Philippe Potin is a Senior Scientist at CNRS in France, holding a PhD in Marine Biology, specialising in the biochemistry of degrading enzymes from seaweed. With over 15 years of leadership in the “Oligosaccharide Signaling and Defense Mechanisms” team at the Station Biologique de Roscoff, he has authored over 90 peer-reviewed articles and holds 8 patents related to algal oligosaccharides and novel enzymes. He is currently the scientific coordinator of IDEALG, a decade-long French research project, and the EU H2020 SC2 Blue Growth Innovation Action GENIALG.