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Effects of CLImate change in Polar Shallow benthic Ecosystems

 

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Prof. Josep-Maria Gili

 

Josep-Maria Gili is a Research Professor of the High Scientific Research Council. He works at the present time in the Institute of Marine Sciences of Barcelona where he created the Group of Ecology of the Marine Benthos. RickyFor 35 years he has been working in different fields from the marine ecology between which they stand out: the integrated study of coastal ecosystems, the structure and dynamics of benthic communities, zooplankton ecology, trophic ecology of marine invertebrates and biodiversity and taxonomy of Cnidarians. It has been the leader of more than 30 national and international research projects, 15 Doctoral Theses and has published 200 papers in international scientific journals besides to publish 14 books and to write more than 40 papers in outreach journals. He has centred part of his work in the formation of young students as much as Prof. of Ecology of the University of Barcelona, teaching doctorate courses, making conferences, organizing international meetings and courses for students and doctors. At the present time it develops research projects of investigation in the Mediterranean, Antarctic, South Pacific and North Atlantic. Recently he received the Sant Jordi award 2010 (National Catalonian award of Environmental Sciences).

Contact: gili@icm.csic.es

 

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