About me
Christos Arvanitidis LifeWatch ERIC CEO, Seville, Spain.
Research Director, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, former head of the Biodiversity laboratory.
Involved in >70 projects, coordinated 10. Research Funding ID: >40 M€. More than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles. Member of: Pool of experts and biodiversity drafting team of UN World Ocean Assessment; National expert on the GES Descriptor “Biodiversity” to EU (MSFD Implementation phase); ICES Task Group 6 working on the seafloor integrity (EU MSDF); Scientific Advisory Council of the International Polychaete Association (IPA). Arvanitidis' research focuses on marine biodiversity, biodiversity informatics, functional diversity, and coastal ecosystems. He works on the comparisons of marine biodiversity information patterns from various biological organization levels and scales of observation, trying to develop new approaches to explore their interrelationships.