New INVE Aquaculture Master Thesis Awards presented for the first time

About the awards

In the academic year 2020 - 2021, INVE Aquaculture has presented for the first time its Master Thesis Awards to honor Master Theses from three faculties of Ghent University: the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

The awards aim to recognize and reward the work of deserving young researchers. By doing so, INVE Aquaculture hopes to encourage them to continue to make high-quality scientific contributions that benefit the continuous development of the aquaculture industry.

INVE Aquaculture has committed to fund two seperate thematic awards for the amount of € 1.500 / award:

1. The thematic award for innovation in aquaculture, for applied research with significant contribution towards the advancement of the aquaculture industry, addressing one of the following challenges: innovation and smart technologies, feed and feeding, or biosecurity and aquatic health management. 
2. The thematic award for sustainable societal impact in aquaculture, for applied research with significant contribution towards the advancement of the sustainable societal impact of the aquaculture industry, addressing one of the following challenges: environment, animal welfare, or social and human dimensions. 

Award winners

The INVE Aquaculture Master Thesis Awards 2020 - 2021 were granted to the following students:

• Thematic award for innovation in aquaculture:
  Haniswita (Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering) for the thesis "Design of beneficial Bacillus probiotic mixtures" (Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Peter Bossier)
• Thematic award for sustainable societal impact in aquaculture:
  Claudia García Alcalde (Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences) for the thesis "Investigating methods to increase tetraspore release and vegetative growth of the red seaweed Palmaria palmata" (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Olivier De Clerck)

About INVE Aquaculture

Since its start in 1983, INVE Aquaculture has strived for innovation and offering the highest quality products in nutrition and health for fish and shrimp hatcheries and farms. With headquarters in Belgium, production facilities in Thailand and regional offices and test centers across the world, INVE Aquaculture is able to use its global range to effectively reach out to its customers worldwide. This, combined with an elaborate amount of service and support, is what makes INVE Aquaculture truly unique in the market.