Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC (Spain)
The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, CSIC-IIM), is the largest public research institution in Spain and the third largest in Europe. CSIC-IIM covers all fields of knowledge. The scientific activity of its 70 fully own institutes/centres and 53 joint units with universities or other research institutions is organised around eight scientific areas.
The Marine Research Institute (Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, IIM), the CSIC-IIM own institute involved in AquaVitae, develops research on three of those areas: Natural Resources, Agricultural Sciences (which includes Aquaculture) and Food Science & Technology. The overall aim of IIM is contributing to the sustainable development of the extensive fisheries and aquaculture activities off NW Spain and its associated transformation industry.
A multidisciplinary team of scientist from the three research areas are involved in AquaVitae. They have a proven record of experience participating in EU and National R+D+I projects and collaborating with SME of the marine fisheries and aquaculture and food technology sectors.
Partners / Researchers
X. Antón A. Salgado
Research Professor at the Department of Oceanography, Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Santiago, Spain. Among his scientific interest is the study of 1) how the environment modulate the life cycle and exploitation of the blue mussels extensively cultured in hanging ropes in NW Spain; and 2) how the environment is altered by that extensive exploitation. He has published about 150 peer-reviewed papers and participated in more than 40 research projects, being the PI of half of them. He is contributing to the H2020 EU project ClimeFish as WP leader on biological modelling.
Uxio Labarta
Research Professor at the Department of Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Santiago, Spain. His research interests focuses particularly on to functional relationships between bivalves and the ecosystem for modelling and optimisation mussel culture system. He has published about 150 peer-reviewed papers and participated in more than 50 research projects. He is contributing to the H2020 EU project ClimeFish.
Luis T. Antelo
Tenured Scientist at the Department of Food Technology, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Vigo, Spain. His research interests focuses on the design and optimal control of new bio-processes and plants and in the optimal selection of existing processing routes integrating both criterion (economic and environmental) under the novel concept of marine bio-refinery, eco-design and circular economy. He has published about 25 peer-reviewed papers and participated in more than 10 national and international (FP7, INTERREG, LIFE) research projects.
