The Faculty of Marine Sciences, represented by Dr. Zeinab Arabeyyat organized the visiting of Dr. Tania Mazzuca from the University of Almeria-Spain to Aqaba, Jordan from 22/7/2018 to 26/7/2018. Dr. Tania Mazzuca gave two lectures at the auditorium on the campus of the University of Jordan, Aqaba Branch. The first lecture was: Application of microalgae for economic sustainable development and the second one was: Culturing microalgae from Petri Plates to large scale photobioreactors. Then two experiments were performed at the Marine Science Station laboratories. The first experiment was: Osmotic dehydration of microalgae cultures by forward osmosis, and the second was: β-phycoerythrin extraction with glycerol.
At the end of her visit, Dr. Mazzuca went to the aquarium at MSS and enjoyed a scuba diving with Dr. Zeinab to watch the unique biodiversity at the Gulf of Aqaba
