Aquaculture, Fisheries and Horticulture

CEO of Renewable Energy Park Research Center in Debrecen, Hungary, and the Department Head of Renewable Energy Department at the University of Debrecen

His resarch topics are the solar energy, heat pump systems, algea systems and aquaponic systems

Raul Bernardino graduated in Technological Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisboa (FCUL). After graduation, he worked in the Food Industry (Garina Ltd) and then joined the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT) as Teaching Assistant. In 1998, he started his post-graduate studies in the Department of Chemistry of FCUL, where in 2002 he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computational Chemistry applied to Supramolecular Chemistry. In the same year, he moved to Polytechnic Institute of Leiria where he pursues his teaching and research career. From 2005 to 2009 he was the director of “Laboratório Biotecnológico do Oeste” (LBO) and in 2009 to 2012 was the coordinator of the aquaculture master degree. From 2011 to 2012 he made a specialist degree in Aquaculture in the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. Since 2009 water quality and Aquaponics are part of his research, having oriented several master thesis on these subjects.

He is the Principal Investigator of an ongoing European funded research project “Home Greens, Household Aquaponics: Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)”

Joaquim Gutierrez has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from University of Barcelona and did postdoctoral studies from University of Washington at the Department of Biology in 1988/89. He is Professor of Physiology and Director of the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology at the School of Biology at the University of Barcelona, where coordinates the research group on Growth optimization of Fish Aquaculture species.

He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals and book chapters and has been serving as editorial board member of different publications.

Irit Dvir completed her Ph.D. at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel in 1999. She is an expert in the study of algae and its uses in the food industry and as a dietary supplement. Currently Dr. Dvir is a Senior Lecturer and head of the Chemistry and Life Sciences program at Sapir Academic College, Israel. She is a member of the Council of Young Israeli Entrepreneurs and is always looking for original and innovative research projects.

She has published papers in reputed international journals. Much of her work is interdisciplinary and extends beyond red microalgae to include nutrition and food manufacturing. Development of novel functional foods that can positively impact health and prevent or treat metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity.

He is teacher of the courses Fisheries Management and Coral reef Ecology at his research Centre. Has been adviser of 25 M Sc thesis B Sc, 16 at the M Sc Program and 5 at Ph D level. He has led 17 research projects and has collaborated on another 16. He has published more than 150 scientific papers, including the co-edition of a book on the coral reefs of the south Gulf of Mexico (2007), translated into Spanish (2010).

Interests, Bio-economic assessment of fisheries, impact of climate on fisheries, coral reef ecology.