Eileen Bresnan



David Clarke

Shellfish Safety Manager, Marine Institute, Ireland.  Dave has over 25 years of biotoxin and phytoplankton expertise in statutory monitoring and research programmes.  Focussing on optional Early Warning Systems and molecular methods for identification and discrimination of HAB species.


Janina Costa

David Cunningham

David has a degree in Marketing from the University of Stirling, with experience supporting businesses and third sector organisations across Scotland and beyond. He has extensive events experience, organising everything from small networking sessions to large international conferences, supporting these events with targeted marketing campaigns.


Keith Davidson

Kasia Kazimierczak

Kasia joined Food Standards Scotland (FSS) at its inception, following from her role as a Scientific Advisor at the Food Standards Agency in Scotland, where she worked from 2009 after an academic research career. Kasia leads a multidisciplinary team providing scientific advice on marine science and shellfish hygiene and safety, supporting delivery of the official control monitoring programme and evidence-based policy and regulatory decisions to protect public health.

Jane Lewis

Professor Jane Lewis has worked in the field of harmful algal blooms for over forty years, specialising in dinoflagellate and their resting stages.  She has good experience of organising national and international scientific meetings and is looking forward to welcoming the international harmful algal bloom community to Scotland.

Diana Souza Moura

Benedikte Ranum

Andrew Turner

Andrew is the Head of the Toxins and Contaminants Group at the Cefas Weymouth Laboratory. He has over 20 years experience with marine algal toxins and cyanobacterial toxins, including method development, validation and assessment of emerging threats. 


Kelly White

Nikki Pearce

Nikki heads up CPD and Event Services, a team that supports the development and delivery of professional development and conferences.  The team also support those at other HEIs and external organisations.