Christine Klykken is a researcher at Aqua Kompetanse AS and has been part of the aquaculture industry since 2015. With a background as a biologist, she has previous experience in teaching and management. In her projects, Christine focuses primarily on fish health and welfare, and she is actively involved in developing new tools that can…
Marius Takvam is a PhD candidate at the University of Bergen (UiB) and has an adjunct position as Research Assistant at the Norwegian Research Center (NORCE). He is a trained aquaculture biologist with a background in fish physiology, molecular biology and smoltification. For the past 5-6 years, he has worked with kidney function and role…
Roman Netzer is a senior researcher in the Aquaculture Department at SINTEF Ocean and has been with SINTEF since 2006. Since 2018, he has worked on projects related to water quality in fish farms. He is a biotechnologist with a background in microbiology, biochemistry and genetics, and holds a PhD in biology from the Heinrich-Heine…
Alf Seljenes Dalum is a researcher at Aqua Competence and an adjunct professor at the University of Tromsø. He has a background as a veterinarian and has a PhD in gill anatomy and immunology, and has extensive experience in diagnostic work with a particular focus on histology and histopathology. In his projects, Alf focuses primarily…
Øyvind Opdahl Viga is production coordinator at Tytlandsvik Aqua. He has a master’s degree in fisheries from UiT – The Arctic University of Norway – where the master’s degree was a review of production data from PO-2 to see if larger smolts can contribute to reducing the current problems in the aquaculture industry.
Øyvind Mikkelsen is a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, where his research field is in the natural environment and analytical chemistry. His academic background is in biology and chemistry with a PhD in chemistry from NTNU. The research focuses in particular on biogeochemical understanding of water and soil…
Rakesh Ranjan is a Research Scientist at the Freshwater Institute. Dr. Ranjan leads research in precision aquaculture. His work focuses on employing sensing technologies, machine learning, and big data analytics to improve the efficiency and sustainability of intensive land-based aquaculture systems. He actively disseminates his research through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at international scientific conferences.…
Before coming to Nofima in 2018, Kevin had overseen the close containment lab of the University of British Columbia. His research interest is the link between innovative technology development and resulting housing conditions of aquatic animals. The research has strong implications to the industry for bettering the state of the art close containment and semi…
Astrid Buran Holan is Head of Fish Welfare in ScaleAQ group, which is an international company within aquaculture that provides innovation, technology and equipment to aquaculture customers globally. Her main focus in ScaleAQ is fish welfare including optimal water quality and farming environment, as well as biological risk assessments in accordance with current animal welfare…
Carlo C. Lazado is a senior scientist in fish health in Nofima. He obtained his PhD in Aquatic Biosciences from the University of Nordland (now Nord University) and conducted his postdoctoral training at the Technical University of Denmark and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research addresses the basic and applied aspects of fish health…
