Global change is, by definition, an international phenomenon, as are the effects and consequences that it can generate on marine ecosystems of the Antarctic and the Sub-Antarctic areas. Therefore, we have the ongoing advice of an International Scientific Committee, which meets once a year to deliver recommendations on general and strategic guidelines of the center, suggest research activities and assess our scientific progress, among others.
The International Scientific Committee is composed by:
Dr. Jahn Petter Johnsen,
University of Tromso, Noruega.
Professor at the University of Tromso. He has worked in the fishing industry, for the Ministry of Fisheries of Norway and the Norwegian Centre for Rural Research.
His research focuses on the management, organization and development of fisheries. In parallel, he has been studying aquaculture.
Dr. Sung-Ho Kang,
Korea Polar Research Institute, Corea
Principal Research Scientist at the Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Division of Polar Climate Research. He was Vice Chair of the Arctic Ocean Science Board. His research interests focus on kas microalgae, diatoms, plankton and polar marine ecology in primary productivity.
Dr. Hans-Otto Pörtner,
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Alemania.
Professor at the University of Bremen and vice president of the Impact and Adaptation Group of the Intergovernmental Panel of the German Investigation Council on Climate Change Research. He has studied the effects of climate warming, ocean acidification and oxygen deficiency in animals and marine ecosystems, with a focus on the links between ecological, physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms.
Dr. Victor Smetacek,
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Alemania.
Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Bremen and Emeritus Professor of Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute.
His research focuses on the ecology and evolution of phytoplankton and metazooplankton, biochemical processes and the vertical flow of particles, the role of plankton and harmful algal blooms.