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Prof. Dr Mees, Jan
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Expertise

Jan Mees (°1964) is the general director of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend since its establishment in 1999. He is trained as a marine biologist (MSc Zoology, MSc Environmental Sanitation, PhD Biology) at Ghent University, where he is part-time professor and has been teaching courses on data analysis, statistics, coastal ecosystems and fisheries. An experienced marine ecologist and taxonomist - contributing a.o. to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) that is hosted at his institute - he is the author of more than 100 scientific publications, most in international journals with peer review. Jan Mees represents his institute and the Flemish government in several European and global oceanography and marine biodiversity networks, e.g. IOC/UNESCO, MARS and EurOcean. He was Chair of the European Marine Board from 2014 to 2019 and is currently Co-chair of the Editorial Board of the Global Ocean Science Report 2020. Jan has served on the WoRMS Steering Committee since 2013 and was Vice-chair in 2013-2016.

Thesaurus terms: Biological oceanography; Marine ecology
Taxonomic terms: Leptostraca [WoRMS]; Lophogastrida [WoRMS]; Mysida [WoRMS]; Pygocephalomorpha † [WoRMS]; Stygiomysida [WoRMS]
 

Institutes (2)  Top | Institutes | Projects 
  • Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
  • Function: General Director
    Direct contact at institute:
    Tel.: +32-(0)59-33 60 70
    GSM: +32-(0)476-86 96 23
    E-mail:
  • Universiteit Gent (UGent), more
  • Function: Professor
Jan Mees

Projects (20)  Top | Institutes | Projects 
  • A biological valuation map for the Belgian Continental Shelf, more
  • A pre-standardisation development for marine data interoperability using XML, more
  • Cluster Sustainable management of the North Sea, more
  • Creating a long term infrastructure for marine biodiversity research in the European Economic Area and the Newly Associated States, more
  • Development of an Integrated Database for the Management of Accidental Spills, more
  • Effects of dredgings and harbour expansion on the environment, more
  • Endocrine disruption in the Scheldt Estuary: distribution, exposure and effects, more
  • European platform for coastal research: coordination action, more
  • Expeditie Zeeleeuw, more
  • Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea, more
  • Integrated Risk Assessment and Monitoring of micropollutants in the Belgian coastal zone, more
  • Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more
  • Marine Incidents Management cluster - MIMAc, more
  • North Sea Benthos Project, more
  • Polluting atmospheric particles along the French-Flemish North Sea coast: border transports and impact on the environment. Transborder cooperation and sensitization, more
  • Quantification of Erosion and Sedimentation patterns to Trace the natural versus anthropogenic sediment dynamics, more
  • Spatial and Temporal Assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies, more
  • Study on the lateral input of the Flemish part of the Scheldt estuary, more
  • The development and realisation of the first phase of the ScheldeMonitor information system in the framework of "Research and Monitoring long-term planning Scheldt estuary" (LTV O&M), more
  • Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas, more

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