Our Team

Core Management Team

M. Clayton Wheeler

PD
Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Director at FBRI
University of Maine

About Wheeler

Deborah Bouchard

Co-PD
Director at Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI)
University of Maine

About Bouchard

Sampath Gunukula

Co-PD, Project Coordinator, Technical Lead
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FBRI
University of Maine

About Gunukula

Christina VonTorne

Project Administrator
Financial and Administrative Manager, FBRI

About Vontorne

Internal Steering Committee

Sampath Gunukula

Co-PD
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FBRI
University of Maine

About Gunukula

Bill DeSisto

Co-PD
Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Maine

About Desisto

Michael Habte-Tsion

Co-PD
Assistant Extension Professor at ARI
University of Maine

About Habtetsion

Matt Hawkyard

Co-PD
Assistant Professor
University of Maine

About Hawkyard

Additional Team Members

Garry Burr

Co-PD
USDA-ARS, Franklin, ME

Ricardo Ekmay

Co-PD
Senior VP, Nutrition & Product Development
Arbiom, Durham, N.C.

About Ekmay

Hunter Mack

Co-PD
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Massachusetts – Lowell

About Mack

Chelsea Mullin

Outreach and Extension Coordinator
University of Maine

Brian Peterson

Co-PD
Research leader, National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center
USDA-ARS, Franklin, ME

Jonathan Rubin

Co-PD
Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center; Professor of Economics
University of Maine

About Rubin

Wendy M. Sealey

Co-PD
Research Physiologist (Fish)
USDA-ARS, Bozeman, MT

Peter van Walsum

Co-PD
Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Maine

About Walsum

External Advisory Board

Joseph Bertolaccini

North America R&D Director
SAPPI North America Inc.

Xiaowen Chen

Chemical Engineer III
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Alan Donkin

Nutrition Manager
Cooke Aquaculture

Tim Hughes

Project Director
CAAFI

Andrew Swanson

Vice President, R&D
Cooke Aquaculture