Maria de los Angeles Gasalla

Professor Gasalla holds a PhD in Oceanography, a MSc in Biological Oceanography and a BSc in Biology, and became a fisheries scientist after a 10-year position at a public research body in Brazil and scientific opportunities at international institutions (e.g. Canada, Spain, Denmark, Mexico and Argentina) where she studied ecosystem and stock assessment modelling but also social sciences and economics. She is a professor at the University of São Paulo’s Oceanographic Institute (IOUSP) and head of the Fisheries Ecosystems Laboratory where interdisciplinary research and capacity building in contemporary fisheries science have been a focus. She is currently a researcher of the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) developing and testing innovative approaches to integrate different fisheries issues in the context of complex marine social-ecological systems. She has also been serving as a member of scientific international committes related to the oceans, fisheries and global climate change (IMBER, FAO). Her research projects include quantitative models, integrative science, and strategic analysis exploring indicators of sustainability, vulnerability and innovation. She has been involved in scientific and local basis for ocean resource management, marine biodiversity, fishing communities, fisheries economics, and their associated biophysical processes.  Mary has several publication in Brazil and abroad, incluing participation in the books “World Fisheries: a Social Ecological Analysis” and “Contemporary Visions of World Small Scale Fisheries” (2011). She is currently guest editor of the journal Maritime Studies (Springer) for a thematic series on Latin America. She is interested in theorethical approaches and empirical applications related to the governance of aquatic ecosystems, and on the integration of natural and social sciences.