Konstantinos Koukaras, Biologist, Aquaculture expert

About

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 10 to 20 years

Biologist
▪ Aquaculture farms licensing and environmental monitoring
▪ Greek and EU fisheries legislation
Fisheries authority, Prefecture of Thessaloniki
2000 - 2001
Scientific assistant
▪   Deputy head of the laboratory
▪   Responsible for laboratory analysis for harmful algae
▪   Responsible for biotoxins analysis with bioassay tests
▪   Harmful algal bloom monitoring programs management
National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for marine biotoxins of Greece
2001 - 2004
Scientific assistant
▪   Deputy head of the laboratory
▪   Laboratory analysis for water and algae monitoring
▪   Harmful algal bloom monitoring programs design and mitigation
▪   Project management
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2001 - 2005
External assistant
▪ Environmental auditing and reporting
▪ Environmental inspection
▪ Project management in Greek and EU environmental projects
Alpha Mentor Ltd
2001 - 2015-08
Scientific manager
▪   Co-founder
▪   RnD department manager
▪   Environmental monitoring and scientific fieldwork
▪   Environmental impact of aquaculture farms
▪   Recirculating aquaculture system technologies
Nearhus company
2006-03 - 2015-09
Scientific manager
▪   Co-founder
▪   Production and operation manager
▪   Environmental monitoring and scientific fieldwork
▪   Environmental education
Tethys wetland Park
2009-05 - 2015-12