Juan Bellas Editor

Víctor M. León has more than 25 years of experience in the study of marine pollution, particularly in relation with organic contaminants. He has participated in different Spanish and European research projects in relation with the characterization of the presence, distribution, behavior and impact of regulated and emerging organic pollutants in the marine environment. He has 49 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals with SCI index, 5 book chapters and more than 90 contributions to international congresses. He is member of the UNEP/MEDPOL Expert group on Contamination (2014-2015), the Working Group on Marine Sediments in Relation to Pollution (ICES WGMS) and of the MSFD Expert Network Contaminants (2014-2015) coordinated by Joint Research Center (European Commission). Juan Bellas was the Chief Investigator of the Marine Pollution Program of the IEO (2012-2019) and was the IEO Coordinator for the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in Spain (2010-2018). He has participated in various international committees and working groups of the European Commission, of the OSPAR Commission and of the International Council for the Protection of the Sea (ICES). He is currently Chairman of the ICES Working Group on Biological Effects of Contaminants (WGBEC). He is an advisor to the Ministry of Ecological Transition of Spain, and is a member of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Littoral Development (Campus do Mar). He has participated in more than 30 projects and research contracts, and has published 63 articles in SCI journals, and several book chapters, on the study of the biological effects of pollutants. He has been granted three patents.