EXECUTIVE BOARD
Executive board
The SUBMARINER Network and its secretariat are supervised and supported by an executive board with decision making power. The executive board is composed of blue experts from the SUBMARINER Network’s members.
Fredrik Gröndahl
President of the Executive Board (KTH)
About Fredrick
Fredrik is the Head of Department for Sustainable Development Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) at the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH Stockholm, SE. His research is focusing on the sustainable use of marine resources for food, feed, chemicals and energy.
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Angela Schultz-Zehden
Founding Board Member (s.Pro)
About Angela
Angela Schultz-Zehden (MBA, MSc European Studies) is manager-owner of s.Pro GmbH. She is highly experienced in the development and management of complex international cooperation projects and strategic project pipelines covering the whole spectrum of sustainable development.
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Jakub Piotrowicz
Founding Board Member (GMU)
About Jakub
Jakub is representing Maritime Institute of Gdynia Maritime University. He is involved in several EU co-financed projects focusing on maritime affairs and blue bioeconomy. He has over 20 years experience in maritime research, environmental protection and social science.
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Erik Lohse
Founding Board Member (BioCon Valley)
About Erik
Senior Speaker Health Economics // Life Science & Bioeconomy at BioCon Valley GmbH
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Zita Rasuole Gasiunaite
Founding Board Member (CORPI)
About Zita
Prof. Zita Rasuole Gasiunaite is the head and lead scientist of the laboratory of Marine Ecosystems of Open Access Centre for Marine Research and a professor at the Department of Natural Sciences of Klaipeda University in Lithuania. At the same time she is a professional wildlife photographer and amateur rider.
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Iwona Rakowska
Founding Board Member (GMU)
About Iwona
Iwona has a PhD in Economy from Gdańsk University of Technology (2009) and for over 20 years is involved in international researach projects.
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Jonne Kotta
Associate Board Member (UTARTU)
About Jonne
Jonne has over 20 years experience as a field and an experimental ecologist working on patterns, dynamic and processes of coastal ecosystems.
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Kristian Spilling
Associate Board Member (SYKE)
About Kristian
Kristian has a PhD from University of Helsinki (2007) and has a formal training in phytoplankton physiology and ecology. He has held the position of Academy of Finland Research Fellow 2012-2017 and holds the position of adjunct professor in marine science at the University of Helsinki since 2010.
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Cecilie Petersen
Associate Board Member (SDU)
About Cecilie
Cecilie is Ocean Mission Manager at SDU, where she works with bridging research and community needs to create real world impact. She has experience in marine research and science-to-policy in subjects like marine biodiversity, fisheries, aquaculture, seafood, environmental impact and nature restoration & protection.
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Anda Ikauniece
Associate Board Member (LHEI)
About Anda
Anda is involved in several Interreg projects focusing on blue bioeconomy and is an active member of the SUBMARINER network.
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Julia Lange
Associate Board Member (Uni Kiel)
About Julia
Julia is a manager at the Wissenschaftszentrum Kiel and inspires innovation work at the interface between research and business. She enjoys helping teams become more creative and motivated, which is why she can also be found as a mentor in the accelerator program for marine biotechnology in the Submariner network.
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Mari Moren
Associate Board Member (NIVA)
About Mari
Mari is a Director of Research at NIVA - Norwegian Research institute for water and the environment.
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