About SLU Aquaculture

Last changed: 14 October 2022

SLU Aquaculture is a platform to promote and coordinate aquaculture research and education at SLU. Aquaculture-related research is taking place at all four faculties at SLU.

Mission

The vice chancellor has given the platform SLU Aquaculture the mission and funding to promote and coordinate aquaculture research and education at SLU.

Aim

- to consolidate and develop aquaculture research and education at SLU,
- to strengthen the interdisciplinary cooperation and coordination of research, education and environmental analysis within aquaculture at SLU,
- to visualize SLU's aquaculture activities internally and externally.

Steering committee

The platform is led by a steering committee with representatives from all four faculties and with the VH faculty as organizationally responsible. 

Committee members

Dirk-Jan de Koning, Chairman, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Örjan Östman, Representative for the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences representative 

Malin Hultberg, Representative for the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science 

Lo Persson, Representative for the Faculty of Forest Sciences

Albin Gräns, Representative for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science