Gustaaf Hallegraeff
Taroona, TAS, AU
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Emiritus Prof Hallegraeff originated from the University of Amsterdam (PhD 1976) before moving to Australia to work first at the CSIRO Marine Laboratories, and in 1992 the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) of the University of Tasmania. He worked on global spreading of HABs via ship’s ballast water which formed the base of the 2017 International Maritime Organisation's Ship Ballast Water Convention, studied shellfish toxins, fish killing algae, and HABs and climate change. He served as editor of the 2003 UNESCO Monograph on Oceanographic Methodology on Harmful Marine Microalgae, the 2021 Global HAB Status report, and the 2010 Australian Marine Phytoplankton Flora. He hosted the 9th ICHA conference in Hobart in 2000, and supervised 40 PhD graduands. He was honoured with the 2004 Eureka Prize for Environmental Research, the 2014 ISSHA Yasumoto Life time Achievement award, and the 2018 University of Tasmania Research Medal.
Affiliation:
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Gustaaf
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