Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Prof. Dr. Bela H. Buck studied neurophysiology and marine
biology at the University of Bremen, at the Institute for Marine
Research in Kiel and at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine
Ecology (ZMT) in Bremen (all in Germany). In the years
1999/2000 he was involved in research projects concerning the
aquaculture of giant clams at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Authority (GBRMPA), the James Cook University (JCU) and
the Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS) in
Townsville (all in Australia), in which he got is graduation as a
marine biologist.
Since 2001 he has been engaged in projects regarding offshore aquaculture (especially as multifunctional use of offshore
wind farms) at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre
for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven/Germany.
He conducted his Ph.D. in 2001–2004 in various aspects of
offshore aquaculture related to technology, biology, legislation
and ICZM issues within the German Bight (grade of
excellent/highest distinction). From 2005 to 2007 Dr. Buck was
postdoc at the AWI and is the head of the working group
“Marine Aquaculture, Maritime Technologies and ICZM”.
He was responsible to establish the Institute for Marine
Resources (IMARE), in which he was the head of the section
“Marine Aquaculture” as well as the Vice Director.
In July 2007 he was given a professorship for “Applied
Marine Biology” from the University of Applied Sciences in
Bremerhaven including the right to award doctorates at the
University of Bremen. From 2012 to 2015 he was the President
of the German Aquaculture Association and is since then nominated as honorary president. Bela H. Buck is a member of the
steering committee of the German Agricultural Research
Alliance (DAFA).
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