
Director of the Operational Centre Germany of IOI, the International Ocean Institute, herein member and chair of the Committee of Directors.
Projects
GENUS - Geochemistry and Ecology of the Namibian Upwelling System. Subproject: Response of higher trophic levels to climate induced environmental changes: the early life stages of fish on the Namibian shelf.
Response of early life-history stages of pelagic and demersal fish to hypoxia under different temperature regimes in the Benguela and Angola Currents system. A bilateral research project with partners in Namibia and South Africa.
Developing fisheries science in Papua New Guinea'. A cooperative project of ZMT/IOI-Germany with GTZ for the development and implementation of a Bachelor of Science Degree programme at the Vudal University in Papua New Guinea.
'Importance of estuaries in the life history of fishes', a co-operative project with the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe. A contribution of IOI-Germany to a joint project of Rupprecht Consult, Köln, and IOI, Malta