Director, Alaska Sea Grant & Marine Advisory Program - Ginny L. Eckert, PhD

Ginny L. Eckert, PhD

Ginny L. Eckert, PhD

Director, Alaska Sea Grant & Marine Advisory Program

Alaska Sea Grant

221 Lena Point Bldg. 17101 Point Lena Loop Rd Juneau, AK 99801-8344

Website: alaskaseagrant.org/
Dr. Ginny Eckert is broadly trained in coastal ecology and coastal resource conservation science, with a MS from the University of Florida and a PhD from the University of California Santa Barbara. Dr. Eckert is the Director of Alaska Sea Grant and serves as a leader in the marine science community within Alaska, the west coast, and the US. Alaska has more coastline than the continental 48 states, and as such has significant challenges with marine debris, both in terms of the amount of coastline impacted and magnitude of marine debris. She has over two decades of experience as a professor of Fisheries at the University of Alaska. Her research focuses on issues of importance to coastal communities in Alaska, including conservation and management of top predators and sustainability of subsistence, sport and commercial fisheries.