Ana Martins Sequeira

Ana Martins Sequeira serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, where she leads pioneering research in Movement Ecology of marine megafauna. Her work focuses on developing models to support marine spatial planning and conservation, with particular emphasis on large migratory marine vertebrates including sharks, whales, seals, and polar bears.

Dr. Sequeira's research spans Ecological Modelling, Animal Behaviour, Marine Conservation, and Big data analytics. She has secured highly competitive fellowships including the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation from Pew Trusts and an ARC DECRA award from the Australian Research Council. Her expertise contributes directly to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to life below water and climate action.

Her recent publications demonstrate a clear progression toward standardizing bio-logging data, assessing spatial risks to marine species, and translating tracking data into actionable conservation strategies. The research shows increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches that combine ecology, data science, and policy implementation to address complex marine conservation challenges globally, with particular focus on marine megafauna movement patterns and their conservation implications.

• Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation (2020)

Dr. Sequeira has secured multiple research grants including projects funded by Minderoo Foundation (MERL Expression of Interest), Ecological Society of Australia (Holsworth Grant, Movement Patterns of Shark Bay Marine Megafauna), and Office of Naval Research (Global initiative to coordinate marine megafauna data). She actively presents her work through public lectures and serves as Director of the Global Shark Movement Project.

Her research has significant media impact with coverage in over 100 news outlets, particularly for work on 'Mapping Marine Megafauna on the High Seas' and 'Shark Bay: A World Heritage Site at catastrophic risk.' She maintains active collaborations across multiple institutions to advance marine conservation science through movement ecology approaches.