Tim Deprez

Tim Deprez is Joint Programme Coordinator at Ghent University, Belgium. He is coordinator of the International Master in Marine Biological Resources, coordinator of the European Marine Training Platform and developer of the EConsort Platform. Tim has been involved in joint educational programmes since 2008. He coordinated the joint international EMBC and EMBC+ Master programme and he will be the coordinator of the new IMBRSea programme starting in September 2017. He was the coordinator of the Joint Doctoral Programme MARES. Tim developed an online management tool which allows for the administration of all aspects related to this type of joint programmes. Since EConsort was launched, it has been used by more than 50 joint educational programmes. He holds a Master’s degree in Biology and obtained a Doctorate degree in Marine Biology in 2006.