IOC Science and Communication Centres on Harmful Algae

The IOC Science and Communication Centres on Harmful Algae is an IOC-UNESCO decentralized Programme Office located at University of Copenhagen (Denmark) operated in cooperation with a number of partner research institutions.

Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae – Copenhagen

The Centre in Copenhagen was established in 1995 as a decentralized IOC Programme Office for the IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Programme.

It is established at the Department of Biology of the University of Copenhagen, as a joint activity between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and this University.

Human Resources:

• Henrik Enevoldsen, IOC Programme Coordinator
• Jacob Larsen, Associate Professor
• Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein, Associated Expert
• Pia Heacky, Associated Expert

Associated scientific staff of the University of Copenhagen, Marine Biological Section, and the Danish Natural History Museum:

• Professor Per Juel-Hansen
• Professor Øjvind Moestrup
• Associate Professor Niels Daugbjerg
• Associate Professor Nina Lundholm

The  Centre has three focus areas:

• training
• the international research programme IOC-SCOR GlobalHAB
• manuals & guides

This is implemented through a number of core activites:

• training courses
• support to regional networks development of on-line data-bases development -web based learning modules
• production of a newsletter
• cooperative research projects
• curriculum development
• research activities in relevant fields of harmful microalgae