Ana M Queirós

Professor Queirós is an internationally recognised, award winning marine climate change ecologist, leading and advising on a number of globally distributed research transdisciplinary programmes co-developing capability and evidence-based solutions for climate-smart ocean management that works for nature and people towards sustainable development. Ana is involved in high-level processes nationally and internationally, having provided advice to the UK and UK nation governments, Irish government, Philippines and Tanzania on the identification of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas that increase climate resilience of protected species and habitats, towards climate-smart Marine Protected Area siting, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Spatial Planning. She has further provided advice to the CBD, UNFCCC, and sits in scientific and advisory roles in several UN Ocean Decade Programs, the UN Ocean Decade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience, and the network of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. She works with policy, industry, NGO and finance communities.