Sarah Frias-Torres

Summary

Oceanographer | Marine Ecologist | Fulbright Fellow | Climate Adaptation | Blue Carbon | Coral Reef Restoration | Marine Megafauna | Biodiversity | Science Communication

Dr. Sarah Frias-Torres is a broadly trained, fieldwork-oriented biological oceanographer and marine ecologist. She finds innovative solutions to the climate crisis through biomimicry, by taking inspiration from nature to implement the research, practices, and products needed to ensure the co-existence of people, wildlife, and wild places.

Her research and implementation interests include: (1) Restoration Ecology: Coral Reefs, and Mangroves; (2) Biomimicry (3) Climate change adaptation in tropical marine ecosystems, (4) Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of marine megafauna, (5) Life histories, reproduction and parental care in fishes, and, (6) Development of novel low-cost high-tech ocean sensors.

Dr. Frias-Torres is committed to making her research available to the general public through science outreach using documentary filmmaking, and social and broadcast media (TV, radio, press). She is currently a Research Collaborator with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC and the Smithsonian Marine Station in Fort Pierce, Florida, USA, and a former Chief Scientist and laboratory director in coral reef restoration at Nature Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-8018

Animal Behavior Biodiversity Biogeography Biological Oceanography Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Ecology Ecosystem Science Environmental Impacts Environmental Sciences Marine Biology Zoology