Council

President

Prof. Dr. Jose Luis Soengas Fernández

University of Vigo, Spain

Full Professor, Department of Functional Biology and Health Siences

Faculty of Biology, University of Vigo, Spain

Research interests: Physiological mechanisns in fish related to metabolism, neuroendocrinology, rhythms , response to stress and adaptation to environment. Nowadays my research is focused at the different mechanisms involved in feed intake control in fish.

Vice- President

Dr. Patrícia Pinto

Centre of Marine Sciences, Portugal

Assistant researcher at the Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR)

Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCT), University of Algarve, Portugal

Research interests: 

Diversity, roles and disruption of fish hormonal systems (in particular estrogens) by pollutants and other environmental threats. Fish and surrounding microbiota identities, roles, interactions and modulation in the nature, aquaculture and in food safety. Contribution of sewage and waste treatment to environmental pollutants and microbial dissemination.