Michel Kaiser#
| Membership Number: | 4357 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.hw.ac.uk/staff/uk/egis/michel-kaiser.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Bicentennial Research Leader, The Lyell Centre, Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (ILES), School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS), Heriot-Watt University
- 2018, 8 - 2019 Science & Standards Director, Marine Stewardship Council
- 1998 Professor of Marine Conservation Ecology (Personal Chair promotion in 2006): Bangor University
- 2012 - present UK Government (Defra) appointment to the Board of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- 2014 - present UK Government (Defra) appointment to the Marine Science Coordination Committee
- 2015 - present Seafish – Chair of the Science Advisory Group
- 2008 - 2015 UK Government (Defra) appointment to the Board of Seafish
- 2007 - 2010 Vice-President: Fisheries Society of the British Isles
- 2010 - 2011 UK Government appointment to Marine Conservation Zones Science Advisory Panel
- 2007 - 2010 Chair UK Government (Defra) Marine Fisheries Stakeholder Forum
- 2007 - 2010 Minister’s appointment to the Scottish Fisheries Council: Independent science advisor from
- 1991 - 1998 Senior Scientific Officer, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Fields of Scholarship
- Social and economic sciences
- Fisheries
- Benthic ecology
- Behaviour of humans and animals
- Bivalve aquaculture
- Ecosystem effects of fishing
Honours and Awards
- 2007: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (https://www.heacademy.ac.uk
)
- 2004: FSBI Medal for an outstanding contribution to fish biology and fisheries research, awarded by the Fisheries Society of the British Isles to researchers under 40 years of age
