international crisis vortex, invited speaker	EKEPEK, Panteion University, Athens, Greece
May	2012	Eleventh pan-Hellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries, Evgenidio Foundation	Athens, Greece

Participation in International Committees, Conferences, Workshops


July	2012	MAPMED Steering Committee meeting	Rome, Italy
June	2012	LifeWatch Stakeholders and National champions meeting, VLIZ	Ostende, Belgium
June	2012	MAPMED Stakeholders workshop, New Passenger Station	Cagliari, Italy
June	2012	SMEBD Council meeting, Natural History Museum	Brussels, Belgium
June	2012	MAPMED Stakeholders workshop, Port Authority office	El Kantaoui, Tunisia
May	2012	EMBOS management meeting	Zandvort aan Zee, The Netherlands
May	2012	EVAMAP last project meeting, IMBE, Station Marine d'Endoume	Marseille, France
April	2012	ViBRANT management meeting	Sofia, Bulgaria
April	2012	VECTORS annual meeting	Portoroz, Slovenia
February	2012	EUROMARINE Workshop, CNRS	Sete, France
January	2012	EMBOS annual meeting, Atlantis Conference Centre	Bremen, Germany
January	2012	EUROMARINE annual meeting, Altantis Conference Centre	Bremen, Germany
January	2012	ViBRANT WP leaders meeting (on skype)
December	2011	Micro-CT seminar, NHM	London, UK
December	2011	EVAMAP Workshop, HCMR	Crete, Greece
November	2011	LifeWatch Stakeholders meeting	Brussels, Belgium
November	2011	BioDivMex Workshop, Universite de Provence	Marseille, France
November	2011	ViBRANT Management Committee meeting, NHM	London, UK
October	2011	EMODnet data management Workshop, HCMR	Crete, Greece
October	2011	EUROMARINE data management Workshop	Glyfada, Athens
October	2011	EMBRC Workshop, Plymouth Aquarium	Plymouth, England
September	2011	Workshop on the Census of Marine Life international project, International Conference Centre	Aberdeen, Scotland
September	2011	World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, International Conference Centre	Aberdeen, Scotland
September	2011	VECTORS WP3 meeting, International Conference Centre	Aberdeen, Scotland
September	2011	MAPMED kick-off meeting, Regiona de Sardegna	Cagliari, Italy
September	2011	MARCOM+ meeting (ESF)	Brussels, Belgium
July	2011	ViBRANT Management Committee meeting (on skype)
July	2011	EUROMARINE meeting, CNRS	Roscoff, France
May	2011	EVAMAP meeting, Institute of Marine Biology and genetics, HCMR	Crete, Greece
June	2011	ViBRANT WP8 meeting, Institute of Marine Biology and genetics, HCMR	Crete, Greece
May	2011	ENSAA event: Young Europeans Discuss Sustainable Development, Ionic Centre	Athens, Greece
May	2011	ViBRANT management committee meeting (on skype), Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics	Crete Greece
April	2011	VECTORS WP3 meeting, Linnean Society of London	London, UK
April	2011	ViBRANT WP8 preparatory meeting, Natural History Museum	London, UK
April	2011	LifeWatch national champions meeting	Budapest, Hungary
March	2011	EMBOS kick-off meeting	COST Office, Brussels, Belgium
March	2011	EuroMarine kick-off meeting	University of Göteborg, Sweden
March	2011	MARCOM+ Marine and Maritime Science Policy meeting	Palma de Majorca, Spain
December	2011	VECTORS kick-off meeting	Real Marine Hotel, Faro, Portugal
November	2011	VESTIS meeting	University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
November	2011	ViBRANT kick-off meeting	Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
June	2011	EDIT final meeting	Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
June	2011	SEMBD council meeting	Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
May	2010	HELBIONET Workshop for National LIFEWATCH Champions	University of Bari, Bari, Italy
March	2010	LIFEWATCH - HELBIONET – ESF, meeting	National Foundation Centre, Athens, Greece
March	2010	EcoBOS project preparatory meeting	Zandvoort aan Zee (Amsterdam), The Netherlands
January	2010	Third HELBIONET Steering Committee	HCMR, Crete
August	June	Tenth International Polychaete Conference	Lecce, Italy
May	2010	HELBIONET Workshop for National LIFEWATCH Champions	UvA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May	2010	HELBIONET Second Steering Committee and Assembly Workshop meeting	HCMR, Crete
April	2010	PESI Second FPs meeting	University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey
April	2010	Fourth GEO European Projects Workshop	Electra Palace Hotel, Athens, Greece
February	2010	TV documentary for the HELBIONET Project (in the context of the LIFEWATCH ESFRI), WDR Channel (Germany)	HCMR, Crete
January	2010	Invited scientist in the initial negotiation stage for the ViBRANT Project (e-Infrastructures)	Brussels, Belgium
December	2010	Invited scientist in the preparatory meeting for the formulation of the core group on marine functional diversity	DEFRA, London, UK
December	2010	Invited scientist by the Alfred-Wegener Institute	AWI, Helgoland, Germany
November	2010	First HELBIONET Steering Committee meeting	Propylaia, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
November	2010	EMODNET Workshop on marine biodiversity data availability, national delegate	VLIZ, Ostende, Belgium
October	2010	Marine Strategy Directive Framework meeting with national delegates, representative of the ICES TG-6 working on sea floor integrity	Brussels, Belgium
October	2009	EDIT Annual Assembly, PESI SC, and SMEBD Council meetings	Carvoeiro, Portugal
June	2009	The European Marine Research Stations Network (MARS) annual meeting	Naples, Italy
June	2009	ICES Task Group 6 on Indicators of seafloor integrity	HCMR, Heraklion, Crete
May	2009	Preparatory meeting for the proposal VECTORS	Brussels, Belgium
May	2009	Preparatory meeting for the proposal ViBRANT	London, UK
May	2009	ICES Task Group 6 on Indicators of seafloor integrity, member	Copenhagen, Denmark
April	2009	The First International Alexandria Environmental Forum: Towards a cleaner Mediterranean Region, Invited Expert and Session Cair	Biblkotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
March	2009	Regional (SE Europe) GEOSS meeting, participant	Propylaia, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
January	2009	e-Biosphere International Conference, participant	Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London, UK
December	2009	X-Theory meeting (MarBEF), Organizer	HCMR, Crete
November	2009	Last MarBEF SSC-EC meeting, Member of the Steering Committee	Zandvoort aan Zee, The Netherlands
October	2009	PESI WP3 meeting, Marine Focal Points Coordinator	University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey
October	2009	HSCB Workshop, participant	Athens, Greece
September	2009	NaGISA Workshop and sampling (organization)	HCMR, Crete
May	2009	Mobidic spring school (MarBEF), participant	CIIMAR, Faro, Portugal
April	2008	Preparatory meeting for the drafting of the MEDIUM proposal (FP7 – Capacities), Member of the Steering Committee	University of Florence, Florence, Italy
March	2008	First Annual PESI meeting, Participant	University of Sevilla, Spain
March	2008	World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, (MarBEF), Member of the Steering Committee	Aquarium of Valencia, Spain
February	2008	MARS (The European Network of Marine Institutes and Stations) Meeting, member	Brussels Planetarioum, Belgium
January	2008	WoRMS Kick-off Meeting, European Polychaete Editor (ERMS, ERMS-2), Member of the Editorial Body	VLIZ, Oostende, Belgium
December	2008	Meeting of the MarBEF Theme and Responsive Mode Projects (RMPs) Coordinators, Coordinator of PROPE-taxon RMP και Guest Editor of the Theme Section to be published in Marine Ecology Progress Series	Roskilde, Denmark
December	2008	International IMDIS Meeting, participant	Zapeion Megaron, Athens, Greece
December	2008	MarBEF Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	Marseille, France
September	2008	Annual General Meeting of the EDIT Network of Excellence, Invited MarBEF and SMEBD (Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data) Observer and National Delegate	Carvoeiro, Portugal
June	2007	Ninth International Polychaete Conference, participant	Portland (Maine), USA
May	2007	MarBEF Annual General Assembly, Μember	Sopot-Gdynia, Poland
March	2007	Annual Meeting of the RMP PROPE-taxon, in the context of the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence, Coordinator	Sopot-Gdynia, Poland
March	2007	EDIT WP6 Workshop, Invited speaker from the MarBEF NoE	London, UK
February	2007	International CIESM Conference, Invited Speaker from the MarBEF NoE	Istanbul, Turkey
May	2007	The «ΝΟΜΙΝΑ» Meeting, in the context of the Encyclopedia of Life mega-Project, co-organizer	HCMR, Crete
May	2007	Meeting of the BIOFUSE RMP, in the context of the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence, Member	Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
March	2006	Final TWReferenceNEΤ Meeting, Member	University of Lecce, Italy
February	2006	Final ELME Meeting, Member	Plymouth, UK
October	2006	LargeNET RMP Meeting, in the context of the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence, Member	AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany
September	2006	Meeting in the context of the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence for the preparation of the EuroMASTER proposal, HCMR Delegate	University of Gent, Belgium
April	2006	MarBEF Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	University of Gent, Belgium
March	2006	MarBEF Theme I Workshop	HCMR, Crete
October	2006	European Meeting on Transitional Ecosystems: Transitional states in transitional & coastal waters, in the context of the TWReferenceNET Project, Participant	FRI, Nea Peramos, Greece
July	2006	SEADATANET kick-off Meeting	Heraklion, Crete
May	2006	Third MarBEF Annual General Assembly and Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	Lecce, Ιtaly
November	2006	PROPE-taxon Annual Meeting, in the context of the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence, Coordinator	Lecce, Ιtaly
July	2006	Annual Meeting of the ICES Benthos Working Group, Organizer	HCMR, Crete
March	2006	Meeting for the participation of the EU to the International Project NaGISA (Natural Geography in Shore Areas) (Census of Marine Life, CoML), Member and national Delegate	University of Pisa, Italy
December	2006	Second ELME Annual Meeting, Μember	Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July	2006	Second TWReferenceNET Meeting, Μember	Αnavyssos Attikis, Greece
January	2005	Second MarBEF Theme III Meeting, Organizer	HCMR, Crete
April	2005	Final MEDCORE Meeting, Μember	University og Florence, Italy
April	2005	Second MarBEF Theme I Meeting	HCMR, Crete
April	2005	PROPE-taxon kick-off Meeting, in the context of the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence, Coordinator	HCMR, Crete
April	2005	MarBEF Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	Βarcelona, Spain
April	2005	Second ELME Annual Meeting, HCMR scientific responsible	Istanbul, Turkey
May	2005	Second Meeting of the second Work Package of ELME, Μember	Plymouth, UK
May	2005	Theme I (MarBEF) Meeting on large-scale patterns, participant	University of Oslo, Norway
July	2005	Second Annual MarBEF General Assembly, HCMR scientific responsible	Porto, Portugal
July	2005	LargeNET RMP kick-off Meeting, in the context of the MarBEF EU Network of Excellence, Member	Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
September	2005	MarBEF Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
September	2004	Third Meeting of the MarBEF Theme III	HCMR, Crete
September	2004	First International OBI (Ocean Biodiversity Information), participant	Hamburg, Germany
September	2004	Second Work Package ELME Meeting, Member	University of Lecce, Italy
September	2004	MarBEF Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	Natural History Museum, London, UK
October	2004	MarBEF Theme I kick-off Meeting, Member	University of Oslo, Norway
October	2004	First Meeting of the ELME second Work Package, Member	Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, UK
October	2004	First MarBEF Annual General Assembly and Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	Brugge, Belgium
November	2004	MARBENA Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Member	Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland
November	2004	MarBEF Scientific Steering Committee kick-off Meeting, Μember,	Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands
November	2003	ΕPBRS (European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy) Meeting: “Biotic Resources in a Changing World”, Invited representative of MARBENA	Mythimna, Mytilene, Greece
December	2003	High-level Conference: “Biodiversity of Coastal Marine Ecosystems, A Functional Approach to Coastal Marine Biodiversity”, Speaker	Renesse, The Netherlands
December	2003	Meeting of the Committee for the preparation and submission of the MarBEF proposal, Member	Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
January	2003	MARBENA Scientific Steering Committee Meeting and Meeting for the preparation of the MarBEF Notwork of Excellence proposal, Μember	Βarcelona, Spain
January	2002	BIOMARE Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Μember	Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-mer, France
January	2002	BIOMARE Workshop, Μember	Trømso, Νοrway
February	2002	BIOMARE Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, Μember	Horta, Azores, Portugal
February	2002	BIOMARE Workshop	IMBC, Crete
April	2001	BIOMARE Scientific Steering Committee Meeting and Workshop, Μember	Mallorca, Spain
May	2001	Seventh International Polychaete Conference, Member of the Advisory Committee	Reykjavik, Ιsland
May	2001	First Mediterranean BIOMARE Workshop	Corinth, Greece
June	2000	BIOMARE Scientific Steering Committee kick-off Meeting, Μember	Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands
June	2000	Fourth Cephalopod International Conference, CIAC-2000, Participant	University of Aberdeen, Scotland
June	1998	EU TMR on Marine Biodiversity. Laboratoire Arago, Participant	Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
June	1996	Second Ιnternational Βiodiversity Conference, Participant	Natural History Museum, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
July	1992	Fourth International Polychaete Conference, Participant	Angers, France

History

Member for: 13 years 7 weeks