Roger Meisal is a researcher at Møreforsking and holds a PhD from the University of Oslo, as well as a master’s degree in Biotechnology from NTNU. He works within marine and coastal sustainability, with a focus on marine ecology, microbiology and biotechnology.
Roger joined Møreforsking in 2019 and has since contributed to national and international projects focusing on the sustainable utilisation of marine resources and the biotechnological application of marine biology to support human health. He has extensive experience in developing methods and conducting analyses involving PCR, real-time PCR, DNA sequencing and bioinformatics. His expertise includes microbiome analyses, the use of environmental DNA for species identification, microsatellite markers for population studies, and genome mapping and analysis.