Pierre Lasserre - Curriculum vitae#

• 2009 Professor honorary UPMC-Sorbonne Université, Paris.
• 2009 - 2003 Re-integrated Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie UPMC
• 2002 Nov. End UNESCO secondment.
• 2002 - 1999 Director of the UNESCO Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice, Italy
• 1999 - 1992 Director of the UNESCO Division of Ecological sciences, Paris HQs and Executive Secretary of the intergovernmental Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme.
• 2002 - 1992 Secondment to the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural Organisation UNESCO.
• 1992 - 1988 Chargé de mission (part time) on biodiversity and oceanology, French Ministry of Research and Technology, Minister Dr Hubert Curien, Paris.
• 1992 - 1982 Full Professor, Université Pierre et Marie Curie UPMC; Director of the Station Biologique de Roscoff, CNRS and UPMC France.
• 1982 - 1981 Professor of biological oceanography, Université de Bordeaux I, Talence.
• 1980 - 1965 Lecturer, senior Lecturer at the Université de Bordeaux I, and Marine Biology Institute of Arcachon, France.

• Biodiversity and ecosystem services
• Ecophysiology and evolutionay biology
• Human causes of marine defaunation in the ocean and coastal seas
• Ecological transition and climate change

• 1977 Habilitation to supervise research.
• 1977 PhD (French Docteur d’Etat ès-Sciences naturelles) ‘’Competitive interactions in lagoon ecosystems: Ecophysiological research on meiofauna and mugilid fish’’. (very honorable and highly commended by the jury), University of Bordeaux I.
• 1967-1965 Third cycle Doctorate in animal biology: ‘’Contribution à l’étude des Oligochètes marins du Bassin d’Arcachon’’ (highest distinction), University of Bordeaux I.
• 1965-1960 Licence, Master and post-graduate diploma (DEA) in Biology and Ecology, University of Bordeaux I.

• 1979-1977 Postdoctoral visits: Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and MBL,Woods Hole, Mass., USA.
• 1975, 1974 Kristineberg Marine Laboratory, Swedish Royal Academy of Science.
• 1973 Montgomery Moore Fellowship, Bermuda Marine Station, Bermuda.
• 1970, 1969 Fellow, Biochemistry and physiology laboratory, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium: Fonds national de la recherche scientifique FNRS.
• 1971, 1969 Invited researcher, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., USA, Invited researcher, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, USA 1966 Biological Institute of the Carlsberg Foundation Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Research Committee member of the MBA, Plymouth, UK;
• The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and WHOI, Woods Hole, Massachusetts; Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina USA;
• Kristineberg Marine Laboratory, Fiskebackskil and Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden;
• National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico;
• University Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela;
• University Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro ;
• University of Sao Paulo, Brazil;
• Institute of Oceanography, Hangshou, China ;
• Consultantships: research, education and training on marine ecology and coastal dynamics: Europe, North and West Africa, South East Asia, South America and the Caribbean.

• Founding member of the World Association of Marine Stations WAMS, 2011-
• Expert European Commission, reviews of EC networks of excellence: Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function (MarBEF), Marine Genomics Europe, ‘Eur-ocean’ (6th, 7th, 8th Framework Programmes, 2009-2005).
• Executive board member of the International DIVERSITAS Programme: (2000-1992).
• Secretary general of the UNESCO International Conference on Biosphere Reserves, held in Seville , Spain (20-25 March 1995). Formal adoption by UNESCO of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (Nov. 1995-).
• Secretary of the Intergovernmental UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme (1999-1992).
• Principal Advisor of the international Project on the Venice Lagoon Ecosystem, sponsored by UNESCO and Italy (1996-1991).
• UNESCO Focal point for Biodiversity and participation to Conferences of the Parties: COP1, 1996 (Bahamas); COP2, 1997 (Mexico); COP3, 1998 (Jakarta); COP4, 1999 (Montreal) ; COP5, 2000 (Nairobi); COP6, 2002 (The Hague).
• UNCED Rio 1992: Member of the drafting Group of AGENDA 21, Chapter 17 on Oceans (1991), formally adopted at the Rio-de-Janeiro World Summit (1992).
• Executive Committee member, International Union of Biological Sciences IUBS (1994-1989).
• Task Force on Marine Biodiversity IABO/IUBS/ICSU (1990-)
• President of the International Association of Biological Oceanography IABO (1993-1983).
• SCOR Executive Committee Member (1993-1984).
• Local Organizer of the General Meeting of SCOR, Roscoff marine Station, October (1984).
• Scientific Council member of the UK Marine MBA, Plymouth (1993-1989).
• Founding member of the European Marine Research Stations, MARS Network (1991-)
• Founding member of the international Association of Meiobenthologists (1969-)

• Author of more than 120 peer reviewed publications and 10 books (see list of publications).
• Director-Editor of « Cahiers de Biologie Marine » and « Travaux de la Station Biologique de Roscoff » (1993-1983).
• Director of « Nature and Resources » UNESCO Quarterly Journal on the Environmental and Natural Resources Research (1999-1995).
• Scientific Editorial boards: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences ; Biochemical Systematics ; Journal of Coastal Research.
• Scientific Adviser of National Geographic (France edition), since 1999.
• Concellor of Commander Jacques-Yves Cousteau: EUNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chairs (Cousteau Society).
• Participant to scientific and cultural magazines: TV 5, France 3, Thalassa, Save Venice, the Gulf Stream etc., numerous participation to TV and radio interviews (France, Italy, Spain, Venezuela, Brazil, Italy, Australia etc.).

• UNESCO representative, for the COPs of Convention of Biological Diversity: COP1, Bahamas 1996; COP2, Mexico 1997; COP3, Jakarta 1998; COP4, Montreal 1999; COP5, Nairobi, Keynya 2000; COP6, The Hague 2002; COP10, Nagoya 2010.
• Round Table of Ministers of Science on ‘’Rebuilding the Scientific Cooperation in South East Europe’’. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris 24 October 2001. Secretary of the ministerial Conference.
• Co-organizer and Secretary of the International Conference of Experts on the Reconstruction of Scientific Cooperation in South East Europe, UNESCO and Academia Europaea, in cooperation with European Sciene Foundation, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, and sponsorship of the Government of Italy. Venice, Italy 24-27 March 2001.
• UNESCO focal point of the UNESCO-J.-Y. Cousteau Ecotechnie Chairs (1996)
• Secretary General of the International UNESCO Conference on Biosphere Reserves, Seville (20-25 March 1995) at the invitation of the Government of Spain., with collaboration of FAO and IUCN.
• Man and the Biosphere: the practical application of science to management of biosphere reserves. General Conference of IUCN, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 1994. Invited speaker.
• International Symposium on Biodiversity and Global Change, University of Kyoto, Japan, October 1993, Invited speaker.
• Academia Europaea, Annual general meeting, Budapest, 17-19 June 1992. Chair of Symposium V on the role of oceans and lakes in ecological balances.
• Development of Universities and Industries. Invited conference on the marine biodiversity and sustainable development. Sao Paulo, 6-7 June 1992 (in the scope of UNCED, Rio92.
• UNESCO Scientific Conference Rio 92. Invited conference on biodiversity. UNCED, Rio de Janeiro, 1-5 June 1992.
• IUBS-SCOPE-UNESCO Workshop on Biodiversiy Program, organized by Professor Otto Solbrig, Harvard Forest, Petersham, Ma, USA ; June 27-July 1, 1991. Contributor to : From Genes to Ecosystems : a Research Agenda for Biodiversity (Editor Otto T. Solbrig).
• SCOPE/IUBS Program : Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee, chaired by Harold Mooney. Royal Society, London, 18 Feb 1991.
• SCOR Working Group 85 on Enclosed experimental marine ecosystems: a review and recommendations. 1990. Publication C.M. Lalli (Ed.) Springer-Verlag
• IABO/IUBS/UNESCO Task Force meeting on the development of an International Marine and ecosystem Function Programme. IUBS-ICSU Secretariat, Paris, 9-11 November 1990. Convenor.
• IUBS/IABO Round Table on marine Biodiversity with R. Colwell, P. Lasserre P., A.D. McIntyre, F. Grassle, C. Ray; invited session of the International Congress of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology (ICSEB IV), 6-7 July 1990. University of Maryland, College Park, MA, USA.
• IUBS/SCOPE Workshop on Ecosystem function of biodiversity. National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, USA. Report published in Biology International, 1990, N°22, 20 pages.
• Member of SCOR WG 85 on experimental marine ecosystems. Enclosed experimental marine ecosystems: a review and recommendations. Springer-Verlag 1990
• NATO CNR Summer School on Environmental Dynamics, Biological processes in coastal ecosystems. Venice, Italy, 5-16 June 1989.
• Joint Oceanograpic Assembly (JOA/SCOR), Acapulco, Mexico, 23-31 August 1988. Organizer of Seminar on biological oceanograpy (conveners P. Lasserre and A.D. McIntyre).
• IABO UNESCO Working Group on High diversity marine ecosystems, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass., USA, 26-29 July 1988 : P. Lasserre (France, chairman), B. Battaglia (Italy), A.D. McIntyre (UK), F. Grasslee (USA), T. Parsons (Canada), J. Steele (USA).
• Member of the Expert Group for the Safeguard of the Venice Lagoon, 1984. UNESCO and Italy, Venice, 45 pages.
• Biogeochemical Processes at the land-sea boundary. Roscoff marine station (22-24 October 1984). Sponsored by SCOR and CNRS. Edited by P. Lasserre and JM Martin, 1986. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1985, 214 pages.
• Member of the Consultative Panel on Coastal Ecosystems UNESCO/SCOR/IABO: Roscoff, 1984; Dakar, 1986; Sao Luis, Maranhao, 1989.
• Local organizer of the General Conference of SCOR, Roscoff Marine Station, 1984.
• Advanced research Institute on Fluxes of energy and material in marine ecosystems. Theory and practice. Held in Bombanes, France, 12-20 May 1982. Sponsored by NATO and SCOR (P. Lasserre local organizer, M. Fasham editor). Published in Plenum Press N.Y., 500 pages.
• International Symposium on Coastal Lagoons, held at the University of Bordeaux (8-14 Sept. 1981). Sponsored by UNESCO-IOC, SCOR, IABO. Published in Oceanologica Acta 1982, Editors P. Lasserre and H. Postma. Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 462 pages.
• SCOR, IABO, UNESCO Seminar on Coastal Lagoons, 29 August – 2 Sept. 1979, Duke University, Beaufort NC, USA. Organized by JD Costlow, P. Lasserre and H. Postma. Published in UNESCO Reports in Marine Sciences N°32, 1980.
• UNESCO Seminar on benthic Ecology and sedimentation of the South-Atlantic Continental Platform, Montevideo, 9-12 May 1978. Organized by P. Lasserre and L. Martins. Published in UNESCO Reports in Marine Science
• Coastal ecosystems in the South Mediterranean Sea: lagoons, deltas and wetlands. Tunis, 25-28 Sept. 1978 Organized by P. Lasserre and Y. Halim. Published in UNESCO Reports in Marine Science.
• International Workshop on Meiofauna ecophysiology, 25-29 September, 1974, Arcachon, France. Published in Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 1975. Organized by P. Lasserre and J. Renaud-Mornant.
• Invited participant to the 1st international Conference on Meiofauna, Tunis (1-11 July, 1969. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. Member of the international Association of Meiobenthologists.

• 2006. MARS medal of honour 2006 was awarded to Professor Pierre Lasserre for his outstanding contribution by bringing marine science, policy and management aspects together at a global scale, and for his continuous support to MARS. Prof Pierre Lasserre accepted the award that was presented at the Triennal Conference of Directors of marine stations, in the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy.
• 2005. Invited speaker, Conference « Science and Today’s visions of the World », under the auspices of UNESCO, Academia Europaea, IUBS, ISME, IVSLA. Venice.
• 2004. Co-Chair, International Conference « CoastWetChange », Venice, 26-28 April, sponsored by IOC-UNESCO and CNR.
• 2001. Inaugural Conference of the new Chair on Marine Biodiversity crated at the University of Padova in its premises of Palazzo Grassi, in Chioggia, Italy (7 December 2001). Medal of honour.
• 2001. Gold medal « Marin Drinov », Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
• 2001. Co-Organizer of the International Conference of Experts on the Reconstruction of Scientific Cooperation in South East Europe, held in Venice, Italy, 24-27 March, under the auspices of UNESCO and Academia Europa, and participation of ESF and IVSLA, to stimulate scientific cooperation with and within the SEE countries and between the rest of Europe.
• 1995. Secretary General of the UNESCO International Conference on Biosphere Reserves held in Seville, Spain, 20-25 March, at the invitation of the Government of Spain, with collaboration of the European Union, FAO and IUCN.
• 1992. Academia Europaea, annual meeting, Budapest, Hungary. Chair of Symposium V: ‘’The Role of Oceans and Lakes in Ecological Balances.’’
• 1992. Invited Lectures on Marine Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, delivered at the University Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro and the Sao Paulo University (3-14 June 1992), on the occasion of the UNCED Rio Summit.
• 1991-1992. Invited member of the drafting group on Oceans, chapter 17 of Agenda 21. Adopted in June 1992, at the UNCED Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 1991. Distinguished participant to the workshop « From Genes to Ecosystems: A Research Agenda for Biodiversity », 27 June-1 July 1991. Harvard Forest, Petersham, Ma. USA, 27 June – 1 July 1991.
• 1989-1993 Président du Comité National Français de la Recherche Océanique CNFRO/COFUSI.
• 1989. Member of Academia Europaea (n°303, elected 1989), Section Earth & Cosmic Sciences, Research Area: Marine Biology.
• 1988. Invited speaker, Joint Oceanographic Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico (23-31 August) sponsored by SCOR, IABO, UNESCO.
• 1987-1991. Local Organizer of the first Jacques Monod international Conferences, held at the Roscoff Marine Station, sponsored by CNRS.
• 1986. Local Organizer of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Numerical Ecology (Roscoff 3-11 June 1986)
• 1986. Local Organizer of the Summer School of Climatology, organized in Roscoff par le CNES et le CNRS/INSU (Roscoff july 1986)
• 1984-1993 Board member of the Scientific Committee on Ocanic Research SCOR.
• 1984. Local Convener of the 17th General Meeting of SCOR, held at the Roscoff Marine Station (October 1984).
• 1984. Invited Guest at the Centenary of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth, 30 March.
• 1983-1993 President of the International Association of Biological Oceanography (IABO)
• 1982. Co-organizer of the NATO Research Institute on Fluxes of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems, Bombanes, France (12-20 May 1982), sponsored by NATO and SCOR.
• 1981. Organizer of the international Symposium on Coastal Lagoons, sponsored by IABO, SCOR, UNESCO, held at the University of Bordeaux, France (8-14 September 1981).
• 1968. Co-Organizer of the third European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), held in Arcachon, France (2-7 September 1968).
• 1968. Prizewinner of Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles Lettres et Arts, Bordeaux.