Po Teen Lim (Malaysia)

Po Teen Lim is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He is currently heading Bachok Marine Research Station. He received his Ph.D. from Kitasato University, Japan, after completing his research on growth physiology and saxitoxin production of tropical toxic Alexandrium tamiyavanichii and A. minutum. He has made over 100 research papers and presented more than 150 papers in the national and international meetings. Since 2008, he and his research team have conducted a comprehensive study on amnesic shellfish toxin-producing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, documented 40 species in Malaysian waters, with description of eight new species, and assess the risk of ASP in Malaysian waters. He also plays an instrumental role in development of key to species and database of Pseudo-nitzschia and other HAB species. He is actively involved in research and capacity development in the country and Western Pacific region, particularly through his involvement in the scientific steering committee of UNESCO-IOC WESTPAC-HAB and WESTPAC-TMO (e.g IOC WESTPAC Training workshop on Pseudo-nitzschia, National Training workshop on HABs and Biotoxin 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, SEAFDEC training workshop on HABs 2017, 2018). He is also a member of the scientific steering committee of IOC SCOR GLOBALHAB Program. Currently, he serves as editorial member in several journals and regional editor for Harmful Algae News (HANs).

Lorena María Durán Riveroll (Mexico)

Lorena M. Durán-Riveroll is a Mexican researcher initially employed by the Young Researchers CONACYT Program, at CICESE in Ensenada, Baja California, México. She obtained her BSE in Biochemical Engineering; a few years later, a BA in Literature, and then returned to science with an MSc. and PhD. in Marine Science at the National Polytechnic Institute Interdisciplinary Center for Marine Science (CICIMAR). She graduated Summa cum laude in both levels. In 2014 her work was recognized with the Lázaro Cárdenas National Award to the best doctoral student in Medical – Biological Sciences of the National Polytechnic Institute. Her research is focused on the chemical ecology of microalgae and curates the dinoflagellate (mostly benthic) and cyanobacteria culture collection at the Marine Biotechnology Department at CICESE. She has been acknowledged as a member of the National Researcher System since 2018. Currently, she is a member of the Mexican Society for the Study of Harmful Algal Blooms (SOMEFAN), the Mexican Society of Planktology (SOMPAC), the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA), and founder member of the Harmful Algal Blooms Network (RedFAN) and the Ocean, Climate and Global Change Network.