Biography:
Dr. Christopher C. Parrish has a B.Sc.(Hons) in Chemistry and Oceanography from Wales, and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Dalhousie University, Canada. He is a University Research Professor and Interim Head of Department. He works at the interface of chemistry and biology in the area of marine lipid research studying food web connections, aquaculture nutrition, and environmental impacts on trophic ecology. He recently expanded into lipidomics and gene expression work focusing on alternative lipid sources for aquaculture that are sustainable and cost effective, and ways to maximize the healthfulness of the food product. He has published >190 refereed journal articles.
Title : Replacement of fish oil by a high-dha microbial oil in salmon diets: Effect on growth performance, lipid composition and gene expression