ECSA Conference Presentation Awards
ECSA 60 - Implementing Science-based Solutions and Strategies for Coastal Resilience
Best Oral: Monetary Valuation and Spatial Mapping of Recreational Ecosystem Service along Greek Coasts
Valentini Stamatiadou*1, Antonios Mazaris2, Paraskevi Sidera2, Theodoros Chalazas1, Adonis Velegrakis1, Stelios Katsanevakis1
1 University of the Aegean Department of Marine Sciences, Mytilini, Greece. 2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Biology, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Best Poster: Mechanisms of spatial heterogeneity of hypoxia events in the East China Sea
Xiaoping Xu*1, Huijie Xue2
1 State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, China, 2 State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, China.
ECSA Lifetime Achievement Award
Mike is Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences at the University of Hull, UK. He is a marine biologist with wide experience and interests and his teaching, research, advisory and consultancy, include estuarine and marine ecology, policy, governance and management. Mike’s work focuses on how the actions of humans can change marine and estuarine environments and how we can mitigate and manage any negative effects. He has published widely, co-authoring/co-editing 20 books/proceedings and more than 300 scientific publications.
Mike did his B.Sc. at Westfield College, London University and his Ph.D.at the University of Stirling studying the fauna of Torry Bay in the Forth estuary. He was then employed in the new Tidal Waters Division of the Forth River Purification Board and produced many studies on the benthos and fish of the Forth estuary. He then moved to a lectureship in marine biology at the University of Hull and became a key part of their Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Science rising to become Professor of the University, as well as Director of the Institute. Under his leadership the Institute became a UK and world leader in estuarine and coastal studies. He has advised on many environmental matters for academia, industry, government and statutory bodies worldwide.
Mike is a past-President of 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 several universities and research institutes worldwide. He is also a member of many national and international committees linking marine science to policy. He was awarded Laureate of the Honorary Winberg Medal 2014 of the Russian Hydrobiological Academic Society.
We are delighted that Mike is now also a winner of the prestigious ECSA Lifetime Achievement Award!