FCT grant holder named Young Ambassador of the European Marine Board (EMB)

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

Juliette Biquet, of French origin, is a young researcher in the field of ecology and conservation sciences, with an interest in natural sciences and the functioning and protection of socio-ecosystems. She is involved in various projects, particularly on the impact of fisheries, the evolutionary consequences of climate change, the perception of nature or population monitoring in various ecosystems, as well as scientific mediation on biodiversity.

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

Passionate about ocean protection, Juliette Biquet applied for the EMB Young Ambassadors Program with the prospect 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 sciences, being selected for this EMB Young Ambassador mission is also a way of getting involved in this mediation. About this new role, Juliette Biquet said: "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."