Dr. Malcolm Beveridge joined The WorldFish Center as the Discipline Director of the Aquaculture and Genetic Improvement discipline in April 2006. Dr. Beveridge obtained his Ph.D. in Aquatic Ecology from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. Dr. Beveridge has more than 25 years research experience in aquatic resources management including aquaculture and fisheries and their impacts, GIS, habitat restoration, limnology and fish ecology cumulating in 150 scientific papers, books and articles. He has 20 years experience of implementing research and capacity building projects with multidisciplinary partners in both tropical and temperate parts of the world. Dr. Beveridge was previously the Director of the Fisheries Research Services Freshwater Laboratory in Scotland