- Country: United States of America
Resumé
Dr. Mario Tamburri received a bachelor’s degree from University of California Santa Barbara, a master’s degree from University of Alabama, and doctoral degree from the University of South Carolina in biology and marine science. He is now a Professor at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and Director two environmental innovation programs — the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) and the Maritime Environmental Resource Center (MERC). ACT is a component of US Integrated Ocean Observing System and designed to foster the development and adoption of effective and reliable sensors and platforms for studying and monitoring ocean, coastal and freshwater environments. Similarly, MERC is an initiative that provides test facilities, expertise, information, and decision tools to address key environmental issues facing the international maritime industry and to support Green Ship innovations.
Dr. Tamburri has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications, technical reports and book chapters and serves on multiple national and international scientific committees and advisory panels. He has over 20 years of experience on issues relating to the ship transfer on non-indigenous species, through both ballast water and biofouling, and has several ongoing national and international initiatives examining the efficiency and environmental safety of ship in-water cleaning. In 2020, Dr. Tamburri was a founding member, and vice-chair, of the Working Group on Biofouling Management (WG 44) and in 2022, he became the Working Group acting chair.
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