Professor Susana Agustí is a biological oceanographer whose research focuses on the ecology of plankton and other marine organisms, as well as the impacts of global change on the ocean. She previously held professorial positions at the University of Western Australia, Australia and the Spanish National Research Council and served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Professor Agustí has made significant contributions to ocean science, participating in and leading numerous oceanographic expeditions across the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and polar oceans, as well as the Red Sea. She has authored more than 300 scientific publications and 18 book chapters and has contributed to several patents. 

She is actively involved as an expert reviewer for various international funding agencies and holds several editorial roles. She serves as Chief Editor of the Frontiers section “Global Change and the Future Ocean,” and as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology. She is also a member of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography and the Biogeosciences Division of the European Geosciences Union. 

Professor Agustí has extensively studied the world’s oceans, including the Red Sea. She is a leading expert in phytoplankton ecology, plankton metabolism, and their role in oceanic carbon cycling. Over the past two decades, her research has focused on the impacts of global change, particularly warming, UVB radiation, acidification, and persistent pollutants on marine ecosystems. Together with her team, she investigates the vulnerability and adaptive responses of marine organisms to these stressors through environmental monitoring, sedimentary record analysis, and experimental research. Her recent work highlights the combined effects of multiple stressors and the unique adaptations of Red Sea organisms to extreme environmental conditions.