Dr. Joël Fleurence, PhD, is a Professor of Marine Biology and Biochemistry at Nantes University in the ISOMER laboratory. In 1985, he began his research career in the pharmaceutical industry at the French Company Roussel-Uclaf. In 1990, he was recruited by the Institute of Valorization of Seaweeds to lead research about the chemical composition and nutritional properties of macro-algae. He contributed to French regulation on marine algae used as sea vegetables. His research mainly focuses on the use of seaweed proteins in human nutrition.