Prof. Ehud Spanier | Oceanography and Marine Biology | Best Researcher Award

professor | University of Haifa | Israel

Prof. Ehud Spanier is a pioneering marine biologist whose education includes a Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Oceanography from the University of Miami; he has held professorships and administrative leadership roles at the University of Haifa and affiliated institutes. With a career that spans decades, Prof. Spanier has amassed a publication record—he has authored 89 documents, accrued 2,171 citations, and holds an h-index of 27—highlighting his sustained scholarly output and impact. His professional experience includes teaching, supervising graduate students, leading marine science programs, directing institutes, and serving on editorial boards, committees for young scientists, and international cooperative research bodies. His research interests encompass behavioral ecology of lobsters and other marine invertebrates, taxonomy and life histories of marine species, ecology of artificial reefs, fisheries biology, bioacoustics of aquatic animals, and the biogeography and environmental impacts in marine systems. His skills include field sampling, morphological and molecular taxonomy (e.g. DNA barcoding), acoustic tagging and tracking of marine organisms, designing experimental and observational studies in marine ecology, quantitative data analysis, ecological modelling, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Among his awards and honors are fellowships and research grants from national and international bodies, recognition by learned societies in ecology and marine sciences, leadership roles in scientific societies, editorships in peer-reviewed journals, and advisory roles in marine policy and conservation planning. In conclusion, Prof. Ehud Spanier combination of deep domain knowledge, strong technical and methodological capabilities, prolific and well-cited scholarship, and international leadership make him a highly influential figure in marine science whose work continues to shape fisheries management, marine conservation, and ecological understanding globally.

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Featured Publications

1. “Tracking the Slipper Lobster Using Acoustic Tagging: Testbed Description” — 2020

2. “First record of the phyllosoma larva of the pygmy locust lobster Scyllarus pygmaeus (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the eastern Mediterranean sea” — 2024, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

3. “Commercial Scyllarids – Lobsters: Biology, Management, Aquaculture and Fisheries” — 2013, in Commercial Scyllarids chapter

4. The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster (book, as editor) — 2007

5. “TAG RETENTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SLIPPER LOBSTER” — 1993