André Dumas

After teaching aquaculture at a college in Québec for 10 years, Dr. André Dumas, his wife and their three children moved to Ontario to complete a PhD in fish nutrition at the University of Guelph.  The family continued its journey that brought them this time in the USA where Dr. Dumas served as Research scientist in aquaculture nutrition for a global corporation.  His role consisted in implementing nutrition research plans, creating cost-effective solutions for deployment in different regions and evaluate promising raw materials.  In 2010, Dr. Dumas and his family returned to Canada to lead aquaculture teams in contract research organizations that tested novel feed ingredients.  His area of expertise relates to feed ingredient development, testing and commercialization in different geographies, feed formulation, shadow pricing, mathematical modelling and nutrigenomics.  His work experience in aquaculture nutrition encompasses warm and cold-water species farmed in fresh or saltwater.  He has deep aquaculture nutrition business acumen, disciplined managerial and leadership abilities, and well-established network of trusting relationships with industry and academia.  Dr. Dumas has been publishing in international peer-reviewed journals since 1998.  He enjoys serving as chair, co-chair as well as panelist in national and international conferences and webinars.  Dr. Dumas’ core values are integrity, respect, teamwork, efficiency and accountability.