Alberto Basset

Alberto Basset

Alberto Basset is Director of LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre, Member of its Executive Board and full professor of ecology at the University of Salento (Italy). His main research interests are on biodiversity organization and maintenance, ecosystem functioning and services and their responses to natural and anthropic pressures, including climate changes. The research activities have produced more than 200 publications on international peer reviewed journals, being quoted in 2014 as one of the 20 top scientists for the scientific production on ecosystem ecology. He has been president of the Italian Ecological Society, of the Ecological European Federation and of LaguNet, being founding member and current president of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation of the Lagoon Research Networks (EUROMEDLAG). Alberto Basset is currently member of both General Assembly and Executive Board of the ‘eScience European Infrastructure on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (LifeWatch ERIC)’ and of the Advisory Committee of the European Research Infrastructure on ‘Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO ERIC)’ and he is the University of Salento responsible in the National Node of the European Research Infrastructure on Long Term Ecological Research (eLTER RI). Alberto Basset is delegate of the Ministry of University and Research in the European Partnership ‘Biodiversa+’ and he has been a member of the Italian delegation to the recent G20 meeting on challenges and opportunities for research and innovation in the Amazon and Tropical Forests.

Lucas de Moncuit

Lucas de Moncuit

Lucas de Moncuit (1980) from Switzerland is a sustainable business economist currently working as the Chief Financial Officer of LifeWatch ERIC.

He started his career in 1998 as an apprentice for CREDIT SUISSE. Passionate about business processes and finance he then went on to study business administration at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) where he also developed a dedicated project management solution for the University’s first FP6 project as coordinator.

Preoccupied by global environmental degradations and sustainability challenges he decided to pursue a Master’s program in Sustainable Development and Climate Change Policy at the University of Queensland, Australia to learn about the complex systemic interactions and externalities from anthropogenic processes.

After working for various NGOs on sustainability and climate change issues, Lucas started a consultancy to support companies wishing to introduce sustainability principles into their processes. As a side project he also developed an online platform to promote sustainability solutions.

His multidisciplinary background makes him an ideal candidate to support sustainability driven, dynamic and innovative organisations navigating complex legal, operational and financial frameworks.

Christos Arvanitidis

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 organisation and scales of observation, and develops new approaches to explore their interrelationships.
Involved in more than 100 research and education projects, coordinated 15. Research funding ID: more than 70 M€. More than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including 3 monographs. 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.

Main publications:

1. Arvanitidis C, Somerfield PJ, Chatzigeorgiou G, Reizopoulou S, Kevrekidis T, Eleftheriou A (2009) Do multivariate analyses incorporating changes in pattern across taxonomic levels
reveal anthropogenic stress in Mediterranean lagoons? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 369: 100–109; DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.032
2. Kissling DW, Ahumada JA, Bowser A, Fernandez M, Fernández N, Alonso García E, Guralnick RP, Isaac NJB, Kelling S, Los W, McRae L, Mihoub J-B, Obst M, Santamaria M, Skidmore AK, Williams KJ, Agosti D, Amariles D, Arvanitidis C, Bastin L, De Leo F, Egloff W, Elith J, Hobern D, Martin D, Pereira HM, Pesole G, Peterseil J, Saarenmaa H, Schigel D, Schmeller DS, Segata N, Turak E, Uhlir PF, Wee B, Hardisty A (2019) Biological Reviews 93: 600–625; DOI: 0.1111/brv.12359
3. Karagiannidis E, Papazoglou AS, Sofidis G, Chatzinikolaou E, Keklikoglou K, Panteris E, Kartas A, Stalikas N, Zegkos T, Girtovitis F, Moysidis DV, Stefanopoulos L, Koupidis K, Hadjimiltiades S, Giannakoulas G, Arvanitidis C, Michaelson JS, Karvounis H. Sianos G (2021) Micro-CT-Based Quantification of Extracted Thrombus Burden Characteristics and Association With Angiographic Outcomes in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The QUEST-STEMI Study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Volume 8: 646064; DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.646064