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Dr. Robert Hofrichter President and coordinator of activities in Europa
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Dr. Robert Hofrichter, MSc, zoologist/biologist, is of Austrian nationality. He is author and editor of numerous books (biological and cultural topics), among them the 3-volume encyclopaedia “The Mediterranean”. He is a freelance scientific associate of the Zoological Institute at Salzburg University and lecturer at the Institute for Marine Biology on Giglio Island (Italy). He is also a freelance journalist and distinguished nature photographer. Robert Hofrichter is founder and president of the Austrian NGO “Forum Natur und Zukunft” and in 2002 initiated the “Sinai Environmental Centre”, now an Austrian NGO named “Red Sea Environmental Centre”. |
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Christian Alter Vice-President and RSEC Fieldstation Coordinator in Egypt |
RSEC Fieldstation Coordinator in Egypt Christian Alter, biologist, is managing the RSEC Fieldstations. The reef building corals of the Red Sea are his speciality. His experience as dive guide and ambitious UW-photographer let him become an excellent connoisseur of the coral reefs and its inhabitants. As a committed Reef Check Scientist he is organizing and supervising the Reef Check activities at the RSEC (Dahab Reef Monitoring) and with Sinai Divers. Since this year, he is certified as a Reef Check Instructor Trainer to teach instructors and divemasters in the Reef Check EcoAction Program. With pleasure you can convince yourself from his profound knowledge at one of our reef-biological courses or seminars, whether in Dahab or El-Quseir. |
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| Helen Gerger | Helen was born in 1958 and currently lives and works in Germany, near Duesseldorf. She learned about RSEC during some research on the Mediterranean Sea, as she was going to work as a guide at the Amalfi Coast in Italy. |
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Holger Anlauf |
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Mohamed Sayed | Tourism in Egypt Diplom-Kaufmann (FH) |
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Victoria von Mach Biologist and Reef Check Trainer at RSEC |
Vicky studied zoology, biological oceanography and fishery sciences at the University of Hamburg. In summer 2005 she worked for six weeks as a volunteer at the RSEC Fieldstation Dahab. Fascinated by the underwater life, especially the reef fishes, of the Red Sea, she moved to Dahab in 2007. Vicky collected the data of her master thesis in the Gulf of Aqaba, concerning cooperative hunting behavior of moray eels and groupers. Since summer 2008 she is Reef Check Scientist, joining several Reef Check surveys on site. Vicky is Divemaster with more than 500 dives, whereof 250 are work dives. |
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Nina Milton Assistant manager at RSEC Fieldstation in Dahab |
Nina is assisting daily work at RSEC in Dahab since February 2008. She is supervising volunteer work and has different tasks related to the Dahab Reef Monitoring and other projects. She has a MSc degree in marine biology from the University of Oslo (Norway). In 2005 she carried out fieldwork for her Master thesis on coral reefs outside Hurghada city coast where she looked at damage to hard corals by snorkelers. |
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Martin Prader Biologist and project assistant at RSEC |
Martin studied zoology / limnology /marine biology at the University of Innsbruck and has been teaching biology at colleges and secondary schools in Italy since 2006. Working for the RSEC, he wants to deepen his knowledge about marine biology and pass it on to others. Martin has been diving since 2001 and will be offering biologically guided dives and snorkel trips as well as general biological advice at the El Qadim bay. Also, he will be „reef guard“ in the MagicLife Club Kalawy, offering biologically guided snorkel trips in the languages German, Italian and English. He is apassionate photographer both underwater and on land. |
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