Ángel Borja is PhD in Biology (1984, Basque Country University, Spain); Doctor in

Sciences (Honoris Causa) (2015, Hull University, UK). Principal Investigator at AZTI

(Spain, 1985). His main work is making marine ecology research useful for policy-

makers and managers, studying the effects of human activities on marine ecosystems,

the recovery of marine systems after impact, protection and conservation of the ocean,

effects of climate change on coasts and marine waters, monitoring and assessment of

marine status, under European directives (i.e. Water Framework Directive; Marine

Strategy Framework Directive), as well as integrative methods under the ecosystem-

approach. The assessment methods he has developed, together with his team, are used

worldwide, contributing to conserve and protect the ocean (e.g. AMBI, M-AMBI, AFI,

NEAT, etc.). Author of >400 papers (Hindex: 83, SCOPUS; 97, Google Scholar),

Highly Cited Researcher 2018-2022 (Web of Science). He is Chief Editor of Frontiers

in Ocean Sustainability and Associate Editor of Continental Shelf Research, and

member of the editorial board of Ecological Indicators, Marine Pollution Bulletin, and

Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. He has chaired/organized >55

international conferences/sessions, being key-note speaker in >100 international

conferences. He has participated in more than 120 European and international projects,

leading some of them (currently GES4SEAS). He was awarded with the European

SETAC Environment Education Award (2017), the Life-Time Achievement Award, by

the International Conference on Benthos (Cochin, India, 2019), and the MakeEUBlue

Award for the summer school he organizes annually since 2004 (EU Commission,

2024). After Research.com, in 2024, he ranks 2 nd in Spain in the Ecology and Evolution

field and 228 th in the world. After the AD Scientific Index, he ranks 2 nd in Marine

Sciences and Engineering in Spain, 9 th in Europe and 39 th in the World, in 2024. He has

supervised or mentored 22 PhD students, from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Iran,

Saudi Arabia, and China. He was member of the Scientific Committee of the European

Environment Agency (2013-2020), and currently is member of next Advisory Boards:

International Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas

(EMECS, Japan); Institute of Oceanography (HCMR, Greece); SustainMare (German

Marine Research Alliance); Mission inter-estuaires (French Agency for Biodiversity);

and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre – MARE, Portugal.