Christine A. Orosco, PhD.
Christine left the Philippines to pursue postgraduate studies in Kochi University under Prof. Masao Ohno working on the Gracilaria of Tosa Bay, Japan. She taught from 1996 to 2019 at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia. Her seaweed biodiversity research included setting up the Seaweed Herbarium Collection in the South China Sea Repository and Reference Center (RRC) …
Dr Swaantje Grunefeld
Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland Bio: Swaantje is a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Queensland, working on data management of the INVITA project. Originally a physicist, she now works in data science, with an interest in processing of spatial data and machine learning
Professor Charles Yarish
Professor Charles Yarish received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University (1976) and then joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut (1976) where he is in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and The Department of Marine Sciences. He has also been an adjunct Professor of Marine Sciences at the State University of New York at …
Cliff A. Goudey
Clifford Goudeyhas over 30 years of experience in the design, development, and commercial deployment of innovative systems associated with fishing, aquaculture, vessels, and robotics. He will be responsible for the engineering and deployment of the farming system, will help guide development of the mechanized planting system, and assist in perfecting harvest methods.
Dr. Crystal Ng
Dr. Crystal Ng is a Postdoc in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut – Stamford. Dr. Ng previously studied the effects of ocean acidification (low pH) and hypoxia (low oxygen) on the interactions between different grazing species and juvenile giant kelp. She is currently focused on the breeding and culture …
David Bailey
David Bailey is a research associate at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is particularly interested in and adept at projects that merge biology and engineering where his considerable boating and scuba diving skills are vitally useful. Before working with in Dr. Scott Lindell’s lab at WHOI, Mr. Bailey received an MS from the University of New …
Domenic Manganelli
Domenic Manganelli is a graduate of Babson College and Copenhagen Business School. Previously worked for a foreign investment promotion agency in Denmark, small businesses, and was an intern at the United Nations Development Programme. For the past 5 years Mr. Manganelli has been an analyst for CA Goudey & Associates working on seaweed cultivation and …
Dr. Gretchen Grebe
Dr. Gretchen Grebe is an environmental and aquaculture scientist with specialties in water quality, eco-entrepreneurship, and food systems. She is the project coordinator for the Tropical Seaweed Farm Project at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, USA. During her dissertation research, Dr. Grebe explored the recent growth of seaweed aquaculture in the U.S. …
Dr. Hauke L. Kite-Powell
Dr. Hauke L. Kite-Powell is a Research Specialist at the Marine Policy Center of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He holds degrees in naval architecture (B.S), technology and policy (M.S.), and ocean systems management (M.S. and Ph.D.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Kite-Powell also holds appointments as a lecturer at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and …
Michael Marty-Rivera
Michael Marty-Rivera is a Research Assistant in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut – Stamford. He has experience in breeding and culture maintenance for both temperate and tropical macroalgae.
Scott Lindell
Dr. Scott Lindell is a Research Specialist in marine farming at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Before dedicating the last 17 years to scientific research and development of shellfish and seaweed farming, he was a commercial fish farmer for 15 years. He has managed multiple projects to bridge the biological, engineering and political challenges of …
Ms Maria Rovilla J. Luhan
Maria Rovilla J. Luhan graduated her Bachelor of Science in Fisheries from the University of the Philippines Visayas 1981. She joined the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) in 1982 as a training assistant in the collaborative scholarship program (Masters in Aquaculture) of the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia (NACA), …
Dr. Louise Shaxson
Louise is the Director of the Digital Societies programme at ODI. Originally an agricultural economist, she has had a varied career as a researcher, research manager, policy advisor and management consultant in the UK and in other countries. Louise specialises in the area of evidence-informed policymaking and knowledge brokering. She has considerable experience of running …
Dr. M Shanmugam
Apart from developing suitable cultivation methods, Dr. Shanmugam has established a well equipped R & D lab which was be recognized as “In-house R&D Center” of AquAgri by DSIR New Delhi and he was instrumental in establishing full pledged QC Laboratory. Dr. Shanmugam has developed protocols for manufacturing of hydrocolloids like semi-refined and refined carrageenan …