Prof. Dr. Lovrenc Lipej is a Scientific Counsellor at the Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology of Slovenia. He completed his BSc studies in Biotechnical at the University of Ljubljana in 1988, MSc studies in Natural History at the University of Zagreb in 1992, and PhD studies in Biotechnical at the University of Ljubljana in 1996. His teaching disciplines include marine ecology and selected topics in marine zoology, and his areas of interest include marine biology and ecology, coastal fish assemblages and benthic habitat types, shark & ray research, and non-indigenous species.