Gyda Christophersen is a researcher at Møreforsking and holds a dr.scient. degree from the Department of Biology, University of Bergen (2005). Her work focuses on the sustainable cultivation and harvesting of marine low‑trophic species such as molluscs, echinoderms and crustaceans.
Gyda has been employed at Møreforsking since August 2016. She works broadly with live seafood, fisheries and aquaculture, including integrated farming of commercially relevant invertebrates such as bivalves, sea cucumbers and decapods. Her research covers reproduction and early life stages, physiology, behaviour, growth and live storage.
She has experience from the fields of food control and processing, and has extensive laboratory and field‑based expertise. Gyda has previously served as project manager and coordinator for several EU projects benefitting SMEs. At Møreforsking she manages regional, national and international R&D projects.