I have been collaborating with PML scientists through EU scientific projects for many years and was a member of PML’s Science Advisory Council from 2004 to 2013. From 2005 to 2018 I was Chair of the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) programme in which many PML scientists were involved. I am currently on the Scientific Advisory Board of GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany and of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. I am also a co-chair of IOCCP (International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project) and of the Global Ocean Observing System Biogeochemistry panel and a member of the IOC UNESCO Working group GO2NE (Global Ocean Oxygen Network). Recently I have been nominated as a co-Champion of the OARS Outcome3, OARS being a UN Decade programme on Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability being co-led by PML.