Journal of Marine Biology and Aquaculture Research

Dr. Bernhard Lieb is working as a professor at the Institute of Molecular Physiology, University of Mainz, Germany. His main work is focusing on the evolution, the differential expression, function and structure of molluscan hemocyanins at the gene-, mRNA- and protein level, and he is also working on the molecular analyses of the phylogeny in Mollusca. He has done his PhD on the "Characterization of a novel mRNA-associated protein from oocytes of Pleurodeles waltl and Xenopus laevis" with Prof. U. Scheer in Wurzburg. Thereafter, he moved to Mainz and habilitated at the Institute of Zoology at the JGU in Mainz, Germany. His work was and still is focused on the structure, evolution and function of molluscan hemocyanins. Dr. Lieb's research interests is on molecular, structural and fuctional analyses of Hemocyanins and differential expression during early development, in juveniles and also in adult animals.

Dr. Kamil Zagorsek is the head of the department of Geography at Technical University, Liberec. He completed his Ph.D in Fossil Bryozoa at Department of Geology and Palaeontology from Comenius University, Slovakia. He then worked as Faculty of Mining in Technical University of Ostrava. Dr. Zagorsek worked as Assistant professor in Department of Geology And Palaeontology at Comenius University, Slovakia. Dr. Zagorsek's research interests include Taxonomy and systematic of bryozoans (fossil, marine, fluvial), nanotechnology in treating aquatic assemblages, biogeography principles and applications and geographical aspects of biological studies.

Dr. Mauro Lenzi is the director of Lagoon Ecology and Aquaculture Laboratory (LEALab), for the Orbetello Pesca Lagunare Company. He is an ecologist who graduated from the Biological Science of Pisa University, Italy. He is co-operating with Grosseto University Pole, Universities of Pisa, Siena, Florence, Central Institute for Environment Research and Protection of Rome (ISPRA, ex ICRAM), WWF-Italy, Regional Agency for Tuscany Environmental Protection (ARPAT), FAO-Rome, National Research Council (CNR) Italy. Dr. Lenzi research holds mainly the control of vegetation development and forecast and prevention of dystrophic risks in lagoon environment, bio-geo-chemistry of the coastal sediment, biological tools for lagoon environment management, assessment of seagrass meadow state and quantifying the human impact and assessment of fish-farm wastewater impact and improvement solutions.