INTRODUCTION
Amelia Macapia is a dynamic science communicator and researcher at the intersection of marine ecology and policy.
Amelia is presently based in New York, where she writes as a freelancer on ocean, climate, and environmental policy. In her writing, she works to highlight urgent issues facing the global ocean.
Her background in research includes a BSc from Tufts University and a year at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where she worked as a Guest Investigator in the Bioacoustics and Sensory Ecology (Dr. T. Aran Mooney) and Cetacean Acoustics (Dr. Laela Sayigh) Laboratories. Her work focused on three key areas: how marine species communicate, how acoustics can advance conservation, and the impacts of underwater noise pollution on Atlantic fisheries species. A U.S. Ocean Young Leader at the Third United Nations Ocean Conference, she now integrates research, writing, and policy studies to show why ocean research and conservation is more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.
Her background in research includes a BSc from Tufts University and a year at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where she worked as a Guest Investigator in the Bioacoustics and Sensory Ecology (Dr. T. Aran Mooney) and Cetacean Acoustics (Dr. Laela Sayigh) Laboratories. Her work focused on three key areas: how marine species communicate, how acoustics can advance conservation, and the impacts of underwater noise pollution on Atlantic fisheries species. A U.S. Ocean Young Leader at the Third United Nations Ocean Conference, she now integrates research, writing, and policy studies to show why ocean research and conservation is more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.