Scientific Committee

Mike is a marine biologist with a wide experience and interests and his teaching, research, advisory and consultancy includes estuarine and marine ecology, policy, governance and management. He was Director of the former Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies (IECS) at the University of Hull from 1996-2017. Mike has published widely, co-authoring/co-editing 20 books/proceedings and >300 scientific publications. He has advised on many environmental matters for academia, industry, government and statutory bodies worldwide and is a member of many national and international committees linking marine science to policy. He is a past-President of the international Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) and is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science; he currently is or has had Adjunct Professor and Research positions at universities and research centres worldwide and was awarded Laureate of the Honorary Winberg Medal 2014 of the Russian Hydrobiological Academic Society.

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