Conference Chair

Ángel Borja is PhD in Biology (1984, Basque Country University, Spain); Doctor in Sciences (Honoris Causa) (2015, Hull University, UK). Principal Investigator at AZTI (Spain, 1985). Distinguished Adjunct Professor (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, 2020-2022). ORCID number: 0000-0003-1601-2025. His main work is making marine ecology research useful for policy-makers and managers, studying the effects of human activities on marine ecosystems, the recovery of marine systems after impact, protection and conservation of the ocean, effects of climate change on coasts and marine waters, monitoring and assessment of marine status, under European directives (i.e. Water Framework Directive; Marine Strategy Framework Directive), as well as integrative methods under the ecosystem-approach. The assessment methods he has developed, together with his team, are used worldwide, contributing to conserve and protect the ocean (e.g. AMBI, M-AMBI, AFI, NEAT, etc.). Author of >450 papers (Hindex: 84, SCOPUS; 101, Google Scholar), Highly Cited Researcher 2018-2022 (Web of Science) and 2019-2024 (Scopus). He is Chief Editor of Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability and Associate Editor of Continental Shelf Research, and member of the editorial board of Ecological Indicators, Marine Pollution Bulletin, and Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. He has chaired/organized >55 international conferences/sessions, being key-note speaker in >100 international conferences. He has participated in more than 120 European and international projects, leading some of them (currently GES4SEAS). He was awarded with the European SETAC Environment Education Award (2017), the Life-Time Achievement Award, by the International Conference on Benthos (Cochin, India, 2019), and the MakeEUBlue Award for the summer school he organizes annually since 2004 (EU Commission, 2024). He has supervised or mentored 22 PhD students, from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China. He was member of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency (2013-2020), and currently is member of next Advisory Boards: International Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS, Japan); Institute of Oceanography (HCMR, Greece); SustainMare (German Marine Research Alliance); Mission inter-estuaires (French Agency for Biodiversity); and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre – MARE, Portugal.

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