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Third Biorock Workshop Leaders

Dr. Tom Goreau:  President of the Global Coral Reef Alliance

Educated in Jamaican schools and received degrees in:

Planetary Physics:    MIT

Planetary Astronomy:  CALTECH

Doctorate in Bio-Geo-Chemistry:    HARVARD

Dr. Goreau was Senior Scientific Affairs Officer at the United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development.

Although he has done research in fields including the chemistry and physics of atmospheres, global climate change, Amazon deforestation, microbiology and mathematical modeling, his focus has always been coral reefs.  His father was the worlds first diving marine biologist and he grew up on the reefs of Jamaica.  Since then his work on the effects of global warming, pollution and new diseases on coral have taken him to reefs all around the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and the Pacific.  His major focus now is coral reef and fisheries restoration and community based coastal zone management in developing countries especially island nations.

 Professor Wolf Hilbertz: President of Sun and Sea e.V.

 (Non Profit Org. Germany) and member GCRA

 Studied:    Architecture and Landscape Architecture:

Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany

University of Michigan, USA

Louisiana State University, USA

 Teaching and research at :        Southern University, USA

                                    The University of Texas, USA

                                    McGill University, Canada

                                    Bremen Art Academy, Germany

 Began working in the sea 30 years ago. Inventor of the Biorock Mineral Accretion Process.  Has been working with Dr. Tom Goreau for the last 15 years.  Many patents involving the Biorock  process (with Tom Goreau) and joint projects around the world.

 Projects: Coral arks, breakwaters, erosion control, artificial islands, building materials.

 Overall Interest:  Wolf promotes the new field of “SEASCAPING” as its own discipline.