Grupo de especialistas en estrellas marinas de la CSE de la UICN

Dr. Sophie George is Professor Emerita at Georgia Southern University, she spent 6 total years at the National Science Foundation as a program officer and was a visiting lecturer at Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, spring 2023. She has been a visiting researcher at Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington for the last 23 years.  Her main research interests revolve around environmental change and impacts on marine invertebrate larvae. Her main goal is to understand how echinoderm larvae will respond to the predicted increase in marine heat waves. She is specifically interested in the conservation of species belonging to this group.

Dr. Angela Stevenson is an Associate Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. She is a marine ecologist whose research explores the diversity, ecology, and evolution of life on the seafloor, from shallow coastal habitats to the deep sea. Her primary research focuses on crinoids (feather stars and sea lilies), using these ancient marine animals as model systems to investigate fundamental questions in ecology, conservation, functional biology, and evolution.

Dr. Stevenson previously held a postdoctoral position at GEOMAR in Germany, and was awarded an Ocean Leaders Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, in Canada, where she also completed her undergraduate degrees in Marine Biology and Chemistry.

Passionate about marine conservation and public engagement, Dr. Stevenson co-founded and co-leads the Wild Postcard Project, an international community initiative that uses art and creativity to inspire curiosity, foster connections with nature, and support biodiversity conservation.