Dr. Christos Arvanitides
CEO of LifeWatch ERIC, Spain
Dr. Christos Arvanitidis is the Chief Executive Officer of LifeWatch ERIC.
He is the Research Director at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, former Head of the Biodiversity Laboratory and former Coordinator of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure and National Delegate to LifeWatch ERIC General Assembly.
His scientific focus is on marine biodiversity, biodiversity informatics, functional diversity, and coastal ecosystems. He works on the comparison of marine biodiversity information patterns derived from different levels of biological organization and scales of observation, and develops new approaches to explore their interrelationships.
He is involved in more than 100 research and education projects, and is coordinator of 15. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including 3 monographs. He is associate editor in the journals: Diversity, Frontiers in Marine Science, Biodiversity Data Journal; Handling Editor in Mediterranean Marine Science; Guest Editor in Marine Ecology Progress Series and Journal of Sea Research;
As CEO of LifeWatch ERIC, Dr. Arvanitidis’ current focus is on promoting open science in biodiversity and ecosystem research through technological innovation and developing collaborative interfaces between Research Infrastructures for the creation of new knowledge and innovation.
He is the Research Director at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, former Head of the Biodiversity Laboratory and former Coordinator of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure and National Delegate to LifeWatch ERIC General Assembly.
His scientific focus is on marine biodiversity, biodiversity informatics, functional diversity, and coastal ecosystems. He works on the comparison of marine biodiversity information patterns derived from different levels of biological organization and scales of observation, and develops new approaches to explore their interrelationships.
He is involved in more than 100 research and education projects, and is coordinator of 15. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including 3 monographs. He is associate editor in the journals: Diversity, Frontiers in Marine Science, Biodiversity Data Journal; Handling Editor in Mediterranean Marine Science; Guest Editor in Marine Ecology Progress Series and Journal of Sea Research;
As CEO of LifeWatch ERIC, Dr. Arvanitidis’ current focus is on promoting open science in biodiversity and ecosystem research through technological innovation and developing collaborative interfaces between Research Infrastructures for the creation of new knowledge and innovation.