in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the research coordinator for the statistics group at DTU Aqua. His scientific work focuses on developing statistically rigorous tools for marine science in particular for fish stock assessment. Anders has previously worked at the University of Hawaii developing models and software for geolocating archival-tagged marine creatures.
Andreas Kannen, Germany
Andreas is a research scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modelling, Germany. He is a member of the division on Human Dimensions of Coastal Areas and has conducted research related to marine use patterns, use conflicts, offshore wind farm development and maritime spatial planning. As a social scientist, his interests focus on the socio-cultural and institutional perspective, looking at the role of the various human actors, institutions, policies, planning processes and governance structures that form the marine and coastal environment. Andreas holds several policy advisory positions and is engaged with ICES since 2006, including chairing WGMPCZM from 2011 to 2016.
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Antonina dos Santos, Portugal
Antonina is Senior Scientist at the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA) in Lisbon, Portugal. Her role is to lead plankton and oceanography research and to provide advice on ecosystem health and biodiversity for Portuguese marine areas. Her scientific work focuses on how critical connections in the complex life cycles of marine invertebrates regulate population dynamics in oceanic and coastal communities. Her research intends to advance understanding and application of ecosystem-based management. Antonina has previously worked as Director of the Department of Sea and Marine Resources at IPMA.
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Artūras Razinkovas-Baziukas, Lithuania
Artūras is a Chief Scientist and professor at the Marine Research Institute based in Klaipėda. His scientific work focuses on estuarine systems, especially lagoons covering the process-based and statistical modelling of ecosystems and their ecosystem services. The outcomes of his research are intended to advance understanding and application of ecosystem-based management. Artūras has also served as a national representative for the European Marine Board and is a former president of the Baltic Marine Biologist organization.
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Brian MacKenzie, Denmark
Brian is a Professor of Marine Fish Population Ecology at the Technical University of Denmark, National Institute for Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) in Copenhagen, Denmark. He conducts research into the dynamics of marine fish populations in response to human and natural perturbations, teaches and supervises graduate students, and provides advice to public and private organizations. His scientific work focuses on identifying and quantifying impacts of climate change/variability, fishing and eutrophication on marine populations and ecosystems. Results contribute to ecosystem-based approaches to management and stock assessment. Brian is a recent (2012-2015) co-chair of ICES-PICES Strategic Initiative on Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems (SICCME).
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Dariuz Fey, Poland
Dariusz is Chief Scientist at the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland. His role is to lead research on the early life history of fish and to provide advice on human impacts on the status of ecosystems. His scientific work focuses on the ecology of larval and juvenile fish and otolith microstructure analysis. The outcomes of the research find application in the environmental impact assessment of different human activities. Dariusz has previously worked as visiting scientist at the University of Hawaii and as a National Research Council post-doc at the NOAA Beaufort Laboratory in the United States.
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Evan Howell, USA
Evan Howell is the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Science and Technology, Maryland, USA. His role is to advocate and ensure a sound scientific basis for the organization's science programmes, resource conservation and management decisions, and to coordinate with other senior leadership to guide the study and adoption of rapidly evolving technological and scientific capabilities. Evan has previously worked as an oceanographer in the central Pacific Ocean region studying the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and higher trophic level species. Evan comes to ICES after a long career in PICES and brings interests in ecosystem dynamics, climate change, and the principles of open data and open science.
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Francis O’Beirn, Ireland
Francis is a Team Leader in the Marine Environment and Food Safety Service Area and is based at the
Marine Institute headquarters in Galway. He is chiefly responsible for aquaculture advisory and monitoring services and risk assessment of licenced activities in Natura Sites. Francis is interested in habitat restoration and monitoring anthropogenic impacts on marine (benthic) habitats and species. Currently, he is a member of the
Working Group on Marine Benthal and Renewable Energy Developments (WGMBRED).
Henrik works as a Senior Research Scientist at the Marine Research Centre, Finnish Environment Institute. He has a background in marine ecology, with experience from the Baltic Sea, the Barents Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. Currently, his work includes monitoring and assessment of the marine environment, with a main focus on benthic habitats. His interests include the facilitation of data- and science-based decision support in marine environmental management.
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Hrönn Egilsdottir, Iceland
Hrönn is the head of the Environmental Division at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in Iceland. Through her management role, she works with a variety of subjects such as environmental change, water-framework directive, phytoplankton research, and aquaculture impacts.
Her scientific work mainly focuses on the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on different marine species, biodiversity, and ecosystems. She has also studied shallow- and deep-sea hydrothermal vent systems.
Between completing her PhD on ocean acidification impact in 2017 and her current role, she worked as a benthic ecologist at the MFRI.
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Ivars Putnis, Latvia
Ivars is the head of the Marine Division at the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment (BIOR) in Riga, Latvia. His key role is to lead research on marine ecosystems to provide a scientific basis for rational exploitation of fishery resources and to provide advice on fish stock management. His main scientific interests are related to herring ecology, food web modelling, and ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
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John Pinnegar, United Kingdom
John is a Principal Scientist and lead advisor on climate change at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Director of the Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas (CCSUS), a joint initiative between Cefas and the University of East Anglia, and also Director of the International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3) at Cefas. His role includes strategic planning of research goals and initiatives, as well as managing a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to provide ad-hoc advice on climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation.
