César Peteiro
Tenured Scientist (permanent position) affiliated with the Department of Aquaculture and Blue Biotechnology at the Oceanographic Centre of Santander (COST), which belongs to the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
His academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Biology, a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Environmental Biology from the University of A Coruña (UDC), and a PhD from Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC). His doctoral thesis was entitled Open-sea cultivation of commercial kelps on the Atlantic coast of southern Europe.
He has more than 20 years of research experience in marine macroalgae (also known as seaweeds) addressing both fundamental and applied aspects through culture and experimentation. His work focuses particularly on the cultivation and conservation of kelp species (i.e. Laminariales and closely related orders). He leads the research group “Marine Macroalgae Cultivation and Experimentation,” whose main objective is to research, develop and transfer knowledge on the cultivation, sustainable use and conservation of seaweeds.
His research has contributed to the generation of original and relevant knowledge in the field of marine macroalgae, with a particularly significant contribution to kelp biology and aquaculture. His results have been published mainly in international journals with scientific and technological impact, including 30 publications indexed in Web of Science (WoS). Further details on his publications and research outputs are available through his institutional CSIC author profile (https://digital.csic.es/cris/rp/rp14639) and ORCID profile (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0698-3573).
