Dr Kampel is researcher and head of the Remote Sensing Division at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. His research interests are ocean colour, primary productivity, phytoplankton biomass variability, marine ecosystems monitoring and mapping, coastal management, among others. Dr Kampel was one of the instructors at the NF-POGO Visiting Professorship in Brazil (2006) and the coordinator of the Regional CofE Brazil (2009). He is also a member of ChloroGIN and Antares. He attended the exploratory meeting in October 2010 that initiated the development of NANO. He is tbelongs to the Executive Committe of ANTARES-CholoroGIN