Loretta Roberson

• Year

  2024

• Program

  Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future (VIFF)

• Institution

  Marine Biological Laboratory

• Location

  Woods Hole, USA

Professor Loretta Roberson is an Associate Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. She received a B.S. in Biology at California State University Northridge and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. Her research focuses on the development of large-scale, offshore macro-algae farms and how they may be used to enhance biodiversity and protect sensitive ecosystems like coral reefs. She directs the tropical seaweed cultivation and harvesting project in Puerto Rico funded by the US Department of Energy and is the lead in the Sargassum pre-processing focus area in SaBRe to enhance the composition and quality of this new feedstock. She also supports the sustainable development of the seaweed industry by serving on the scientific advisory board for the Global Seaweed Coalition and as co-Treasurer for the International Seaweed Association. 

Profiles on social media: 
https://twitter.com/Roberson_Lo 
https://twitter.com/TropicSeaweed   
https://www.linkedin.com/in/loretta-roberson/  
 
Webpages: 
https://www.mbl.edu/bell/current-faculty/loretta-roberson/
https://www.mbl.edu/tropical-seaweed/ 
https://www.mbl.edu/