CONTACT

IOC HAB Programme Coordinator: Henrik Enevoldsen

E-mail: hab.ioc@unesco.org

 

Junior Professional Officer: Ms. Yun Sun

E-mail: yu.sun@unesco.org

 

Programme Secretary: Ms. Simonetta SECCO

E-mail: s.secco@unesco.org

LIST OF CHAIRS AND LEADERS OF IOC HAB WORKING GROUPS, PANELS AND PROJECTS

IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB)

Chair: Philipp Hess, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Seas (IFREMER), Head of Research Unit Physiology and Toxins of Harmful Algal Blooms, FRANCE, Email: philipp.hess@ifremer.fr

Vice-Chair: Maggie Broadwater, ECOHAB Program Manager NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Competitive Research Program, USA, E-mail: maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov

 

IPHAB TASK TEAMS:

Chair of IPHAB Task Team on Algal Taxonomy: Nina Lundholm, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, E-mail: nlundholm@snm.ku.dk

Chair of IPHAB Task Team on Biotoxin Monitoring, Management and Regulations: Philipp Hess, Ifremer, France, E-mail: Philipp.Hess@ifremer.fr

Chair of IPHAB Task Team on the Early Detection, Warning and Forecasting of Harmful Algal Events: Alexandra Duarte Silva, Phytoplankton Laboratory of the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, Portugal, E-mail: amsilva@ipma.pt

Chair of the Joint IPHAB/IODE Task Team on the Harmful Algal Information System (HAIS) and the Global HAB Status Report (GHSR): Eileen Bresnan, Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, UK, E-mail: Eileen.Bresnan@gov.scot

Chair (Co-) of IPHAB Task Team on a Global Inter-Agency Ciguatera Strategy for Improved Research and Management: Mireille Chinain, Directrice du Laboratoire des Biotoxines Marines, Institut Louis Malarde, Polynésie Française. E-mail: mchinain@ilm.pf , and M-Y. Dechraoui Bottein (Morocco) and P. Hess (France).

Chair of the IPHAB Task Team on Harmful Algae and Desalination of Seawater: Donald M. Anderson, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA, E-mail: danderson@whoi.edu

Chair (Co-) of the IPHAB Task Team on Fish Killing Microalgae and Ecosystem Effects: Allan Cembella, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine, Germany, E-mail: Allan.Cembella@awi.de; and Kazumi WAKITA, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Japan, Email: kazumiw@tokai-u.jp

 

SCIENTIFIC GROUPS:

Chair IOC-SCOR GlobalHAB Scientific Steering Committee: Clarissa Anderson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0206,  USA, Email: clrander@UCSD.edu

Chair (Co-) ICES-IOC Working Group on the Dynamics of Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics: Dave Clarke, Section Manager of Shellfish Safety, Marine Environment & Food Safety Services, Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore Co. Galway, Ireland, H91 R673, Email: dave.clarke@marine.ie; and Lars-Johan Naustvoll, Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, Norway, Email: larsjn@hi.no

Chair of the ICES/IMO/IOC Study Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors: Okko Outinen, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE/Marine Research Centre, Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Email: okko.outinen@syke.fi

REGIONAL GROUPS:

Chair of FANSA (IOC regional working group for South America): Ana Martínez Goicoechea, researcher at Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos, Email: anamart@gmail.com

Chair of ANCA (IOC regional working group for the Caribbean):  Gustavo Arencibia Carballo, Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras (CIP), 5ta. AVE. Y 248, Jaimanitas. C., La Habana, CUBA, Email: garen04@gmail.com

Chair WESTPAC/HAB: Mitsunori Iwataki, Professor, Tokai University, The Asian Natural Environmental Science Center (ANESC), The University of Tokyo, Email: iwataki@anesc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Chair IOC HAB Network North Africa – HANA: Amany ISMAEL, Professor of Marine Biology, Faculty of Science Alexandria University, Email: amany_3@yahoo.com