Editor-in-Chief for Aquaculture International

Associate Editor for the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

 

Guest Associate Editor, Aquaculture Microbiology: The Role and Importance of Microbial Communities in Diversified and Sustainable Aquaculture special issue, Frontiers in Microbiology (2018)
Editor, Functional Aquafeeds special issue, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (2018)

• Chairperson for:

- The Animal and Veterinary Sciences & Agro-food biotechnology evaluation Panel of the 4^th (2021) Edition of the Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support Call (CEECInd 4th Edition), The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

- The Animal and Veterinary Sciences & Agro-food biotechnology evaluation Panel of the 5th (2022) Edition of the Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support Call (CEECInd 5th Edition), The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

• Panel member for:
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural and Environmental Research Council (NERC) Sustainable and Resilient Aquaculture Systems in Southeast Asia funding call (2024)
• Panel of experts member for ground-breaking research (FRIPRO) for the Research Council of Norway (RCN), Biology panel (2024-2025)
• RCN Researcher Project for Young Talents (FRIPRO), 2023 (Panel 21) and 2025 (Panels 5 and 25)
• RCN Animal Health and Welfare panel (panel AHW1), 2025
• RCN Researcher Project and Young Research Talents panel, 2019
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; USA) National Sea Grant 2022 Early State Propagation Strategies for Aquaculture Species Competition
• The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Exploratory Projects in All Scientific Domains 2023; "Animal and Veterinary Sciences and Agro-Food Biotechnology" Evaluation Panel.
• The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) SR&TD Project Grants call, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Panel, 2020
• FCT Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support call (CEECInd), Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences Panel of the (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2023 calls)
• The National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR), Italy; eValuation of Quality of Research (VQR) (2004-2010 & 2011-2014 rounds)

Academic Adviser to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC).

Fish Health and Nutrition Research Group Leader 

My research activities have received funding to investigate aspects of fish health, nutrition, microbiome and aquafeed sustainability. Themes of interest include better understanding of host-microbe interactions, dysbiosis, mucosal health, enteritis and intestinal inflammation, functional feed additives and novel raw materials for use in aquafeeds. This research programme spans many commercially relevant species including rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, carp and Nile tilapia, and the model species, zebrafish. This research has taken place through postgraduate Research degree programmes and funded research projects.

 

• Dr Ben Standen
• Dr Sam Voller
• Dr Lucy Sykes
• Dr Rungtawan Yomla
• Dr Taofik Momoh
• Dr Sheu-Odu-Onikosi
• Dr Sherilyn Abarra
• Dr Kurt Servin
• Dr Nicola Pontefract
• Dr David Peggs
• Dr Alex Jaramillo Torres
• Dr Gabriella do Vale Pereira
• Dr Ali Abid
• Dr Peter Bowyer
• Dr Ayodeji Adeoye
• Ben Eynon