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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA)
dell’Università Politecnica delle Marche
Italy
Group Director for Research & Development Aller Aqua Group, Denmark
Jesper Clausen has worked in the aquaculture industry for more than 23 years. He has worked with intergovernmental organizations like NACA and FAO, as well as for research institutions in Europe and Southeast Asia, and in recent 10 years been working with the feed industry to promote better nutrition and sustainability in aquaculture. After more than 20 years working and living in Thailand and Vietnam, Jesper recently moved back to Denmark, where he took the position of Group Director for RD in Aller Aqua, a company with 60 years of experience in aqua feed production. A holistic and practical approach to solving problems related to feed and farm management, as well as working with innovation have always been key for his work in our industry.
Former Director of the Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 (RIA1) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Vietnam
Team Leader for Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN Vietnam
Professor of Aquaculture
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Professor Ike OLIVOTTO is a Professor of Aquaculture at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. He is author of more than 100 indexed papers related to aquaculture and he has participated to many national and international conferences.
Since years, his main research areas are related to fish welfare and development in relation to sustainability. More specifically professor Olivotto is involved in projects testing new and sustainable aquafeed ingredients like insect meal and single cell proteins, the effects of dietary microplastics on fish welfare and development, possible solutions to counteract the side effects of dietary microplastics in fish, as well the application and the development of new technologies for water treatment (IMTA, aquaponics, photocatalysis).
The laboratory where he works has modern equipment to run several analyses on biological samples to have a comprehensive overview of fish physiological responses. These include molecular biology techniques, histology, confocal microscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, immunohistochemical techniques as well the possibility to run fish tests in a dedicated wet lab equipped with modern tanks for temperate, ornamental, and polar species (The aquarium lab). To ensure an international environment several foreign PhD students, post-docs and scientists are visiting his lab.
He is part of the editorial board of “Animals” journal, aquatic animal section and one of the editors of the book “Marine Ornamental Species Aquaculture”. Wiley Bleckwell, Oxford, UK. ISBN: 978-0-470-67390-4”.
Additionally, he is guest editor of the two special issues ” Sustainable Aquaculture: Nutrition Studies in Early Developing Finfish, Ornamentals and Experimental Model Fish” and “Innovations in Aquaculture Sustainability and Endangered Aquatic Species Conservation: Advances in Reproduction, New Aquafeed Formulations, Sustainable Farming Systems, Emerging Contaminants, and Waste Treatment and Revalorization” for Animals Journal.
The most important projects Prof. Ike OLIVOTTO is/was participating are the following:
– HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions, HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-02-3-two-stage ONE EARTH -Non-plant biomass feedstock for industrial applications: technologies and processes to convert non-lignocellulosic biomass and waste into bio-basedchemicals, materials and products, improving the cascading valorization of biomass.
– CARIMED HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01-06 Climate Adaptation and Resilience Demonstrated In the MEDiterranean region.
– HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01. Bringing knowledge and consensus to prevent and reduce FOod LOss at the primary production stage. Understanding, measuring, training and adopting.
– PO FEAMP 2014-2020, Misura 2.50-2 level Master in Aquaculture
– Cariverona, Caritro, PSR, Ager 2 projects about the use of sustainable ingredients in aquaculture.
Lecturer, Department of Agribusiness and Economics, University of Ruhuna.
Dr. Dilanthi Koralagama is a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. With a Doctor of Philosophy degree, she has made significant contributions to research in areas such as fisheries economics, gender studies, well-being, inclusive development, and climate change. Her work focuses on sustainable development, rural development, agricultural extension, and fisheries management, often utilizing participatory rural appraisal techniques. Dr. Koralagama has authored numerous publications and supervised several postgraduate theses, including research on socio-economic analysis of dried fish producers and the impact of work-family conflict on university lecturers’ performance. Her expertise and commitment to advancing agricultural economics make her a valuable asset to the academic community at the University of Ruhuna.
