Dr. Sotiris Orfanidis
Dr. Sotiris Orfanidis, Research Director
Dr. Orfanidis has over 40 year’s experience in seaweed and Ulva unialgal cultivation and ecophysiology, emphasizing their growth and photosynthetic responses to environmental and anthropogenic stress. He is also concerned with using scale-based monitoring of seaweeds and Ulva communities as bioindicators of eutrophication and water quality of coastal and transitional waters.
sorfanid@inale.gr
The main aim of the COST Action is to make a step-change towards a green economy based on Ulva mass production and utilization within the European community and beyond. The ultimate goal is the development of Ulva-based blue-biotech industries and utilization of Ulva as a model organism in European algaculture. The Ulva COST Action will facilitate acquainting the traditional European diet and taste with Ulva, as a new, sustainable, and safe food item. The Action will profit from the world-renowned quality standard of European food production and from the nutritional value of Ulva toward using this alga in European human diet and animal nutrition.
