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

Gilles Boeuf

Professor, Research Director

Research Director, 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 (AFB)

Anna Zivian

Anna Zivian

Professor, Principal Investigator at Ocean Conservancy

Current research on the interweaving scientific and political aspects of ocean climate change at Ocean Conservancy.
His 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

Kartik Shanker

Professor, 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

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)