Prof. Sergey Dobretsov is a UNESCO Chair in Marine Biotechnology at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He has been working with marine biotechnology for more than 30 years. Overall, he has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, 2 books, 7 chapters, and obtained 5 international patents. In particular, he is interested in biofouling, chemical signaling, bioactive compounds, and interactions between microbes and marine organisms. He is cooperating with scientists from the USA, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Germany, Spain, South Africa, and China. His current projects are nanotechnology for water treatment and biofouling prevention, bioactive compounds from marine organisms (soft corals, cyanobacteria, and algae), coral symbionts, non-toxic antifouling defense, and dynamics and diversity of marine biofilms on different substrata.
