FCT scholarship recipient appointed Young Ambassador of the European Marine Board (EMB)

Juliette Biquet, FCT doctoral fellow at the Center for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) at the University of Algarve, has been appointed one of the new Young Ambassadors for the European Marine Board (EMB). The appointment followed her application last February for the recruitment of two new young researchers for this mission. The FCT, as a member of the EMB, welcomes this appointment.

Juliette Biquet, originally from France, is a young researcher in the field of ecology and conservation science, with an interest in natural sciences and the functioning and protection of socio-ecosystems. She is involved in several projects, notably on the impact of fishing, the evolutionary consequences of climate change, the perception of nature, and population monitoring in various ecosystems, as well as scientific mediation on biodiversity.

Juliette is currently specializing in marine ecology, pursuing a PhD at CCMAR, co-supervised by ecologists and social scientists Bárbara Horta e Costa (CCMAR), Joachim Claudet (CRIOBE, France), and Juliette Young (INRAE, France). Her focus is on the study of marine protected areas in the European Union, in the hope that her work can help improve the socio-ecological benefits of EU spatial protection.

Passionate about protecting the oceans, Juliette Biquet applied to the EMB Young Ambassadors Program with the hope of having the opportunity to be part of the processes and interactions between scientists and decision-makers, as she wants to share her passion for the ocean and its protection. As communication is very important in the field of marine science, being selected for this mission as a young ambassador for EMB is also a way for her to get involved in this mediation. Regarding this new role, Juliette Biquet stated: "I first want to join a network of people working in the field of marine sciences and thus be part of the scientific discussions that take place in the different EMB working groups, as well as participate in the science-policy axis and encourage more and more communication actions."