Committee Chairs
The Presidents of the six CIESM scientific committees work closely with the Director General and with each other on strategic planning, on consolidating the scientific cooperation between marine researchers on both shores, in developing an active network, in strengthening interdisciplinarity, and in leading CIESM research Workshops. For the period 2010- 2013, the Committee Chairs elected by secret ballot during the Venice Congress are:
   C1 - Marine Geosciences  

Chair: Dr Gert De Lange
Fac. Geosciences, Utrecht University
Netherlands

Prof. Marine Geochemistry and Chemical Oceanography at Utrecht Univ. Ph.D. Marine Geochemistry, Utrecht Univ, NL (1988); participant/coordinator of several European projects in the Mediterranean; Editor-in-Chief of Marine Geology. Research interests are mainly in Mediterranean sediments and include paleoceanographic variations, related proxies, and diagenetic changes, and the origin/composition of mud volcano fluid and gas expulsions.

   C2 - Physics and Climate of the Ocean  

Chair: Dr Miroslav Gacic
OGS
Trieste, Italy

M.Sc. 1974, physical oceanography, Univ. Zagreb /Ph.D. 1983 meteorological sciences, Univ. Belgrade. Fullbright fellowship 1979. Research on watermass circulation in response to atmospheric forcing at various time scales, deep water formation processes, water exchange dynamics between bays and open sea. PI in EurOceans, collaborator of various EU Projects (PRISMA, MERSEA, MFSPP, MFSTEP, OTRANTO). Teaches graduate oceanography programs at Univ. Trieste, Zagreb, Venice.

   C3 - Marine Biogeochemistry  

Chair: Dr Axel Romana
Ifremer, Prospective and Sci. Strategy Division
France
Theoretical physics, Univ. Buenos Aires 1969 / marine biology & biogeochemistry, Univ. Marseille 1973. Expertise in ecotoxicology, DOC cycles, nitrification, numerical modelling. Developed standard methodologies for monitoring inputs, state and fate of chemical contaminants in highly diversified ecosystems. Numerous cruises. Initiator and leader of international multidisciplinary programs (e.g. MEDICIS) connecting coastal institutions from all Mediterranean countries.

   C4 - Marine Microbiology and Biotechnology  

Chair: Dr Milton da Costa
University of Coimbra
Portugal

Professor of Microbiology at Coimbra Univ. M.Sc. 1972, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff ; Ph.D. microbiology 1977, Univ. Indiana Bloomington, USA. Current research on biodiversity and systematics of extremophilic bacteria and archaea (from coastal geothermal areas and from deep sea brines in Mediterranean), and on specific enzymes in Mycobacterium species. President (2007-2010) of Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS).

   C5 - Living Resources and Marine Ecosystems  
co-Chair: Dr Ferdinando Boero
University of Salento
Lecce, Italy
co-Chair: Dr Cemal Turan
Fisheries Genetics Lab., Faculty of Fisheries and Aquaculture Mustafa Kemal Univ., Hatay, Turkey

Ferdinando Boero

Professor of Zoology and Marine Biology at the University of Salento. Prix Manley Bendall, Medal Albert 1er 2005 for Oceanography. Serves or has served in the editorial board of Ecology Letters, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Cahiers de Biologie Marine, Italian Journal of Zoology. Main interests: biodiversity, ecological complexity, evolution, conservation, biogeography, museum science.

Cemal Turan

B.S. 1992; M.Phil 1995, Univ. Swansea; Ph.D. 1997, Univ. Hull in population genetics. Superior Successful Young Scientist Award by Turkish Academy of Sciences. Partner in EU sixth frame work projects, leader of many national projects (TUBITAK), Research / papers / books focused on population genetics, molecular ecology, biodiversity, genetic conservation and management, phylogenetics, geometric morphometrics.


   C6 - Coastal Systems  

Chair: Dr Enric Sala
CSIC, Spain
National Geographic Society, Washington, USA
Researcher at Spain's National Council for Scientific Research, and Adjunct Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. PhD in Ecology, 1996, Université d'Aix-Marseille II. Research on marine conservation ecology, human impacts on coastal ecosystems, food webs, marine reserves. 2005 Aldo Leopold Fellow, 2006 Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, 2007 National Geographic Emerging Explorer.