PURE OCEAN'S SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Our aim was to bring together an independent, international Scientific Committee to define the focus of the call for projects and select those to be supported. A big thank you to all our members, who have agreed to join us and help Pure Ocean carry out its activities.
Gilles Boeuf
Professor, Research Director
Director of research at the Banyuls-sur-Mer observatory. Professor at Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University in Paris. Former president of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle. Chairman of the Scientific Council of the French Biodiversity Agency.
Anna Zivian
Research Manager at Ocean Nexus
Her previous research focused on the intersection of environmental policy, science and society, and, in particular, on issues of democracy and participatory science.
Former Associate Director of the Ocean Conservancy’s Knowledge Management Program and Senior Manager of the Ocean Planning Program from 2009 to 2013.
Kartik Shanker
Research Lecturer at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Indian Institute of Science: work on various aspects of the distribution and diversity of terrestrial flora and fauna and marine ecosystems. Associate founder of the Dakshin Foundation, an NGO working in marine and coastal conservation.
Former President of the International Sea Turtle Society and IUCN Regional Vice-President.
Abdelmalek Faraj
Doctor, General Director of INRH in Morocco
Doctorate from the Ecole des Mines de Paris in Geostatics and fisheries management.
Director General of the Institut National de Recherche Halieutiques (INRH).
President of the Réseau des Instituts Africains de Recherche Halieutique et des Sciences de la Mer (RAFISMER).
Flávia Lucena Fredou
LMI TAPIOCA Coordinator
Fisheries engineer, PhD in fisheries, with 29 years’ experience in fisheries assessment and management (government, RFMO, IRD, university). Former national secretary in Brazil, UN and IUCN expert, currently co-coordinator of LMI TAPIOCA.
Gilles Boeuf
Professor, Research Director
Director of research at the Banyuls-sur-Mer observatory
Professor at Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris. Former President of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle.
Chairman of the Scientific Council of the French Biodiversity Agency.
Anna Zivian
Research Manager at Ocean Nexus
Her previous research focused on the intersection of environmental policy, science and society, and, in particular, on issues of democracy and participatory science.
Former Associate Director of the Ocean Conservancy’s Knowledge Management Program and Senior Manager of the Ocean Planning Program from 2009 to 2013.
Kartik Shanker
Research Lecturer at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Indian Institute of Science: work on various aspects of the distribution and diversity of terrestrial fauna and flora and marine ecosystems
Associate Founder of the Dakshin Foundation, an NGO working on marine and coastal conservation
Former President of the International Sea Turtle Society and IUCN Regional Vice-President
Flávia Lucena Fredou
LMI TAPIOCA Coordinator
Fisheries engineer, PhD in fisheries, with 29 years’ experience in fisheries assessment and management (government, RFMO, IRD, university). Former national secretary in Brazil, UN and IUCN expert, currently co-coordinator of LMI TAPIOCA.
Abdelmalek Faraj
Doctor, General Director of INRH in Morocco
Doctorate from the Ecole des Mines de Paris in Geostatics and Fisheries Management
Managing Director, Institut National de Recherche Halieutiques (INRH)
President of the Network of African Institutes for Fisheries Research and Marine Sciences (RAFISMER)
