Personal profile
Research Biography
Michael Yan Li is a senior scientist, having extensive R&D work experience on algae collection, scale-up cultivation, bioproduct development and various commercial applications. Michael completed his PhD degree (Marine Biology) at Flinders University and has managed several industry-oriented R&D projects in Norway, China and Australia, funded by various funding agencies. He was the section manager to develop and lead the algae research program and projects at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research before. At present, Michael is acting as the R&D project manager at ASSA. He will use his experience, expertise, and professional contacts to investigate and develop a comprehensive research portfolio of seaweed industry R&D initiatives within Australia.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Spawning mediated responses of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas to environmental stress: toward an explanation of oyster summer mortality
Jun 2004 → Dec 2007
Award Date: 17 Dec 2008
External positions
R&D Project Manager, Australian Sustainable Seaweed Association
Sept 2023 → …
Aumika EcoTech Pty Ltd
Sept 2022 → …
Research Areas
- Marine and coastal sciences
Keywords
- SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
- Algae
- Biotehnology
- Seaweed
- bioproduct development
- Marine biology
- Circular bioeconomy
- environment sustainable development