The IODE Steering Group for OBIS was formally established by the 21st Session of the IODE Committee through Recommendation IODE-XXI.2
| Member | Role | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Bailly
University of British Columbia, Beaty Biodiversity Museum |
Fish + MedOBIS node manager | Canada | |
| Henrik Enevoldsen
IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae |
OBIS-HAB node manager | Denmark | |
| Harrison ONGANDA
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquarter & Mombasa Station |
OBIS Kenya data manager | Kenya | |
| Eduardo Klein
Universidad Simon Bolivar |
Caribbean OBIS node manager | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | |
| Ward Appeltans
UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE |
Project Manager OBIS | Belgium | |
| Nina Wambiji
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquarter & Mombasa Station |
OBIS Kenya node manager | Kenya | |
| Leen Vandepitte
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee |
EurOBIS node manager | Belgium | |
| Katsunori Fujikura
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka |
OBIS Japan | Japan | |
| Mirtha Lewis
Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos, Centro Nacional Patagónico |
ArOBIS node manager | Argentina | |
| Patrick Halpin
Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment |
OBIS-SEAMAP node manager | United States of America | |
| Ruben Escribano
Universidad de Concepción, Department of Oceanography |
ESP-OBIS node | Chile | |
| Oleksandr Neprokin
Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea |
Black Sea OBIS node manager | Ukraine | |
| Kevin Mackay
National Institute of Water and Atmosphere |
NZOBIS node manager | New Zealand | |
| Narayanane Saravanane
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India |
IndOBIS node manager | India | |
| Aidy M Muslim
Institute of Oceanography and Environment |
OBIS Malaysia node manager | Malaysia | |
| Ei Fujioka
Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment |
OBIS-SEAMAP | United States of America | |
| Christian Elloran
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity |
SEA-OBIS node manager | Philippines | |
| Anton Van de Putte
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen |
AntOBIS node manager | Belgium | |
| Noah Ngisiang'e
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquarter & Mombasa Station |
OBIS Kenya data manager | Kenya | |
| Martha Vides Casado
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis |
SG-OBIS Co-Chair and OBIS Colombia node manager | Colombia | |
| Lennert Tyberghein
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee |
EurOBIS node manager | Belgium | |
| Dan Lear
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
UK OBIS node manager | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| Christos Arvanitidis
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture |
MedOBIS node manager | Greece | |
| Dimitra Mavraki
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture |
MedOBIS data manager | Greece | |
| Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science |
PEGO-OBIS node manager | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | |
| Tshikana Rasehlomi
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment |
AfrOBIS node manager | South Africa | |
| Mathew Biddle
United States Marine Biodiversity Observation Network |
OBIS-USA | United States of America | |
| Abby Benson
U.S. Geological Survey HQ |
OBIS USA | United States of America | |
| Andres Roubicek
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure |
OBIS Australia node manager a.i. | Australia | |
| Pieter Provoost
UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE |
Data Manager OBIS | Belgium | |
| Monica Machuca
Comisión Permanente para el Pacífico Sur |
OBIS CPPS data manager | Ecuador | |
| Carolina Peralta Brichtova
Universidad Simon Bolivar |
Caribbean OBIS node data manager | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | |
| Takashi Hosono
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) |
OBIS Japan node manager | Japan | |
| Kári Lárusson
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. |
Arctic OBIS node manager | Iceland | |
| Hólmgrímur Helgason
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. |
Arctic OBIS data manager | Iceland | |
| Zuleika Pinzon
Comisión Permanente para el Pacífico Sur |
CPPS OBIS node manager | Ecuador | |
| John Nicholls
Trinity College Dublin, Centre for Environmental Humanities |
OPI OBIS node | Ireland | |
| Dave Watts
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure |
OBISAU node manager | Australia | |
| Marcos Zárate
Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos, Centro Nacional Patagónico |
ArOBIS node data manager | Argentina | |
| Oleksandr Leposhkin
Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea |
OBIS Black Sea | Ukraine | |
| Kuidong Xu
Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao |
OBIS China node manager | China | |
| Pauline Carmel Joy Eje
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity |
SEA-OBIS | Philippines | |
| Jonathan Pye
Ocean Tracking Network |
OTN OBIS node manager | Canada | |
| Yi Ming Gan
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen |
AntOBIS data manager | Belgium | |
| IZWANDY BIN IDRIS
Institute of Oceanography and Environment |
OBIS Malaysia | Malaysia | |
| Hanieh Saeedi
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |
OBIS Deep-Sea Node data manager | Germany | |
| Sheldon Carter
International Seabed Authority |
OBIS-ISA node data manager | Jamaica | |
| Johnny Konjarla
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India |
IndOBIS data manager | India | |
| Henry Bart
Tulane University |
Fish OBIS node | United States of America | |
| Pamela Hidalgo
Universidad de Concepción, campus Concepción |
ESP-OBIS node manager | Chile | |
| Udhi Hernawan
Pusat Riset Oseanografi-Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN) In |
OBIS Indonesia node manager | Indonesia | |
| Braulio Fernández
Universidad de Concepción, campus Concepción |
ESP OBIS node data manager | Chile | |
| Priyadi Santoso
Pusat Penelitian Oseanografi. Lemabga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia |
OBIS Indonesia data manager | Indonesia | |
| Katherine Tattersall
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure |
SG-OBIS Co-Chair and OBIS Australia node manager | Australia | |
| Vinay Padate
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India |
IndOBIS assistant node manager | India | |
| Yasin Bakis
Tulane University |
OBIS Fish node data manager | United States of America | |
| Angela Dini
Ocean Tracking Network |
OTN OBIS data manager | Canada | |
| Luciana Genio
International Seabed Authority |
OBIS-ISA node manager | Jamaica | |
| Georgia Sarafidou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture |
MedOBIS data manager | Greece | |
| Saara Suominen
UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE |
OBIS Science Officer | Belgium | |
| Maria Cornthwaite
Pacific Biological Station (DFO – PBS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
OBIS Canada node manager | Canada | |
| Laoise Dillon
Trinity College Dublin, Centre for Environmental Humanities |
OBIS OPI data manager | Ireland | |
| Sachit Rajbhandari
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure |
OBIS Australia | Australia | |
| BUBELE RASMENI | AfrOBIS data manager | South Africa | |
| Stephen Formel
U.S. Geological Survey HQ |
OBIS-USA node manager | United States of America | |
| Anke Penzlin
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung |
OBIS Deep-sea node manager a.i. | Germany | |
| Zhaocui Meng
Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao |
OBIS China data manager | China | |
| Ahmad Fakhrurrazi Mokhtar
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu |
OBIS Malaysia data manager | Malaysia | |
| Pedro Aros-Mardones
Universidad de Concepción, campus Concepción |
ESP-OBIS data manager | Chile | |
| SangHo Baek
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea |
KOBIS node | Republic of Korea | |
| Yong-Rock An
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea |
KOBIS node manager | Republic of Korea | |
| Kyla Richards
United States Geological Survey |
OBIS-USA | United States of America |