Magnus Stefansson Email & Phone Number

Sturbridge, Ma, Us

• Consulting scientist on fisheries, resource management, sustainability, bioprocessing, and climate change

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

• Consulting scientist on data analysis, natural resources and sustainability

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

• Oversaw and managed grant applications, management reports, national and international collaborative agreements, budget forecasts, and reporting to facilitate groundbreaking research on ancient DNA and microbiology – NIH, NSF, John Templeton Foundation, the Allen Family Foundation, and private funders.• Provided day-to-day support, project management, and strategic consulting on staffing and task delegation for the lab director, two laboratories, and their concurrent initiatives.• Synthesized research findings on archeological samples into reports sent to a large network of collaborators and international funders including the New Caledonian Government.

• Research into chemically-induced microbial lipogenesis for the production of omega-3 FAs utilizing waste biomass from fisheries and agriculture.• Examined the thermal adaptation of microbes to climate change from a global perspective.• Investigated the impact of past glaciation on the speciation and evolutionary history of marine microbes.

Akureyri, Is

• Program manager and principal investigator of a microbiology research lab specializing in the optimization of upstream bioprocess and fermentation conditions for heterotrophic microbes.• Developed novel microbial media based on discarded by-products from fisheries and agriculture.• Investigated the commercialization of value-added products from microbes via feasibility studies on the production of healthy omega-3 FAs.• Researched the evolutionary history of marine microbes.

• Founded and managed a multidisciplinary print publication of literature, science, and art.• Oversaw Iceview Magazine’s funding and its distribution to seven countries.

• Led the R&D of DNA-based affinity biosensors used to detect pathogenic bacteria.• Conducted financial management, market research, and pro forma income statements, balance sheets, fund usage, and valuation of company shares.

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• Conducted financial analyses using mathematical and statistical modeling and data mining to advise on hospital budget and payroll.• Conducted surveys and statistical analyses to simulate the possible career paths of nursing professionals.• Served as a liaison between the hospital’s CEO and Iceland’s Ministry of Finance on payroll matters.

• Principal investigator and interim population genetics laboratory director for Iceland’s sole organization dedicated to the research of fishing quotas in Icelandic territorial waters.• Advised the Government of Iceland, ICES, and IWC on natural resource management.• Managed the progression of three large projects that were funded by the European Union.• Investigated the influence of paleoclimate change on the evolutionary history of commercial fish species. • Developed and led a five-year research strategy focused on the use of genetics in fisheries management and aquaculture.

Cork, Ie

• Project manager for Ireland’s first successful marine fish hatchery.• Oversaw a range of research projects covering various marine species e.g. turbot, halibut.

Ph.D. (Fully Funded), Molecular Genetics

Master Of Business Administration - Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management

B.Sc., Biology