Vitor VASCONCELOS

Director of CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto. Matosinhos, Portugal.

PhD in Biology in 1995 by University of Porto (Portugal) and Full Professor. Since 2023 is Director of CIIMAR. Chief Strategy Officer - Agriculture - Fykia Biotech a spin off of CIIMAR. Member of Scientific Council of the National Natural History Museum of France. Director of the Doctoral Program in Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture (U Porto and U Minho). Main research focus on cyanobacteria secondary metabolites and their uses: toxins and molecules with biotechnological applications. Responsible for the LEGE culture collection comprising more than 2000 strains of cyanobacteria and microalgae.