OceanExpert ID : 89260
Ms. Maria MERINO
C4 Leading Senior Consultant
Coastal management and engineering
IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria
IHCantabria
Calle Isabel Torres 15
39011 Santander Cantabria
Spain
Nationality
Spain
Email(s)
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Telephone
+34629773327
MSc
Teaching/Education
Natural Resource Management
Decision Making & Policy
Technical Advice & Consulting
Other
Emergency Management
Marine and Coastal Engineering
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
- Development of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) plans and tools
- Climate change adaptation and coastal risk/vulnerability assessment
- Multi-hazard early warning systems and tsunami evacuation mapping
- Legal and institutional analysis for ICZM policies, acts, and regulations
- Stakeholder engagement, public consultation, and participatory processes design and implementation
- Capacity building, training design, and delivery (including MOOCs)
- Strategic and Environmental Impact Assessments (SEA/EIA)
- Coastal zoning, carrying capacity analysis, and guideline development
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Bay of Biscay
Caribbean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aqaba
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Balearic Sea
Global
- Project coordination & team leadership in complex, multi-country environmental and coastal resilience projects
- Data collection, management & analysis, supporting environmental, socioeconomic, and coastal diagnostic processes
- Technical reporting & documentation, including guidelines, policy briefs, feasibility studies, and strategic plans
- GIS-based analysis for coastal zoning, delimitation, mapping and risk assessment
- Training & capacity building, with experience developing courses, MOOCs, seminars, and technical training materials
- Stakeholder engagement & facilitation, including design and delivery of participatory workshops, consultations, and interviews
- IInterdisciplinary collaboration with engineers, planners, institutions, donors, and governmental agencies
- Planning and coordination of public communication activities, including consultation methodologies and outreach materials
- Management of international donor-funded projects, with experience in IDB, EU, WB, and UNDP frameworks
- Multicultural and multinational work capability, with experience in more than 25 countries
English
Spanish
