Rui Pedro Gonçalves Pereira Editor

Rui Pedro Gonçalves Pereira, academic trained as a Biologist, avid for the applied side of research (but with total respect for fundamental science). Completed his PhD in 2004, working on the life-cycle of North Atlantic Porphyra, seeking its application in Europe. After a typical research career, in 2012 moved to the business world and co-founded an IMTA land-based seaweed aquaculture company, then the first in Europe. Since 2020 he is the Head of Seaweed Division of A4F, a Portuguese company at the forefront of algae biotechnology.