Prof Bruno Danis, Prof Emilie van Haute

Université Libre de Bruxelles,Université Libre de Bruxelles

I am a Full Professor, and Head at the Marine Biology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) . I received my PhD from the ULB in 2004, and then joined the ANDEEP3 expedition to the Southern Ocean onboard the RV Polarstern, before taking the lead of two projects aiming at offering free and open access on Antarctic biodiversity for science, conservation and management purposes (SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF). I led a pioneering expedition to the Western Antarctic Peninsula (Belgica121) to test the concept of using a low-environmental impact platform to carry out marine biodiversity census in the Southern Ocean. More recently, I led the TANGO1 expedition to the same region. I have recently taken the co-direction of a research station in Belaza, Madagascar, with U. Toliara, U. Mons and U. Liège. My research focuses on biodiversity/biogeography, ecotoxicology, numerical ecology and biodiversity informatics, and I thrive to channel these efforts for conservation purposes, with a special attention devoted to Open Science.,Emilie van Haute est Professeure de recherche Francqui au Département de sciences politiques de l'ULB. Elle mène ses recherches au Centre d'étude de la vie politique (Cevipol). Son expertise porte sur les partis politiques, la participation et la représentation politiques, les élections et la démocratie. Elle est par ailleurs Directrice exécutive du Policy Lab.