IOC Science and Communication Centres on Harmful Algae

The IOC Science and Communication Centres on Harmful Algae is an IOC-UNESCO decentralized Programme Office located at University of Copenhagen (Denmark) operated in cooperation with a number of partner research institutions.

Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae – Copenhagen

The Centre in Copenhagen was established in 1995 as a decentralized IOC Programme Office for the IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Programme.

It is established at the Department of Biology of the University of Copenhagen, as a joint activity between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and this University.

Human Resources:

Henrik Enevoldsen, IOC Programme Coordinator
Jacob Larsen, Associate Professor
Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein, Associated Expert
Pia Heacky, Associated Expert

Associated scientific staff of the University of Copenhagen, Marine Biological Section, and the Danish Natural History Museum:

Professor Per Juel-Hansen
Professor Øjvind Moestrup
Associate Professor Niels Daugbjerg
Associate Professor Nina Lundholm

The Centre has three focus areas:

training
the international research programme IOC-SCOR GlobalHAB
manuals & guides

This is implemented through a number of core activites:

training courses
support to regional networks development of on-line data-bases development -web based learning modules
production of a newsletter
cooperative research projects
curriculum development
research activities in relevant fields of harmful microalgae