Steering Committee
2024 – 2026 WAMS Steering Committee Members:
Matt Frost - Chair
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
Anna Gebruk - Secretary
University of Edinburgh
Alexander Tzetlin
Director, Pertsov White Sea Biological Station of Lomonosov Moscow State University (WSBS)
Augusto Flores
Director, CEBIMar / University of São Paulo
Axel Miller
Scottish Association of Marine Science
Bangqin Huang
Director, National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University (China)
Bernard Degnan
University of Queensland
Enrique Montes
U. Miami / NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Francisco Arias
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)
Gaku Kumano
Director, Asamuishi Research Center for Marine Biology, Tohoku University
Gustavo Chiaramonte
Director, Hydrobiological Station of Puerto Quequén
Hiroaki Nakano
Shimoda Marine Research Center (SMRC), University of Tsukuba
Jani Thuaibah Isa Tanzil
St John's Island National Marine Laboratory
John Ngatia Ndarathi
IOC-UNESCO / IOCAFRICA
José A. Juanes
Director de Education & Capacity Building, Environmental Hydraulics Institute (IHCantabria) / Universidad de Cantabria (Spain)
Kazuo Inaba
Japanese Association for Marine Biology (JAMBIO)
Kevin Scott
St Abbs marine station / University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Michael Berumen
Red Sea Research Centre/ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Mike Weber
Littoral Station of Aguda, Portugal
Murray Roberts
St Abbs Marine Station / University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Neil Davies
Executive Director, Gump South Pacific Research Station
Nicolas Pade
European Marine Biological Resource Centre
Shannon McMahon
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Sophie Seeyave
Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO)
Xiaoxia Sun
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi Wang
NOTC, MNR
2024 – 2026 WAMS ECR committee:
Jonathan Ramtahal
PhD Candidate, Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba
Guinther Mitushasi
PhD Candidate, Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba
Halyna Romashko
MSc Candidate, Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba
Previous 2022 – 2024 WAMS Steering Committee Members:
Matt Frost - Chair
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
Anna Gebruk - Secretary
University of Edinburgh
Alexander Tzetlin
Director, Pertsov White Sea Biological Station of Lomonosov Moscow State University (WSBS)
Alexey Sukhotin
Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences (ZIN RAS)
Augusto Flores
Director, CEBIMar / University of São Paulo
Axel Miller
Scottish Association of Marine Science
Bangqin Huang
Director, National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University (China)
Bernard Degnan
University of Queensland
Christos Arvanitidis
Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Enrique Montes
U. Miami / NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Francisco Arias
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)
Gustavo Chiaramonte
Director, Hydrobiological Station of Puerto Quequén
Henry Burgess
Head, NERC Arctic Office
Iwona Pawliczka
Hel Marine Station – University of Gdańsk, Institute of Oceanography
Jani Thuaibah Isa Tanzil
St John’s Island – National Maine Laboratory, Singapore
Kazuo Inaba
Japanese Association for Marine Biology (JAMBIO)
Kevin Scott
St Abbs marine station / University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Lloyd Smith
Red Sea Research Centre/ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Mathieu Denis
International Science Council
Michael Berumen
Red Sea Research Centre/ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Michael Noad
Moreton Bay Research Station
Mike Weber
Littoral Station of Aguda, Portugal
Murray Roberts
St Abbs Marine Station / University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Neil Davies
Executive Director, Gump South Pacific Research Station
Nicola Bridge
President of EMSEA
Nicolas Pade
European Marine Biological Resource Centre
Petra Harsanyi
St Abbs Marine Station
Sophie Seeyave
Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO)
Vladimir Zabavnikov
Polar Branch of VNIRO (“PINRO” named after N.M. Knipovich)
Xiaoxia Sun
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi Wang
NOTC, MNR
Zhang Yifei
National Ocean Technology Centre China