Sigurdur T Karvelsson

Sigurdur T Karvelsson, PhD, is a project manager at First Water, focusing on R&D in land-based salmon farming since October 2024. Prior experience includes serving as a cultivation scientist at Running Tide, where responsibilities involved optimizing large-scale macroalgae cultivation and developing process monitoring methods from May 2023 to October 2024. As a scientist at Alvotech from September 2021 to May 2023, Sigurdur developed computational models for biosimilar-producing processes and engaged in data analysis. Academic roles at Háskóli Íslands included lecturing in biochemistry and pursuing a PhD, with a research focus on modeling metabolism of breast cells, resulting in multiple publications. Sigurdur holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and has degrees in Biomedical Sciences and Biochemistry from Háskóli Íslands.