Untitled - The Future Ocean

Curriculum of ResearchPersonal DataNameFroese, Rainer, Dr.born at 25.08.1950 in Wismar, GermanyAffiliationInstitutionIFM-GEOMARInstitute/Department Marine Ecology (FB3)Address Düsternbrooker Weg 20City, ZIP Code Kiel, 24105Phone +49-431-600 4579Fax +49-431-600 1699e-mailrfroese@ifm-geomar.deEducation1975 Graduation Dipl. Eng. for Marine Traffic and Nautical License (AG) to steerships of all types on all oceans, University for Applied Sciences, Hamburg1985 M.Sc. Biology, Christian-Albrecht University, Kiel1990 Ph.D. Biology, Hamburg University2005 Habilitation submittedResearch Experience1986 - 1990 Research Associate, IfM-Kiel, themes: Under-water video systems andArtificial Intelligence methods for identification of fish larvae1990 - 2000 Coordinator of FishBase Project and Senior Scientist at ICLARM, Philippines1990 - 2000 Leader of four subsequent large FishBase-related EU Projects2001 - FishBase Coordinator and Senior Scientist at IfM-GEOMAR; FishBase is themost successful biological information system with over 20 million ‘Hits’ permonth; it has been translated into 12 languages; FishBase has over 900citations, including several in Science and Nature.2001 - Coordinator of two subsequent global EC projects (ECOFISH; INCOFISH); WPleader in ENBI; participant in EUROCAT and MARBEF1985 - Conceptualized 20 international projects, most of which were successful andattracted altogether over €12 million in funding2001 - Counting from 2001, 39 oral presentations at international conferences,symposia and workshops, including five keynotes and eight invitedpresentations1995 - Organizer of 15 international workshops and conferences1995 - 2003 Founding Member of Species 2000; Member of Management Team2001 Member of the International Steering Committee of the Ocean BiogeographicInformation System (OBIS), the information component of the Census ofMarine Life Program2001 - 2006 Member of the Governing Board of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility(GBIF)1993 - Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Ichthyology2003 - Member of the editorial board of Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria1998 - Member of Société Française d’Ichthyologie2001 - Member of European Ichthyological Society2003 Pew Marine Conservation Fellow Award (US$ 150,000)Projects1990 - FishBase: An online information system with key data on all fishes of the world.Supported by a Consortium of eight international institutions, coordinated byIFM-GEOMAR; additionally funded through subsequent projects, mainly by theEU, to a total of about € 5 million.Citation: Froese R, Pauly D (Eds.) (2006) FishBase. World Wide Webelectronic publication. www.fishbase.org2005 - 2008 INCOFISH: Reconciling multiple demands in the coastal zone, with specialemphasis on fisheries (EU). Ten work packages deal with different aspects ofA32