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.
Keith Davidson
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.
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.
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.
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.
Diana Souza Moura
Kelly White
Sian Williams
Knowledge Exchange and Comms Manager, SAIC
Sian brings over 25 years of experience in higher education and technology innovation, focused on stakeholder engagement, industry-academic collaboration, and strategic programme development. Previously, Sian worked at CENSIS; there, she led on marketing, comms, events and outreach, working on a range of projects in aquaculture.
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.