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ORCID : 0000-0003-2225-8371
ResearcherID : G-1352-2012

PhD

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Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Policy, Law, Economics, Management

Professor Alexander Turra holds an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences (1994) and both Masters (1998) and PhD degrees (2003) in Ecology from the Campinas State University (UNICAMP). He founded the NGO Instituto Costa Brasilis in 2005, acting as it’s President until 2006. In 2006, he assumed the position of assistant professor of Integrated Coastal Management at the Oceanographic Institute of São Paulo University, becoming an associate professor in 2015. Turra work cover a range of different areas of marine science including governance, management and conservation, environmental impact assessment, climate change, marine litter and ecology. His research interests also include investigations into the links between science and public policy and the monitoring of environmental quality. As a result of his intense research activity, he has published numerous scientific papers, books and chapters across different branches of marine science. He has also participated in several committees and/or processes including: Climate Network of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology and Science (2009-), Sub-Global Assessment Network (2009-), Ad hoc Advisory Group Ocean Sciences Section of the Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC/UNESCO) Medium Term Strategy (2012), GESAMP Working Group 40 examining the “Sources, fate and effects of microplastics in the marine environment – a global assessment” (2012-), Integrative Group of the Coastal Management Program in the Inter-ministry Commission for the Resources of the Sea (2012-), Pool of Experts of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects (2014-), Environmental Assessment Group of the Brazilian Antarctic Program (2014-), Advisory Group of the Study on Marine Plastic Debris and Microplastics at UNEP (UNEA-2) (2015-), and Council of the Brazilian Coastal and Marine Protected Areas (GEF-Mar Project; 2017-). Turra national and international leadership and interdisciplinary approach has also led to participation and organization of relevant scientific meetings, including the 5th Brazilian Oceanography Symposium (Santos, Brazil/2011), the 2nd International Ocean Research Conference (Barcelona, Spain/2014), the Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (Santos, Brazil/2015), and the VII International Sandy Beach Symposium (Ilhabela, Brazil/2015), as well as the coordination of research projects/networks, such as the Brazilian Coastal Benthic Habitat Monitoring Network (2010-) and the Biota/Fapesp-Araçá Project (2012-2017). The Springer Series on Brazilian Marine Biodiversity represents an effort to integrate researchers and information on the structure, functioning and threats facing marine habitats to an international readership

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