Today, on June 13, 2023, in the Spanish scientific radio program “Investigadores por el Mundo (Researchers around the World)”, episode 207, hosted and directed by Antonio G. Armas, our member Carmela Isabel Núñez Lendo has been interviewed. The interview is entitled “Coral Reef Restoration, Digital Citizenship in a Transforming World” and it is available in Spanish.
Carmela Isabel Núñez Lendo is a marine biologist specialized in coral reef conservation and restoration. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Technology Sydney, as part of the Future Reefs Program. She found her passion in the Bahamas, where she witnessed a spectacular coral spawning during a coral restoration project in 2015. Her scientific journey has taken her to work and live all around the world, including the Philippines, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Australia, where she currently resides. In 2018, she was recognized as a National Geographic Explorer, and since 2021, she has been an IUCN coral specialist for the Red List of Threatened Species. Additionally, she is a Consultant and Executive Producer of documentaries.
