Regular biography
Associate Professor Ana M. M. Sequeira is affiliated with the Research School of Biology at The Australian National University. Her research focuses on marine megafauna movement and conservation, with an emphasis on utilizing big data and telemetry to inform marine spatial management. She leads the MegaMove project, a decadal initiative endorsed by the United Nations Decade for Ocean Science, and is the Group Leader of Statistical Modelling and Marine Megafauna Conservation at ANU. Additionally, she serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia's Oceans Institute. Her work includes field-based tracking of marine species and integrating Indigenous knowledge with tracking technologies to enhance conservation efforts.
Scholar-generated biography
Ana M. M. Sequeira is a researcher at the Australian National University with expertise in Movement Ecology, Conservation Biology, Marine Megafauna, Statistical Ecology, and Ecological Modelling. Her work focuses on understanding the movement patterns of marine species, translating tracking data into conservation policy, and assessing the impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems. She has contributed to global assessments of shark and whale shark populations, the development of ecological models for conservation, and the integration of bio-logging data for ocean observation. Her research emphasizes the importance of migratory connectivity, sample size in tagging studies, and the role of ocean spatial planning in marine megafauna conservation.