Prof. Charles Griffiths is the Director of Marine Biology Research Institute and a full Professor of Zoology at the University of Cape Town, RSA. During his teaching and research career spanning more than 3 decades, Pof. Griffiths supervised 27 M. Sc. dissertations and 14 Ph. D. theses, with 11 more (7 for M.Sc. and 4 for Ph.D.) working now under his guidance. His research career is no less illustrious: he is the author of 116 research articles, 102 conference presentations, 4 guide books on South African fauna, 8 book chapters and 36 semi-popular scientific articles. He is an experienced taxonomist and author of papers describing 100 species new to science (a rare achievement in the 21st century). His current research interests are documentation of marine biodiversity in Africa and analysis of the threats to biodiversity, especially those posed by marine invasive aliens. He is also a serious natural history photographer, with over 2000 images published in a wide variety of textbooks, magazines, advertisements and calendars. Prof. Griffiths is also the chairperson of the Sub-Sahara Africa CoML.