| Personal Information | Christos Arvanitidis |
| Position | Research Director |
| Field & Degree | Marine Biology, PhD |
| Research Field | Biodiversity |
| E-mail Address | arvanitidis@hcmr.gr |
| Phone | +302810337748 |
| Address | HCMR Thalassocosmos 71500 Gournes, Crete, Greece |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0002-6924-5255 |
Marine Biodiversity, Functional Diversity, Biodiversity Informatics, Transitional Ecosystems, Quality control and assessment of the coastal marine ecosystems, Τaxonomy
Dr Christos Arvanitidis LifeWatch ERIC CEO, Seville, Spain. Research Director IMBBC, HCMR. Former head of Biodiversity laboratory. Involved in >70 research projects, coordinated 10. Research Funding ID: >40 M€. With >100 peer-reviewed articles. Associate Editor: Diversity, Frontiers in Marine Science, Biodiversity Data Journal; Handling Editor: Mediterranean Marine Science; Guest Editor: Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal of Sea Research. Reviewer in >45 journals. Member of: Pool of experts, biodiversity drafting team UN World Ocean Assessment; National expert on GES Descriptor “Biodiversity”, EU (MSFD); ICES Task Group 6 on seafloor integrity (EU MSDF); Executive Board of European Network of Marine Research Institutes and Stations; Scientific Advisory Council International Polychaete Association; Scientific Council of the Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale. Coordinator of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure. Research focus on marine biodiversity, biodiversity informatics, functional diversity, coastal ecosystems. Working on comparisons of marine biodiversity information patterns deriving from various biological organization levels and scales of observation, by developing new approaches to explore their interrelationships.
| Publication record | No of Projects | Thesis supervision |
|---|---|---|
| H-index (scopus): 35 | Coordinator: 10 | PhD: 5 |
| Articles: 110 | Princ. Invest.: 17 | MSc: 7 |
| Citations-total: 4,277 | Project member: 43 | BSc: 2 |
| Citations-nonself: 3,434 | Funding: 40,000,000 |
| Year (completed) | Degree, Department, University, Town (optional), Country |
|---|---|
| 1994 | PhD in Marine Biology, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki |
| 1988 | BSc in Biology, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki |
| 1999 | Postdoctoral training in the context of the Project on the Hellenic-French Scientific Co-operation: Sejours Scientifiques en France. Station Marine de Wimereux, France |
| 1998 | EU TMR practical training course "Biodiversity from Genes to Ecosystems”. Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France |
| 1990 | Postgraduate training in the context of the EU Project Erasmus. Station Marine d’Endoume, Université d’Aix Marseille II; Laboratoire d’Écologie Animale, Université Catholique de l’Ouest d’Angers, France |
| Year (start) | Position – Organization, Town (optional), Country |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Chief Executive Officer, LifeWatch ERIC, Seville, Spain |
| 2016 | April 2019, Research Director, Marine Biodiversity, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece |
| 2006 | Senior Researcher, Marine Biodiversity, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (former Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece |
| 1996 | Research collaborator, Marine Biodiversity, Institute of Marine Biology of Crete and Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece |
| 1994 | Postdoctoral collaborator, Taxonomy, Zoogeography and Ecology of Marine Organisms, Zoology Department, School of Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki |
| Language | Basic/Intermediate/Proficient |
|---|---|
| English | Excellent |
| French | Very Good |
| Spanish | Good |