Ana Sousa holds a PhD in Biology (specialisation in Ecology) from University of Lisbon, Portugal (2010). She is currently an Assistant Professor at CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro (UAveiro), PT. She has focused her research on coastal wetlands resilience and long-term spatio-temporal changes due to climate change, natural/human-driven threats (e.g., non-indigenous species); coastal wetlands (seagrass and salt marsh) restoration (Portugal and Denmark), conservation/management through transdisciplinary approaches to answer scientific/societal challenges. Her research has also included ecosystem services and habitats mapping, specially for coastal areas, and blue carbon assessment. Currently, she coordinates at UAveiro the project REWRITE (Horizon Europe), which focuses on the REWilding and Restoration of Intertidal Sediment Ecosystems for Carbon Sequestration, Climate Adaptation and Biodiversity Support (DOI:10.3030/101081357), and the Project CAPTA – Climate Neutrality: Blue Carbon role in the coast of Portugal and Galicia (Interreg VI-A España-Portugal (POCTEP)). She is a team member of the projects LifeSeagrassRiaWild (LIFE+), RESTORE4Cs, A-AAGORA (both Horizon Europe). She coordinated the projects BioPradaRia (MAR2020/EMFF), MARSH-C-LEVEL and C-GRASS (OHMI/CNRS). AI Sousa participated in International scientific workshops/networks (e.g. TeaCompositionH2O, iSBio Consortium (SoilTeaBag) as UAveiro site coordinator); she is part of networks performing long-term research/monitoring (LTER-PT&Europe), contributing to worldwide databases. Overall, she participated in over 30 R&D Inter/national projects (e.g. PORBIOTA – LifeWatch PT node) focused on wetland ecology and conservation, biodiversity and coastal management. She was a Seagrass Bioregional Co-Leader of IUCN SSS Group & Red List Authority (2020-2022); a Review Editor – Frontiers in Marine Science (Marine Ecosystem Ecology). Participated in outreach activities as organiser/invited speaker. Ana Sousa has (co)authored several ISI papers, book chapters, technical reports, and contributed to presentations at international/national conferences. ORCID ID (0000-0003-0783-5177).
