The 33rd Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific (NACA) Governing Council elected Eduardo Leaño as director general of NACA. He will serve a five-year term beginning in May 2024 and succeeds Huang Jie, who will complete his own five-year term in April.
Leaño is a national of the Philippines and currently serves as senior programme officer for NACA’s Health and Biosecurity Programme, and Food Security, Safety and Certification Programme.
He holds a PhD in applied biology from the City University of Hong Kong, an MSc in fisheries from the University of the Philippines Visayas and a BSc in Inland Fisheries from Central Luzon State University.
Leaño has previously worked as a research scientist in the Aquaculture Department of SEAFDEC, as a research fellow at the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, and as a research fellow and adjunct professor at the National Taiwan Ocean University.
Leaño has co-edited and published seven books in aquaculture and aquatic animal health and published more than 50 scientific articles in international and national journals, proceedings and as book chapters.
