Person record of Jan Mees

Information

Type
Person
Honorific prefix
Prof. Dr
Firstname
Jan
Surname
Mees
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-3816
Description @en
Jan Mees (°1964) is the general director of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend since its establishment in 1999. He is trained as a marine biologist (MSc Zoology, MSc Environmental Sanitation, PhD Biology) at Ghent University, where he is part-time professor and has been teaching courses on data analysis, statistics, coastal ecosystems and fisheries. An experienced marine ecologist and taxonomist - contributing a.o. to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) that is hosted at his institute - he is the author of more than 100 scientific publications, most in international journals with peer review. Jan Mees represents his institute and the Flemish government in several European and global oceanography and marine biodiversity networks, e.g. IOC/UNESCO, MARS and EurOcean. He was Chair of the European Marine Board from 2014 to 2019 and is currently Co-chair of the Editorial Board of the Global Ocean Science Report 2020. Jan has served on the WoRMS Steering Committee since 2013 and was Vice-chair in 2013-2016.

Institutes

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
role
General Director
during period
Begin date: 1999-10-1
Universiteit Gent
role
Professor
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium
WoRMS Editorial Board
role
Taxonomic editor

Projects

A biological valuation map for the Belgian Continental Shelf
during period
Start date: 2003
End date: 2006
A century of sea fisheries in Belgium
during period
Start date: 2008
A pre-standardisation development for marine data interoperability using XML
during period
Start date: 2003
End date: 2005
Archiving data on recreational fishing along the Belgian coast
during period
Start date: 2006
Assessment of Marine Debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf: occurence and effects. - AS-MADE
during period
Start date: 2009
End date: 2011
Belgian Register of Marine & Coastal Species
during period
Start date: 2009
End date: 2010
Blootstelling van bevolkingsgroepen wonend in het hart van de Euregio aan polluerende atmosferische deeltjes: het geval van de fijne stofdeeltjes
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2004
Cluster Sustainable management of the North Sea
during period
Start date: 2003
End date: 2006
Compendium voor Kust en Zee 2013
Compendium voor Kust en Zee 2015
during period
Start date: 2015
Coördinatiepunt voor geïntegreerd kustzonebeheer - fase 1
during period
Start date: 2001
End date: 2004
Coördinatiepunt voor geïntegreerd kustzonebeheer - fase 2
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2007
Creating a long term infrastructure for marine biodiversity research in the European Economic Area and the Newly Associated States
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2005
CSA Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans
during period
Start date: 2012
End date: 2015
CSA in Marine Biotechnology
during period
Start date: 2011
End date: 2013
De Zee van Toen
during period
Start date: 2007
End date: 2008
Development of an Integrated Database for the Management of Accidental Spills
during period
Start date: 2003
End date: 2006
Effects of dredgings and harbour expansion on the environment
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2006
Endocrine disruption in the Scheldt Estuary: distribution, exposure and effects
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2006
Eu-duurzaamheidsindicatoren voor kustgebieden in Nederland
during period
Start date: 2005
End date: 2006
European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System
during period
Start date: 2011
End date: 2015
European platform for coastal research: coordination action
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2009
Evaluation and update of the OMES database, concerning the data of the Flemish part of the Scheldt estuary
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2009
Expeditie Zeeleeuw
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2007
Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.eu
during period
Start date: 2012
Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2006
Indicators of sustainable development for the Scheldt estuary
during period
Start date: 2009
End date: 2010
Integrated Risk Assessment and Monitoring of micropollutants in the Belgian coastal zone
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2011
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2009
Marine Biotechnology ERA-NET
during period
Start date: 2013
End date: 2017
Marine Incidents Management cluster - MIMAc
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2006
Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria
during period
Start date: 2006
North Sea Benthos Project
during period
Start date: 2001
Onderzoek naar de gevolgen van het Sigmaplan, baggeractiviteiten en havenuitbreiding in de Zeeschelde op het milieu
during period
Start date: 2009
Optimaliseren data beheer en opslag en verzorgen educatie databeheer voor wetenschappers van het NIOO
during period
Start date: 2008
End date: 2009
Organisation of symposium Dunes and Estuaries
during period
Start date: 2003
End date: 2005
Pan-European infrastructure for Ocean & Marine Data Management
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2011
PhD Drivers & mechanisms influencing early colonization by marine ecosystem engineers of artificial & natural habitats.
during period
Start date: 2019
End date: 2023
Planet Ocean
during period
Start date: 2007
End date: 2012
Polluting atmospheric particles along the French-Flemish North Sea coast: border transports and impact on the environment. Transborder cooperation and sensitization
during period
Start date: 1998
End date: 2001
Publicatie van een atlas en een CD-ROM ter valorisatie van het project MACROBEL
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2005
Quantification of Erosion and Sedimentation patterns to Trace the natural versus anthropogenic sediment dynamics
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2010
Research on the environmental effects of the SIGMA plan: Effects of dredgings and harbour expansion on the environment
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2007
Scientific and institutional capacity building for implementing European marine policy in the Black Sea Region
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2008
Spatial and Temporal Assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2005
Spatial and Temporal assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies - phase II
during period
Start date: 2005
End date: 2007
Streamlining activity of the Coastal Wiki
during period
Start date: 2007
End date: 2008
Strengthening the oceanographic data management and operational forecast services at IBSS and MHI, Ukraine
during period
Start date: 2007
End date: 2009
Studie- en samenwerkingsovereenkomst MIRA-T 2005
during period
Start date: 2005
End date: 2005
Study on the lateral input of the Flemish part of the Scheldt estuary
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2003
Taxonomy of Mysidacea (Crustacea), taxonomical databases
The development and realisation of the first phase of the ScheldeMonitor information system in the framework of "Research and Monitoring long-term planning Scheldt estuary" (LTV O&M)
during period
Start date: 2003
End date: 2004
The development and realisation of the second phase of the ScheldeMonitor information system in the framework of "Research and Monitoring long-term planning Scheldt estuary" (LTV O&M)
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2007
The development and realisation of the third phase of the ScheldeMonitor information system in the framework of "Research and Monitoring long-term planning Scheldt estuary" (LTV O&M)
during period
Start date: 2007
End date: 2010
Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas
during period
Start date: 2006
End date: 2011
Verzamelen van de nodige attributen, het opstellen van de benodigde teksten en scenario’s voor de museologische inrichting van het Vlaams Bezoekerscentrum De Nachtegaal
during period
Start date: 2000
End date: 2000
Voordelta*4: hyperbenthosonderzoek Voordelta
during period
Start date: 1988
End date: 1990

Expertise

thesaurus terms
Biological oceanography
defined term set: Flemish Research Disciplines
term code: 179128
Marine ecology
defined term set: Flemish Research Disciplines
term code: 179188
taxonomic terms
Leptostraca
Lophogastrida
Mysida
Pygocephalomorpha
Stygiomysida

Special collections

Belgica-expeditions
ENCORA
ENCORA: BENCORE
ENCORA: the Steering Committee
MarBEF contacts
MarBEF WP1 (Data Integration)
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
OMES: Onderzoek Milieu-effecten Sigmaplan
ScheldeMonitor
Spuikom, Oostende (Belgium)
VLIZ-KMFRI collaboration in marine sciences

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date created: 2001-02-22
date modified: 2011-10-20