Antonios N. Magoulas (PhD 1990). Director of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), President of its Board of Directors. Member of the Regional Council for Research and Innovation of Crete. Main fields of interest: marine population genetics, molecular ecology, phylogeography, marine genomics. Participation in more than 60 RTD projects, in half of which was Scientific Responsible of Coordinator. More than 80 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, more than 4500 citations, H index = 39 (Google Scholar, Apr 2021).