VANDERLEI PEREZ CANHOS
Dr. Vanderlei Perez Canhos is the President Director of the Reference
Center on Environmental Information (CRIA) a non-governmental not-for-profit organization devoted to making biodiversity data freely and
openly available via the Internet.
Dr Canhos received his B.S. (1971) and Masters degree (1975) from the
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and his Ph.D. degree (1980) from
the Oregon State University.
His research interests are microbial systematics, biological collections
information systems and biodiversity informatics.
From 1972-1975, Dr. Canhos was an Instructor, and from 1980-2001 he was
an Assistant and Associate Professor in the Food Science Department at
the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Dr. Canhos was responsible
for the establishment of the Tropical Culture Collection
and the Tropical Database-BDT, where he was the scientific director
from 1985 to 2001. He is currently the the team leader of the
"Distributed information system for biological collections and its
integration with Species Analyst and SinBiota"
(splink.cria.org.br) and "SICol - Information System for
Collections of Biotechnological Interest" (sicol.cria.org.br)
projects.
He participated in the development of the proposal "Building the
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN): A Regional
Biodiversity Clearinghouse for the Americas", submitted to GEF/World
Bank in 2000 and in the development of the Strategic Plan for the
Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, as a member of the Informal Advisory Committee of the CHM
in 1999.
He has acted as:
- Member of the Subcommittee on Capacity Building and Outreach of the
Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF (2001 - 2003)
- Member of the Project Team of the Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network - IABIN (1999 - 2003)
- President of the Executive Board of the "World Federation for Culture
Collections - WFCC" (1996 - 2000)
He is currently:
- Chair of the Species 2000 Board of Directors
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Expert Taxonomy Information -
ETI
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Program Biota-FAPESP The Virtual
Institute of Biodiversity
- Member of the Subcommittee on Digitization of Biological Collections
(DIGIT) of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Consultant to the Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development
(OECD) as a member of the Biological Resource Centers Task Force
Vanderlei Perez Canhos
E-mail:
Reference Center on Environmental Information (CRIA)
www.cria.org.br
Av. Romeu Tórtima, 388
Barão Geraldo 13083-885
Campinas, SP, Brazil
Tel: + 55 19-3288 0466 Fax: +55 19-3249-0960
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