Session 1: From Waste to Resource in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS)
- Amit Gross, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU): Assimilation-based Aquaculture (with general introduction on aquaculture development and overview on RAS)
- Amit Savaya, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development: Aquaculture Development in Israel, with Emphasis on RAS
- Ori Lahav, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: A Physicochemical Water-Treatment Approach for Growing Edible Fish in RAS
Session 2: Novel Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment in RAS
- Ranil Wickramasinghe, University of Arkansas: Applications of Membrane Technology in Water/Wastewater Treatment – Overview
- Avner Ronen, BIDR, BGU: Electrochemical RAS
- Swatantra Singh, IIT, Bombay Electroconductive Laser-Induced Graphene Membranes for Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: Chemical-Free Fouling Control, Pathogen Inactivation, and Therapeutant Removal
- Oded Nir, BIDR, BGU: Ammonia Removal and Recovery Zeolites
- Wen Zhang, New Jersey Institute of Technology: Membrane Fouling General Related to RAS
- Xianghong Qian, University of Arkansas: Mixed-matrix Electrospun Membranes for Ammonium Recovery from Aquaculture Wastewater
Session 3: From Waste to Resource in RAS
- Sarina Ergas, University of South Florida: Multi-trophic Aquaculture
- Dina Zilberg, BIDR, BGU: Microalgae-based RAS (MIC-RAS)
- Hiram Karanja, BIDR, BGU: Enhancing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery in Indoor Brackish Water Aquaponics through Anaerobic Sludge Treatment
Session 4: Functional Materials for RAS Water Treatment and Sensing
- Camilah Powell, University of Texas at San Antonio: Anti-biofouling Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG) Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring
- Chris Arnusch, BIDR, BGU: Water treatment using LIG
- Hadar Ben Yoav, BIDR, BGU: In Field Monitoring of Water Quality using Electrochemical Sensors
- Moshe Herzberg, BIDR, BGU: Electro-Responsive LSPR Sensing for Water Quality and Fouling Prediction
- Carmen Gomes, Iowa State University: Electrochemical-based Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring in Hydroponics and Agriculture
- Jonathan Claussen, Iowa State University: Deploying the Lab: On-Drone Sensing and On-Plant Wearables for Water Quality, Disease Risk, and Spray Verification