Caya is a PhD candidate with a heart for the seas and believes in a sustainable future with healthy oceans. She obtained a master in Biophysics, biochemistry and biotechnology at KU Leuven. For a doctoral candidate she has a bit of an atypical past, as she has been working in the health sector and industry for a few years before deciding to follow her heart by taking on a challenge that is in line with personal ethics.
In the SeaChem Doctoral Network project she works on monitoring techniques to gain understanding of environmental impact of large-scale integrated seaweed cultivation on the marine ecosystem. She is interested in development of innovative methodologies to minimize environmental impact.