João Marques Garcia

Dr. João Marques Garcia is an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research's Bio Process Engineering department. Previously, he served as a Research Fellow at the European Space Agency (2022–2024), investigating cultivated meat for space missions. His expertise spans cellular agriculture, tissue engineering, and cultivated seafood production.

• Education:
• PhD in Regenerative Medicine (Utrecht University)
• MSc in Biomedical Engineering (University of Porto)

His research focuses on advancing cultivated meat and seafood technologies, including octopus muscle cell line development, techno-economic modeling for cellular agriculture, and fish fat bioprocess optimization. He teaches courses such as MSc Research Practice in Bioprocess Engineering and Cultivated Meat and Seafood Production.

No scientific awards or grant details are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. He is involved in lab activities through the Bio Process Engineering subdivision.