WWW.WA S .ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • DECEMBER 2022 15 Emeritus Professor Patrick Sorgeloos has been awarded an Honorary Aquaculture Degree in Thailand. The event ceremony took place at Kasetsart University. It was personally handed out by her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Krom Phra Srisavangavadhana for his decades-long research in aquaculture. As the founder and director of UGent’s Artemia Reference Center, Dr. Sorgeloos has collaborated intensively with Thai universities, farmers and government agencies for more than 40 years. In the evening, his honorary degree was celebrated at the Belgian Residence with a small reception hosted by the Belgian Ambassador H.E. Mrs. Sibille de Cartier d’Yves. Prof. Patrick Sorgeloos was former Head of Department of Animal Production, Faculty of BioScience Engineering, Ghent University, Chairman of UGent Committee for Development Cooperation (since 2008) and Chairman Flemish InterUniversity Council for Development Cooperation (2008-2012), among many other positions. Patrick Sorgeloos was President of WAS from 1999-2000, received the Honorary Life Member Award fromWAS in 2003 and was named a WAS Fellow in 2012. Photos: Kasetsart University. Honorary Aquaculture Degree for Patrick Sorgeloos
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