OUR SCIENTIFIC PANEL
SERGE PLANES
Director of Research at CNRS Director of Studies at EPHE Director of the French Center for Excellence for the study of coral reefs (LABEX “CORAIL”) Associate Professor at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Serge Planes is a senior research director at CNRS, a director of studies at EPHE, and an associate professor at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). He was director of the CRIOBE (USR 3278) for 12 years (2007-2018), during which time he helped build up the center to become a national and global leader in the field of research and expertise on coral reefs. Today, the CRIOBE is a showcase for French research on coral reefs. He is currently director of LabEx Corail, the center of excellence for all French scientists working the ecology of coral reefs in the broad sense. He is also director of the Service d’Observation Corail and manages links with the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), which publishes four-yearly updates on the condition of coral reefs worldwide as part of the International Coral Reef Initiative. He is the scientific director of the Tara Pacific expedition launched in May 2016 for two years, and has since been responsible for coordinating the Tara Pacific consortium, which includes over 20
institutions from around the world. Since the start of his career, Serge Planes’ research efforts have focused on studying the genetics of marine organism populations. He has published nearly 350 articles in international journals with over 20,000 citations confirming the close interest in his work in the scientific community. More recently, the application of kinship analysis methods to the marine environment for the first time has opened up new questions about the very evolution of the dispersive model in marine species. Alongside these fundamental issues, Serge Planes is presently providing his expertise to develop coral reef restoration programs in response to climate change, and is also helping to transfer knowledge and make it more accessible to the general public, as shown by the development of Faré Natura in Polynesia. In recognition for his work, Serge Planes was awarded the title of Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur, at the request of the Minister for Overseas Affairs.
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