KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden
Dr. Jean-Baptiste E. Thomas is a bilingual and multinational researcher with expertise spanning France, the UK, the USA, and Sweden, specializing in industrial ecology, marine sustainability, and the blue bioeconomy. He earned a PhD in Industrial Ecology from KTH Stockholm in 2018, following an MSc in Sustainable Technology and a BSc in Geography from King’s College London. With a strong academic and professional trajectory, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Kristineberg Marine Research Station and currently serves as a Researcher at KTH Stockholm, while also engaging in consultancy for life cycle and sustainability assessments. His research primarily addresses seaweed aquaculture, circular economy applications, nutrient loop closure, and environmental life cycle analysis. Dr. Thomas has published extensively in high-impact journals, achieving an h-index of 15 with over 24 peer-reviewed documents and more than 562 citations (Scopus). He has been invited as keynote and plenary speaker at major international conferences, including the International Seaweed Symposium (2025), and has led and co-led several Formas and EU-funded projects. Passionately involved in teaching and supervising students, he actively integrates sustainability and biodiversity into education. His contributions continue to shape sustainable marine biomass utilization, with global recognition as a leading voice in blue bioeconomy research.
Featured Publications
“Exploring the contribution of multi-use approach in fostering local blue economy: Insights from the Global South”
“Integrating biodiversity impacts into seafood life cycle assessments: pathways for improvement”
“Governance hurdles for expansion of low trophic mariculture production in Sweden”
“Life cycle environmental impacts of kelp aquaculture through harmonized recalculation of inventory data”
“Two decades of research on ocean multi-use: achievements, challenges and the need for transdisciplinarity”
“Life Cycle Assessment of a large commercial kelp farm in Shandong, China”
“Comparative life cycle assessment of conventional and novel microalgae production systems and environmental impact mitigation in urban-industrial symbiosis”