Dr. Sarah Frias-Torres is a fieldwork-oriented biological oceanographer and marine ecologist. She finds innovative solutions to the climate crisis through biomimicry, by taking inspiration from nature to implement the actions needed to ensure the co-existence of people, wildlife, and wild places. Her research focus includes Marine Conservation, Restoration Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, and Conservation Biology of marine megafauna.
Dr. Frias-Torres is committed to making her research available to the general public through science outreach using documentary filmmaking, and social and broadcast media (TV, radio, press). In the past, she was a U.S. National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, a Schmidt Ocean Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, and a Chief Scientist in coral reef restoration at Nature Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles.
At present, Dr. Frias-Torres is a Research Associate with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC and the Smithsonian Marine Station in Fort Pierce, Florida, USA. She is a Fulbright Fellow.