Ida Beitnes Johansen is an Associate Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). She completed her PhD at NMBU in 2011, researching stress physiology in salmonids. Her research focuses particularly on how environmental and biological factors affect fish physiology, development and phenotypic plasticity. In recent years, cardiac…
Ole Gabriel Kverneland holds an MSc in Aquaculture, specialising in the relationship between water quality and smolt quality. More than 20 years ago, he became the first employee in AKVA group’s land-based aquaculture venture. Over 14 years, he contributed to the company’s growth and to the strategic acquisition and merger processes that positioned AKVA group…
Eirik Moen Lillebudal is Co-founder of EquaFish, which is developing a decision-support platform for smolt facilities. The platform brings together data from existing systems in a single overview, giving biologists, operational staff and management a shared basis for detecting deviations early, understanding their causes and assessing measures before they are implemented. Before entering the aquaculture…
Jan Christian Kerlefsen is R&D Director at AKVA group Land Based. He holds a degree in computer engineering from the University of Newcastle, UK, and has more than 30 years of experience in research, technology development and technology management. Before joining AKVA group in 2021, he worked at the Norwegian Computing Center, Sony Corporation’s research…
Christian Rønning works with Business Development at Artec Aqua VAQ. He has a Master of Science in Environmental Technology from the University of Manchester. Christian worked for ten years in the paper industry in Austria before moving back to Norway in 2011 and starting as a project manager for aquaculture projects at Krüger Kaldnes. From…
Roman Netzer is a Senior Research Scientist in aquaculture at SINTEF Ocean, specialising in microbiology. He is a trained biologist and completed his PhD in biology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, followed by postdoctoral research in microbial biotechnology at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Over more than a decade in aquaculture research, he has worked extensively…
Andre Meriac is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), working in the Department of Biomarine Resource Valorisation in Bodø. His research focuses on the intersection of biology, technology, and resource management in aquaculture. With expertise in water quality, water treatment, and waste management in aquaculture production systems, he addresses emerging challenges…
René Alvestad is a Research Scientist in the Production Biology Department of Nofima’s Aquaculture Division. His work focuses on fish welfare documentation, production protocols, and aquaculture production technologies, with particular emphasis on recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and semi-closed marine farming facilities. He has a background in aquaculture and brings hands-on experience from smolt production, combined…
