Alicia Mateos-Cárdenas
Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork, Ireland
Dr. Alicia Mateos-Cárdenas works as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork (Ireland). Mateos-Cárdenas holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science (2017–2020), during which time she gained expertise on the ecotoxicology of microplastic pollution, aquatic plants and freshwater crustaceans.
Her current main project, funded by the Irish Marine Institute, is looking at the abundance of microplastics and their associated chemicals in Irish deep sea coral habitats. She also manages two other plastic-related projects: an industry-funded project (Lyons Tea, Unilever) looking at the environmental fate of petroleum-based and plant-based teabags, and an NGO-funded project (Sustainable Ocean Alliance, SOA) in collaboration with Hombre y Territorio (HyT) monitoring microplastics in a nature reserve in southern Spain working with citizen scientists.
Mateos-Cárdenas is also particularly interested in science communication and sustainability matters. Beyond academia, she has experience as a volunteer in turtle conservation camps and environmental awareness campaigns in Cape Verde and the Galapagos Islands.
Speakers & Moderators
Kristin Burmeister
Postdoctoral Researcher in Physical Oceanography, Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), UK
Angelika Dummermuth
Science Manager, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
Karen Evans
Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Britta Knefelkamp
Head of Department “Marine Nature Conservation”, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany
Lilian Anne Krug
Scientific Coordinator, Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean & NF-POGO Alumni Network for the Ocean, Portugal
Nelson A. Lagos
Director, Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile
Aisa O. Manlosa
Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
Natalie Prinz
Doctoral Assistant, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
Subrata Sarker
Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Sophie Seeyave
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean, United Kingdom
Alexander Turra
Coordinator, UNESCO Chair on Ocean Sustainability (Brazil) and Full Professor, IOUSP, Brazil
Karen Wiltshire
Vice Director, Alfred Wegener Institute & Director, Biological Station Helgoland, Germany
Jialin Zhang
Knowledge exchange specialist & project manager, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Germany
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Deputy Director, International Tsunami Information Center, Caribbean Office, Puerto Rico
Jeanne Izard Everett
Director Programs and Operations, Blue Climate Initiative, Tetiaroa Society, USA
Oda Keppler
Deputy Director-General „Sustainability, Provision for the Future“ of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Claudia Schultz
Research Associate, Project Management Jülich, Marine and Maritime Research, Geosciences and Shipping (MGS), Bonn
Renate Duckat
Science Journalist at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Project Management Jülich, Bonn, Germany