
Stefan Kraan
Science driven entrepeneur. Born in The Netherlands he graduated with a M.Sc. degree in Marine Biology at National... | Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Stefan Kraan’s Location Galway, Galway, Ireland
Stefan Kraan’s Expertise Science driven entrepeneur. Born in The Netherlands he graduated with a M.Sc. degree in Marine Biology at National University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He moved to Ireland to pursue a PhD on phylogenetics and aquaculture of edible seaweeds at the National University of Ireland, Galway in 1998. He became manager of the Irish Seaweed Industry Organisation in 1998 and finished his PhD in 2001. He established the Irish Seaweed Centre in 2001, a dedicated R&D centre for seaweed-based research and development, which was launched in 2001. After managing the seaweed centre for 9 years, Dr Kraan resigned from University life in 2009 to pursue and develop some commercial ideas using seaweeds for a variety of purposes amongst them functional food ingredients for fish farming and novel algae cultivation systems for biofuel production. Dr Kraan co-founded Ocean Harvest Technology Ltd, a company that has produced Oceanfeed, a seaweed based functional feed ingredient for the fish farming industry and other aquaculture industries. He is currently CSO of The Seaweed Company, a company that develops large scale seaweed cultivation to produce biomass for a variety of applications. Dr Kraan’s main fields of expertise are aquaculture of seaweeds, sustainable development of algal resources, industrial applications of seaweeds and usage of seaweeds in aquaculture, biotechnology and biomedicine.
Stefan Kraan’s Current Industry Cbi Centre For The Promotion Of Imports From Developing Countries
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Kraan’s Prior Industry
Irish Seaweed Center
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Irish Seaweed Industry Organisation
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Oceana Organic Products
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Ocean Harvest Technology
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The Seaweed
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Cbi Centre For The Promotion Of Imports From Developing Countries
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Cbi Centre For The Promotion Of Imports From Developing Countries
Sector Specialist Seaweed
Tue Sep 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
The Seaweed
Chief Scientific Officer
Wed May 01 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Ocean Harvest Technology
Scientific Director and co-founder
Sun Nov 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon May 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Oceana Organic Products
Seaweed Consultant
Mon Nov 01 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Oceana Organic Products
Director of R&D
Sun Feb 01 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Irish Seaweed Center
Manager
Wed Mar 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Nov 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Irish Seaweed Industry Organisation
Manager
Wed Mar 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Feb 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)