Conference speaker

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Ira Levine
Professor Emeritus and CEO
Algae Foundation
Dr. Levine, Professor Emeritus and CEO of the Algae Foundation concentrating on macro and microalgal cultivation, marine agronomic management, and algal-based workforce development, education and training.
Recently retired from the University of Southern Maine, Dr. Levine has been appointed as the Director of the DOE’s AlgaePrize, a student-based research and development competition. Dr. Levine’s efforts include 41 publications, 3 books and 102 national and international presentations. Dr. Levine has owned, designed, and/or operated algal farms in Canada, China, India, Japan, and USA, CEO of a marine natural products company and was a professor at Duke University, Universities of Hawaii and Southern Maine. Dr. Levine was awarded two U.S. State Department Fulbright’s: 2009-2010 New Century Scholar and 2016-2017 Distinguished Chair fellowship.
Homepage: https://thealgaefoundation.org/(opens in new tab/window)