One of the World's leading spirulina experts and considered by many in the People's Republic of China the Spirulina Father Special Adviser/Expert of the Secretary General in the P.R.C. & Chairperson of the IIMSAM Spirulina International Panel of Experts
One of the World's leading spirulina experts and considered by many in the People's Republic of China the Spirulina Father Special Adviser/Expert of the Secretary General in the P.R.C. & Chairperson of the IIMSAM Spirulina International Panel of Experts
H.E. Ambassador Manish Uprety F.R.A.S., IIMSAM's Chief of Technology Facilitation and Institutional Development, was born in a small and scenic hill station Almora in India. He is an alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study,... Read full bio
H.E. Ambassador Manish Uprety, F.R.A.S.
H.E. Ambassador Manish Uprety F.R.A.S., IIMSAM's Chief of Technology Facilitation and Institutional Development, was born in a small and scenic hill station Almora in India. He is an alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, United Kingdom.
Having gained professional experience by working for various established corporations both Indian and Multinationals, he moved to London to pursue academics at the University of London. During his association with the One World Trust, Houses of Parliament, United Kingdom, he was responsible to cover contemporary developments and important issues of International Peace & Security; and International Development for the organisation.
He also gained journalistic experience with the BBC World Service in London. H.E. Amb. Uprety is a polyglot and a prolific writer on international developmental issues who has spoken from various established platforms such as at the International Meeting of Universities with Africa at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain and at the Banque de France on contemporary issues of vital importance such as the global food security and the relevance of Spirulina to address the same.
H.E. Amb. Uprety was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in October 2010. A firm believer in the idea of global citizenship, he is also a Member of the Royal Commonwealth Society to support and promote the modern Commonwealth, its culture and core values.
H.E. Amb. Uprety is a wild life conservation enthusiast who as a Member of the Tiger & Terrain Trust is diligently committed towards the protection of Tiger which has been declared as an endangered species on the verge of extinction.
He is also interested to explore the role sport can play in enriching Human Capital in the developing and the least developed countries in the context of globalization.
H.E. Amb. Manish Uprety was conferred with "2006 Global Human Rights Protection Award" by the Indian Institute of Human Rights at the 8th World Human Rights Congress held in New Delhi, India on the World Human Rights Day on the 10th of December 2006.
Dr.Theodore Sotiroudis is IIMSAM's Scientific Expert and Technology Facilitator from the Hellenic Republic Greece. He was born in Athens in 1946. He graduated from the Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece in 1970. From 1972 to 1976 he was a postgraduate scholar of the National Hell... Read full bio
Dr.Theodore Sotiroudis
Dr.Theodore Sotiroudis is IIMSAM's Scientific Expert and Technology Facilitator from the Hellenic Republic Greece. He was born in Athens in 1946. He graduated from the Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece in 1970. From 1972 to 1976 he was a postgraduate scholar of the National Hellenic Research Foundation and he obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Athens in 1977. Since 1977 he has been researcher of NHRF, and since 1995 Director of Research in IBRB/NHRF. He is group leader of the Programme ''Enzymology''.
During 1982 and 1985 he worked on protein phosphorylation as a postdoctoral Scientist, holder of EMBO fellowships at the University of Dundee, Scotland and at the University of Bochum, Germany respectively. From 1986 to 1987 and from 1990 to 1991 he worked as an invited Visitor Scientist at W.Alton Jones Cell Science Center Inc., Lake Placid, New York, where he
collaborated with Senior Research Scientists of the Center on Protein Microcharacterization and Molecular Biology research projects respectively. He also collaborated for many years with Prof. Gordon Sato, member of the Academy of Sciences of USA and Director of W.Alton Jones Cell Science Center Inc., on the ''Manzanar Project'', a humanitarian effort for the alleviation of
poverty, hunger, environmental pollution, and global warming through sea water aquaculture and silviculture in deserts.
During the last years, he has focused on three research targets of Industrial Biotechnology: (a) The understanding of the effect of oxidative processes on the quality of virgin olive oil and other plant foods of Mediterranean Diet and the development of methodologies for the estimation of the oxidative status in food products, as well as the production of active biomolecules from plant material,(b) The culture of microalgae (especially Spirulina sp. (Arthrospira sp.)), aiming on the production of functional foods, nutraceuticals and cosmetics; in this respect, Dr. Sotiroudis is a Scientific Advisor of the Greek Spirulina Company ALGAE A.C. (http://www.spirulina.gr) and (c) The production of biodiesel from non-edible seed oils and microalgae.
He has more than 30 years of research experience in protein chemistry and enzymology. He has published more than 110 research articles, 61 of which are in peer reviewed international journals, and he is a patent holder that has resulted in the development of a novel homogeneous enzyme immunoassay for T3/T4 in serum. His research activities are financed by competitive grants awarded by the Hellenic General Secretariat of Research & Technology, the European Union as well as by private sources. He was honoured with the 2006 Archer Daniels Midland/Protein and Co-products Division Best Paper Award in the chemistry/nutrition category of the American Oil Chemists' Society. He has been invited to give lectures at many International and Greek Conferences and was member of the Organizing Committees of International and Greek Congresses. He has taught in post-graduate courses of Hellenic Universities and in the common educational programme of W.Alton Jones Cell Science Center with Clarkson University in USA, and he has been supervisor of 11 Ph.D. theses. He is a member of various International and Greek Scientific Societies and a reviewer in international scientific journals and of research proposals in EU and Greece. He is presently a member of the Scientific Council of IBRB. He has been a member of the Administrative Council of NHRF and an Acting Director of IBRB.
Dr. Roe is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Co-founder of Algisys, a biotech company focused on producing nutritional oils and high protein additives for the supplement, food & beverage, animal feed, and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to Algisys, he co-founded and served as the CTO for Biofuel Producers of Amer... Read full bio
Dr. Charles L. Roe, Ph. D.
Dr. Roe is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Co-founder of Algisys, a biotech company focused on producing nutritional oils and high protein additives for the supplement, food & beverage, animal feed, and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to Algisys, he co-founded and served as the CTO for Biofuel Producers of America (dba Algae Producers, Inc.), which is a diversified algae and biofuels company.
Previously, Dr. Roe was an R&D Consultant and Program Manager with NineSigma, a technology and innovation sourcing company with offices in Japan, Europe, and the United States. He has also worked in a variety of other functional capacities that include product development, process engineering, corporate purchasing, recruiting, supply chain/logistics, six sigma, and corporate quality with such companies as Ford Motor Company, AkzoNobel/ICI, and General Electric.
Dr. Roe received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Roe is currently a Director in the Management Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Cleveland Section of AIChE. He sits on the various Boards of H2OPE Biofuels, SaltExchange.com, Across Borders.
Mr. Dieudonné Fundi Malombo is an agricultural engineer specialized in phytotechnology from IFA/Yangambi (Institut Facultaire des Etudes Agronomiques) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His experiences of extreme poverty, severe malnutrition, unemployment, diseases including HIV/AIDS in the country played a ma... Read full bio
Mr. Dieudonné Fundi Malombo
Mr. Dieudonné Fundi Malombo is an agricultural engineer specialized in phytotechnology from IFA/Yangambi (Institut Facultaire des Etudes Agronomiques) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His experiences of extreme poverty, severe malnutrition, unemployment, diseases including HIV/AIDS in the country played a major role in choosing his occupational career. He has long been motivated by the negative effects of the war to find a lasting solution for malnutrition, which is a major problem affecting the people of the DRC and Africa.
In 2003, he signed a contract with ANTENNA Technologies, Geneva branch of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo as the leader of their Spirulina cultivation and production project. He was also involved in conducting seminars, cultivating and harvesting Spirulina for ready use.
Since February 2008, Mr. Malombo has been IIMSAM's the Director of Technical Matters for the Spirulina cultivation, leading the team involved in the production of Spirulina. His role as a Technical Expert to the Director-General is not limited to Kenya but global.
Joseph Kirahagazwe, Spirulina Expert and Principal Adviser to the Director-General of IIMSAM for Burundi. Mr. Kirahagazwe grew up in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burundi. He was an outstanding student Après de at the University of Burundi, where he became a professor of literature. He was appointed... Read full bio
Mr. Joseph Kirahagazwe
Joseph Kirahagazwe, Spirulina Expert and Principal Adviser to the Director-General of IIMSAM for Burundi. Mr. Kirahagazwe grew up in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burundi. He was an outstanding student Après de at the University of Burundi, where he became a professor of literature. He was appointed to the cabinet of the President of Burundi. He is best known in his country for his theater texts which have won 3 times the first prize in national competitions, before his exile in France in 1998, where he continued his successful theatrical talent. In France, he developed as well private enterprises in partnership with international firms.
He became a Spirulina advocate in 2006 learning all about its benefits, culture cultivation, marketing it and using it as a pivotal tool to combat his country's severe malnutrition amongst the Burundi population.
He created the NGO "Spirulina et Malnutrition: Solidarité France-Burundi" in order to begin the Spirulina feeding programme. He trained and graduated in seaweed, spirulina speciality. He has been harvesting Spirulina cultivation and training the locals on how to harvest it. Mr. Kirahagazwe has been a special guest as well as hosted several conferences on the benefits of Spirulina in Burundi and France.
Mr. J. Kirahagazwe will be working with IIMSAM in advocacy with the government of Burundi, an official member of the IIMSAM Treaty.
Prof. Klaus Wagener is a professor of Biophysics and Chemistry and IIMSAM's Facilitator on Spirulina. He is Professor-Emeritus of the Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Aachen, Germany and was the visiting Professor at the Catholic University PUC in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . Prof. Wagener was the Director of t... Read full bio
Prof. Klaus Wagener
Prof. Klaus Wagener is a professor of Biophysics and Chemistry and IIMSAM's Facilitator on Spirulina. He is Professor-Emeritus of the Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Aachen, Germany and was the visiting Professor at the Catholic University PUC in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . Prof. Wagener was the Director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Nuclear Research Center, KFA, Juelich in Germany from 1968 to 1978. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Zürich, Switzerland; University of California , San Diego; University of Florence, Italy; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA .
Having over thirty years of research and practical experience in the field of micro-algae, Prof. Wagener was the Head of several international research programmes financed by the EEC, Brussels that were executed in southern Italy. In the capacity of a Scientific and Technical Consultant, he was instrumental to establish various Spirulina plants in Brazil, Cuba and India.
Prof. Wagener has 12 patents on the various processes of Bio-Technology to his credit and has published over 100 articles in established scientific journals and is quoted in all major biographical reference books on science and technology.
Dr. Maria J. Barbosa, Facilitator and Advisor of the IIMSAM on Microalgal Photo-bioreactors for Spirulina cultivation, has a Ph.D. degree from the Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Her research explored the facets related to the scaled-up production and optimization of micro algae cultivation through photo biorea... Read full bio
Dr. Maria J. Barbosa
Dr. Maria J. Barbosa, Facilitator and Advisor of the IIMSAM on Microalgal Photo-bioreactors for Spirulina cultivation, has a Ph.D. degree from the Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Her research explored the facets related to the scaled-up production and optimization of micro algae cultivation through photo bioreactors. As a Facilitator of the IIMSAM, she would bring her learning, experience, and expertise to the organization in its endeavour to secure the Right to Food for all. Non-contamination of the micro-algae and high yield of Spirulina through photo-bioreactors would explore and exploit the potential of micro-algae Spirulina to bridge the health divide and achieve food security across the globe, especially in the areas that have climatic conditions that are naturally non-conducive for the Spirulina production.
Having a keen interest in Nutrition studies, she has an MSc. degree from the Catholic University, Porto, Portugal and is currently associated with the Food and Bio-Process Engineering Group of the Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
A winner of the European Innovation Award for the year 2005 from CSK Food Enrichment, The Netherlands, she is deeply interested in Developmental issues and was associated with the United Nations as a volunteer. A polyglot, she has widely traveled across the globe regarding her work and her research works have been published internationally.
Dr. Jean Louis Vidalo, M.D., IIMSAM's International Expert on Spirulina is a specialist in experimental medicine and sport medicine. Dr. Vidalo is the Chairman of the Medical Institute Hippocampe, located in Geneva, Switzerland. He has worked for over fifteen years on various varieties of Spirulina, their development ... Read full bio
Dr. Jean Louis Vidalo, M.D.
Dr. Jean Louis Vidalo, M.D., IIMSAM's International Expert on Spirulina is a specialist in experimental medicine and sport medicine. Dr. Vidalo is the Chairman of the Medical Institute Hippocampe, located in Geneva, Switzerland. He has worked for over fifteen years on various varieties of Spirulina, their development and production.
To realize his ambition of a world free of hunger and malnutrition, Dr. Vidalo's research on the micro-algae always included R&D on nutritional aspects for human beings along with pharmaceuticals aspects and bio-energy considerations; and also its industrial processing.
Dr. JL Vidalo was the personal consultant to President H.E. Ange Patasse of the Central African Republic and in-charge of the Research & Development Project of Spirulina Farm from 1993 to 2003. He is an integral part of the European programme for photo-bio reactors SINTHE, sponsored by the chemical and pharmaceutical Group Solvay in the Acores Islands.
Dr. Vidalo is the legal developer and owner of a patent on Production of Spirulina with High Active Elements Contents known as 'Spiruline HTPA®. He is also in-charge of High scale development programs on Spirulina in Tunisia and also in-charge of humanitarian projects on Spirulina in Senegal and Ivory Coast. Dr. Vidalo is the author of a comprehensive book on Spirulina; "Spirulina, Health and well being algae" which has been published by Le Dauphin- Paris.
Prof. Salvatore Musumeci, IIMSAM's Facilitator from the Republic of Italy has a M.D. degree from the University of Catania, Italy. A career spanning in various disciplines such as paediatrics, haematology and nuclear medicine, Prof. Musumeci at present is a Professor at the Paediatric section of the Department of Pharm... Read full bio
Prof. Salvatore Musumeci
Prof. Salvatore Musumeci, IIMSAM's Facilitator from the Republic of Italy has a M.D. degree from the University of Catania, Italy. A career spanning in various disciplines such as paediatrics, haematology and nuclear medicine, Prof. Musumeci at present is a Professor at the Paediatric section of the Department of Pharmacology, Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Sassari.
In the past, Prof. Musumeci has been a visiting professor at the University of Vienna, University of Liverpool, and the Columbia University. Since 1994, he has been involved in various nutritional programmes for undernourished children in Burkina Faso to research on the genetic aspect of resistance to cardiovascular pathologies of the African population. Prof. Musumeci has also explored the efficacy of Spirulina in the case of children suffering from HIV/AIDS in Burkina Faso. He would be instrumental to facilitate and guide various Spirulina based nutritional prorgammes that would be initiated by the organisation across the globe.
Prof. Manoj Pant [India] is with the Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies , Jawaharlal Nehru University , India for last 20 years. He has authored two books and his works are published widely in internationally referred journals. An eminent speaker on WTO related issues on va... Read full bio
Prof. Manoj Pant
Prof. Manoj Pant [India] is with the Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies , Jawaharlal Nehru University , India for last 20 years. He has authored two books and his works are published widely in internationally referred journals. An eminent speaker on WTO related issues on various international platforms like UN, WTO, UNCTAD, OXFAM and other eminent NGOs on issues of Investment and Competition Policy, he was an Expert Member of the Ministry of Commerce group on Environmental issues in the WTO and of the Consultative Group on Trade issues of the Planning Commission. He is currently the member of the Technical Committee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development for WTO and Trade in Educational Services and Chairman of the Project Review Committee, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. He is a regular columnist for "The Economic Times" publication. He is confident that Trade will play a significant role both at micro and macro levels to counter severe malnutrition and in the achievement of the MDG's especially in the context of developing economies in a rapidly globalizing world.
Dr. Ripley D. Fox, Director Emeritus and Head of Science Research Institute IIMSAM, France
Dr. B. D. Kaushik, Head-Divison of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Dr. Roger Adounkpé, Head of Spirulina Programme CREDESA, Pahou, Benin
Dr. Francisco Ayal, Scientist and CEO of Solarium Biotechnology, Spirulina producer, Chile
Dr. Miao Jian Ren, Chairman of the Science and Technology Commission of Guang Zhou, People's Republic of China
Dr. Ravelo Vololonavalona, Scientist and head of Spirulina program, University of Toliara, Madagascar
Dr. Hubert D. Chastel, Senator Emeritus and Honorary Director-General of Scientific Research, IIMSAM, Scientific Research Institute of Micro-Algae in Biotechnology, France, and Director of the Spirulina Farm, Sosa Texcoco, Mexico
Professor Yunming Lu
H.E. Ambassador Manish Uprety, F.R.A.S.
Dr.Theodore Sotiroudis
Dr. Charles L. Roe, Ph. D.
Mr. Dieudonné Fundi Malombo
Mr. Joseph Kirahagazwe
Prof. Klaus Wagener
Dr. Maria J. Barbosa
Dr. Jean Louis Vidalo, M.D.
Prof. Salvatore Musumeci
Prof. Manoj Pant
Dr. Ripley D. Fox, Director Emeritus and Head of Science Research Institute IIMSAM, France
Dr. B. D. Kaushik, Head-Divison of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Dr. Roger Adounkpé, Head of Spirulina Programme CREDESA, Pahou, Benin
Dr. Francisco Ayal, Scientist and CEO of Solarium Biotechnology, Spirulina producer, Chile
Dr. Miao Jian Ren, Chairman of the Science and Technology Commission of Guang Zhou, People's Republic of China
Dr. Ravelo Vololonavalona, Scientist and head of Spirulina program, University of Toliara, Madagascar