Bernadette Pogoda

Dr Bernadette Pogoda is a marine scientist at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. With a background in zoology and polar biology, her research now addresses marine ecology in coastal and shelf sea systems of temperate regions, focusing on nature conservation measures and ecological restoration. She is a founding member and co-chair of NORA, the Native Oyster Restoration Alliance and coordinates the projects RESTORE and PROCEED in close cooperation with the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). Both projects address the restoration and protection of native oyster beds and associated species in marine protected area of the German North Sea. For the AWI North Sea Office, Dr Bernadette Pogoda is engaged in knowledge transfer to consult political decision-makers but also into society to communicate the role of biodiversity and other ecosystem services and functions. She is a delegate of the German Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and contributes actively to working groups of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER).