ABBREVIATED SCIENTIFIC CURRICULUM VITAE

Research interests
· Taxonomy and phylogeny of non-marine Ostracoda
· Speciation in ancient lakes
· Ancient asexual reproduction
· Conservation and management of aquatic biodiversity

Present positions :
· Senior researcher at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Freshwater Biology (Brussels, Belgium)
· Guest professor at the University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium).

Main present functions in the international scientific community
· Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Hydrobiologia (since 2003).
· Other journal editorships: Crustaceana, Phegea, Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums
· Series editor of the series "Biology of inland waters" (Margraf  – 8 volumes).
· Coordinator of the EU Marie Curie RTN SEXASEX network (2004-2008)
· Workpackage leader of the EU project ‘Biofresh’ (2009-2013)
· Coordinator, participant of 20+ (inter-) national research projects, total budget over 5 years > 2ME

Recently organized international meetings
· An assessment of global aquatic animal diversity (Belgium, December 2008)
· Co-convener of the 16th International Symposium on Ostracoda (Brasilia, July 2009)

Scientific awards
· Award Lucien De Coninck, Fund L.D.C., University of Ghent, 2001
· Van der Leeuw – leerstoel at University of Amsterdam (NWO, 2003-2004)
· Award Scritture d’Acqua, Scienza-tecnologia, IX Edizione 2004 (Parma, Italy)

Publications
·  (co-) author of c. 250 (mostly international) scientific publications, more than 250 additional titles
·  author, editor and co-editor of 11 published books, 3 in preparation