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European Marine Board Members

European Marine Board Members are major national marine or oceanographic institutes, research funding agencies, or national consortia of universities with a strong marine research focus.

EMB currently has 38 members from 19 European countries, representing over 10,000 scientists and technicians. 

Find out about how to join EMB here.

EMB Member organisations are nationally representative institutes which can be based in any of the 46 Member States of the Council of Europe.

There are three eligible membership types:

  • Research performing organisations are major national marine or oceanographic institutes.
  • Research funding organisations are national research funding bodies which also fund marine topics;
  • University consortia are national- or regional-level consortia of organisations with a strong marine focus, the majority of which are universities.

 

EMB Membership is made up of 20 research performing organisations, nine research funding organisations and nine consortia. These consortia represent a total of 120 organisations, 93 of which are Universities.

 

BELGIUM 

Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) 
Koen Lefever
David Cox

Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)
National Fund for Scientific Research
Marilaure Grégoire
Loïc Michel

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO)
Research Foundation - Flanders
Jan Mees
Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet

CROATIA

Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo (IOF)
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Melita Peharda Uljevic
Daria Ezgeta-Balić

Institut Ruđer Bošković (IRB)
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Martin Andreas Pfannkuchen (vice-Chair)
Ivica Vilibić

CYPRUS

Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)
Zacharias Siokouros
Antri Theodorou

DENMARK

Institut for Akvatiske Ressourcer (DTU Aqua)
National Institute for Aquatic Resources
Patrizio Mariani
Kirsten Thomsen

ESTONIA

Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia (ETA) 
Estonian Academy of Sciences
Tarmo Soomere
Kalle Olli

FRANCE

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
National Centre for Scientific Research
Jean-Marie Flaud
Jean-François Doussin

Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Gilles Lericolais 
Natalia Martin Palenzuela

Universites Marines (UM)
Marine Universities of France
François Lallier
Yves-Marie Paulet

GERMANY

Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung (KDM)
German Marine Research Consortium
Jan-Stefan Fritz
Ralph Schneider

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR)
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Katja Matthes
Basak Kisakurek

GREECE

Ελληνικό Κέντρο Θαλάσσιων Ερευνών
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Aris Karageorgis
George Petihakis

IRELAND

Marine Institute

Fiona Grant (Chair)
Niall McDonough

Irish Marine Universities Consortium (IMUC)
Cathal O'Mahony
Anthony Grehan

ITALY

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
National Research Council
Katrin Schroeder (vice-Chair)
Andrea Miccoli

Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) 
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Cosimo Solidoro
Mauro Celussi

Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa)
National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences
Salvatrice Vizzini
Giorgio Budillon

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN)
Anton Dohrn Marine Station
Chris Bowler
Adriana Zingone

THE NETHERLANDS

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NIOZ)
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Han Dolman
Gert-Jan Reichart

Deltares
Myra van der Meulen
Sharon Tatman

NORWAY

Havforskningsinstituttet (HI)
Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Henning Wehde
Amund Måge

Norges forskningsrad
The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Kjersti T. Fjalestad
Christian Wexels Riser

Norsk Marint Universitetskonsoritum (NMU)
Norwegian Marine University Consortium
Nils Christian
Turid Lie Vilkensen 
Øyvind Fiksen

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE)
Trond Martin Dokken
Lola Rodriguez Coronil

SINTEF Ocean
Andy Booth
Rachel Tiller

POLAND

Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk (IO-PAN)
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Slawomir Sagan
Monika Kedra

PORTUGAL

Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental - Laboratório Associado (CIMAR - LA)
Associate Laboratory - Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Joana Xavier
Adelino Canario

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Science and Technology Foundation
Sofia Cordeiro
Catarina Duarte

ROMANIA

Romanian Black Sea Research Consortium (RBRC)
Elena Stoica

SPAIN

Instituto Espanol de Oceanografi­a (IEO)
Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Pablo Abaunza
Marcos Llope

Centro Tecnológico del Mar (CETMAR)
Technological Centre of the Sea
Rosa Fernández Otero (vice-Chair)
Carlos Dopazo Pereira

SWEDEN

Göteborgs Universitet (UGOT)
University of Gothenburg
Per Åberg
Lena Gipperth

TÜRKIYE

Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknik Arastirma Kurumu (TÜBITAK)
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Leyla Tolun
Eren Özsu

UNITED KINGDOM

Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS)
Mark James
David Paterson

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Mike Webb
Alan Evans (vice-Chair)

National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
John Siddorn
Claire Evans