Management committee members

The Action Management Committee (MC) is comprised of up to two Action MC members per COST Full or Cooperating Member participating in the Action. Each MC member from COST Full or Cooperating Members is nominated by their respective COST National Coordinator (CNC) according to national procedures. If a MC member cannot attend a MC meeting they can be replaced by a MC substitute; the Action Chair and Action Grant Holder should be informed accordingly. The CNC may also approve the ad hoc replacement of Action MC member(s) at Action MC meetings. Action MC members should inform the Action Chair in case the Action MC substitute will be replacing them at a relevant Action MC meeting. They should also inform the Action Grant Holder accordingly.

The Action MC is in charge of the management and implementation of the COST Action with a view to achieving the COST Action's scientific and technological objectives as specified in the COST Action’s MoU.

Country	Title	First name	Last name	Institution
Belgium	Prof	Peter	TROCH	Ghent University
Belgium	Ms	Tina	MERTENS	Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Belgium	Em Prof	Marc	VANTORRE	Ghent University
Belgium	Dr	Maxim	CANDRIES	Ghent University
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mr	Jovan	TODOROVIC	ELEKTROPRENOS BiH, a.d. Banja Luka
Bulgaria	Dr	Valeri	PENCHEV	CORES ltd High-Tech Business Incubator
Bulgaria	Dr	Daniela	DZHONOVA-ATANASOVA	Institute of Chemical Engineering
Bulgaria	Prof	Milen	BALTOV	Burgas Free University
Bulgaria	Prof	Rumen	KISHEV	Institute of Metal Science, Equipment and Technology
Croatia	Prof	Marinko	STOJKOV	Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Slavonski Brod
Croatia	Prof	Damir	ŠLJIVAC	University Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek
Croatia	Dr	Danijel	TOPIĆ	University Of Osijek
Croatia	Mr	Matej	ŽNIDAREC	University Of Osijek
Cyprus	Ms	Xenia	LOIZIDOU	ISOTECH Ltd
Cyprus	Dr	Constantine	MICHAILIDES	Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus	Prof	Georgios	GEORGIOU	University of Cyprus
Cyprus	Ms	Demetra	PETSA	AKTI Project and Research Centre
Denmark	Dr	Francesco	FERRI	Aalborg University
Denmark	Dr	Björn	ELSÄSSER	DHI Group
Denmark	Dr	Kim	NIELSEN	Development v Kim Nielsen
Denmark	Ms	Amelie	TETU	Aalborg University
Denmark	Dr	Jens Peter	KOFOED	Aalborg University
Estonia	Dr	Rivo	UIBOUPIN	Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia	Dr	Ira	DIDENKULOVA	Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia	Dr	Victor	ALARI
Finland	Mr	Heikki	KOIVISTO	Faculty of Logistics and Maritime Technology
Finland	Dr	Minna	KEINÄNEN-TOIVOLA	SATAKUNNAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
France	Prof	Michel	BENOIT	Ecole Centrale Marseille
France	Dr	Paolino	TONA	IFP Energies nouvelles
France	Dr	Phil	MONBET	POLE MER BRETAGNE
France	Ms	Olivia	THILLEUL	Centrale Nantes
France	Dr	Thomas	SOULARD
Germany	Mr	Jochen	BARD	Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
Germany	Dr	Hisham	ELSAFTI	TU Braunschweig
Greece	Prof	Kostas	BELIBASSAKIS	School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
Greece	Prof	Evangelia	LOUKOGEORGAKI	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece	Prof	Phoebe	KOUNDOURI	Athens University of Economics and Business
Greece	Prof	Spyros	MAVRAKOS	HELLENIC CENTER FOR MARINE RESEARCH
Greece	Ms	Paraskevi	TOURI	Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Ireland	Prof	John	RINGWOOD	Maynooth University
Ireland	Dr	James	MURPHY	University College Cork
Ireland	Dr	Frances	JUDGE	MaREI Centre
Ireland	Dr	Fiona	DEVOY MCAULIFFE	University College Cork
Israel	Prof	Michelle	PORTMAN	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Italy	Prof	Lorenzo	CAPPIETTI	University of Florence
Italy	Prof	Barbara	ZANUTTIGH	University of Bologna
Italy	Dr	Colicchio	GIUSEPPINA	CNR
Italy	Dr	Silvia	BOZZI	Politecnico di Milano
Latvia	Dr	Juris	BURLAKOVS	University of Latvia
Latvia	Dr	Ilze	PRIEDITE	Institute of Physical Energetics
Latvia	Mr	Kaspars	KROICS	Riga Technical University
Lithuania	Dr	Loreta	KELPŠAITĖ-RIMKIENĖ	Klaipeda University
Lithuania	Dr	Darius	JAKIMAVIČIUS
Lithuania	Dr	Jurate	KRIAUCIUNIENE	Lithuanian Energy Institute
Lithuania	Dr	Ingrida	BORISENKO	Klaipeda University
Malta	Mr	Mario	CACHIA	Alternative Technologies Ltd
Malta	Dr	Cedric	CARUANA	University of Malta
Malta	Dr	Brian	AZZOPARDI	Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST)
Malta	Dr	Robert	N. FARRUGIA	University of Malta
Netherlands	Dr	Henk	POLINDER	Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Netherlands	Dr	George	LAVIDAS	Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
North Macedonia	Mr	Vladimir	GJORGIEVSKI	University Ss Cyril and Methodius
North Macedonia	Prof	Snezana	CUNDEVA	University Ss Cyril and Methodius
Norway	Dr	Lars	GOLMEN	Runde miljösenter
Norway	Dr	Hans Christian	BOLSTAD	SINTEF
Norway	Prof	Mehdi	ZADEH	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway	Dr	Jørgen Hals	TODALSHAUG	Corpower Ocean AB
Poland	Prof	Leszek	CHYBOWSKI	The Maritime University of Szczecin
Poland	Dr	Malgorzata	ROBAKIEWICZ	Institute of Hydro-Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland	Dr	Maciej	REICHEL	Ship Handling Research and Training Centre
Poland	Dr	Marek	KRASKOWSKI	Ship Design and Research Centre CTO S.A.
Portugal	Prof	Francisco	TAVEIRA-PINTO	University of Porto, FEUP
Portugal	Prof	Carlos	GUEDES SOARES	Instituto Superior Técnico CENTEC
Portugal	Prof	Paulo	ROSA-SANTOS	University of Porto, FEUP
Portugal	Dr	Maria Do Rosário	CALADO	Universidade da Beira Interior
Romania	Prof	Lorand	SZABO	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Romania	Prof	Liliana	RUSU	Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
Romania	Dr	Maria	CAZACU	"Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
Romania	Prof	Eugen	RUSU	Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
Serbia	Prof	Branka	NAKOMČIĆ-SMARAGDAKIS	Faculty of Technical Sciences
Serbia	Dr	Nikola	MOMCILOVIC	University of Belgrade
Serbia	Dr	Igor	BAČKALOV	University of Belgrade
Serbia	Prof	Branka	GVOZDENAC UROŠEVIĆ	Faculty of Technical Sciences
Slovenia	Dr	Aleksander	GRM	University of Ljubljana
Slovenia	Dr	Blaž	LUIN	University of Ljubljana
Spain	Prof	Moncho	GOMEZ GESTEIRA	University of Vigo
Spain	Prof	Izaskun	GARRIDO	University of the Basque Country
Spain	Dr	Vincenzo	NAVA	Tecnalia Research and Innovation
Spain	Dr	Alejandro	J. C. CRESPO	University of Vigo
Spain	Dr	Raul	GUANCHE	IHCantabria
Spain	Dr	Corrado	ALTOMARE	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Sweden	Dr	Irina	TEMIZ	Uppsala University
Sweden	Mr	Johannes	HÜFFMEIER	Safety
Switzerland	Prof	Marcello	RIGHI
Switzerland	Mr	Tobias	KREWER	ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Turkey	Dr	Dogan	KISACIK	Dokuz Eylül University
Turkey	Dr	Gülizar	ÖZYURT TARAKCIOĞLU	Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology
Turkey	Dr	Cüneyt	BAYKAL	Middle East Technical University
Turkey	Dr	Cihan Taylan	AKDAĞ	Turkish-German University
United Kingdom	Dr	Helen	SMITH	University of Exeter
United Kingdom	Dr	Matt	FOLLEY	Queen's University Belfast
United Kingdom	Dr	Mark	BRUGGEMANN	Evergreen Innovations
United Kingdom	Dr	Paul	LAMONT-KANE	Queen's University Belfast