Organization
Organization
Our organisational structure
At CCMAR we follow a structured management approach that maximises our effectiveness and ensures that our efforts are coordinated so that the contributions of various members fuel our growth and impact.
Our leaders
The team that leads CCMAR shapes our strategic vision, oversees our strategy and all facets of our environment, takes advantage of our affiliation with the University of the Algarve and allocates resources to fulfil our mission in research and education.
President
Adelino Canário, Ph.D., is the Director of the Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) and a Professor at the University of the Algarve. He was one of the first founding members of CCMAR in 1993 and has been its president in recent years.
Professor Canário also holds other leadership positions, such as president of CIMAR-LA and GreenColab, leader of the Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology group and representative in Portugal of the European Marine Biological Resources Centre.
Direction
The Board of Directors is made up of a group of CCMAR members who advise and supervise scientific and technical endeavours, oversee and define policies for scientific and technical activities and manage day-to-day operations.
Meet our board members:
- Adelino Canário - President of CCMAR
- Ana Grenha - Marine Molecular Bioengineering
- Sofia Engrola - Aquaculture Research Group
- Jorge Gonçalves - Fisheries, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Jorge Martins - Marine Molecular Bioengineering
General Assembly
The General Assembly is made up of 10 CCMAR researchers and a president and has important responsibilities, making decisions that determine CCMAR's governance and strategic direction.
Some of its functions are: appointing/dismissing directors, evaluating financial reports, voting on investment plans, admitting/excluding members, approving budgets and deciding on various matters such as statutes, moving premises, dissolving, agreements and disposing of property.
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President: Leonor Cancela
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Secretary: not appointed University of the Algarve
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Secretary: Adelino Canário
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Secretary: Maria Teresa Dinis
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Secretary: Maria Margarida Castro
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Secretary: Karim Erzini
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Secretary: Rui Santos
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Secretary: João Varela
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Secretary: Pedro Rodrigues
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Secretary: Margarida Cristo
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Secretary: Jorge Gonçalves
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Secretary: Deborah Power
Advice to the Board
CCMAR is constantly looking for ways to improve and, in that sense, these tips aim to provide valuable advice on our scientific activities, which is essential for our growth.
External Advisory Board
To obtain an external perspective, we have an External Scientific Advisory Board made up of distinguished members of the global scientific community.
- John Roff: Acadia University, Canada
- William Fenical: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA
- Hans-Otto Portner: Alfred-Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Vincent Laudet: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
- Tamara Galloway: University of Exeter, United Kingdom
- E. Virginia Armburst: School of Oceanography, University of Washington, USA
Scientific Board
CCMAR's Scientific Board is made up of doctoral members who give their opinion to the Board of Directors on the annual plans and other matters raised by the Board of Directors.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
CCMAR is a research center committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), creating a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for all. To this end, it has a volunteer work group that develops activities and strategies focused on these values.
The center has implemented an Equal Opportunities Plan and is developing its DEI Plan, which includes actions such as the collection of gender-disaggregated data and training on DEI issues for the whole community.