Dr. Alejandro Buschmann
Dr. Alejandro H. Buschmann is a Full Professor at i-mar Research Centre (www.i-mar.cl) at the Universidad de Los Lagos, obtaining his PhD at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. At present, he is also a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (www.cebib.cl) and Senior Research Advisor of the Marine Agronomy Seaweed Holobiont program (www.mileniomash.cl). With over 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in aspects of coastal ecology and seaweed aquaculture, the focus is on the role of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) towards sustainable aquaculture development. Due to his scientific achievements, he received the “Silver Jubilee Award” from The International Foundation for Science (IFS), the “Honor in Scientia Marina” by the Chilean Marine Science Association and was elected as a Number Member of the Chilean Academy of Science.
Currently, he is part of editorial committees of scientific journals like Aquaculture, Aquaculture Environment Interactions, Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, Associate Editor of the Journal of Phycology, Journal of Applied Phycology and Chief Editor of Algal Research. He was the Director of Research and Graduate School at the Universidad de Los Lagos and head of the i-mar Research Centre. He has been designated to different scientific panels of the Chilean Science Agency and the national commissions for graduate program quality certification (CNA). As a scientific consultant, he has supported seaweed culture developments within the industry and promoted sustainable environmental technologies for aquaculture with different world stakeholders.