Welcoming New Editorial Board Member of Diversity—Dr. Carlos Jimenez

We are pleased to announce that a new scholar has been appointed Editorial Board Member (EBM) for Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818), effective December 2025. We wish our new member success in both his research and his efforts to develop the journal. 

Name: Dr. Carlos Jimenez
Affiliation: Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, Acropoleos 2, Aglantzia 2101, Nicosia, Cyprus
Interests: deep-water corals; tropical corals; coral-associated diversity; coralligenous habitats; dark-habitats; marine caves; marine mass-mortality events; marine invasive species 

Dr. Carlos Jimenez is a marine biologist collaborating as Research Director at Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre. He has a PhD degree in natural sciences (marine ecosystems). Since the 80s, Dr. Jimenez’s interest has focused on coral reefs ecology under extreme environmental conditions and anthropogenic activities. Since 2010, he has been consolidating in Cyprus the research of shallow and deep-water corals, coralligenous and non-indigenous species. More recently, he is conducting studies of epibenthic communities in dark habitats, such as in shallow and deep-water marine caves and modern and ancient shipwrecks. 

Dr. Carlos Jimenez’s publication in Diversity: 

“Genetic Data Suggest Multiple Introductions of the Lionfish (Pterois miles) into the Mediterranean Sea”
by Andreas C. Dimitriou, Niki Chartosia, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Periklis Kleitou, Carlos Jimenez, Charalampos Antoniou, Louis Hadjioannou, Demetris Kletou and Spyros Sfenthourakis
Diversity 2019, 11(9), 149; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11090149

The journal is currently still recruiting Editorial Board Members and Guest Editors. Please contact the Editorial Office (diversity@mdpi.com) if you are interested in these positions. 

Diversity Editorial Office