Yolanda Koulouri is a marine biologist currently working as a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology & Aquaculture (IMBBC) of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) in Crete (Greece). She has an adequate experience working on funded research projects concerning marine benthic biodiversity and ecology, environmental assessment and monitoring, coastal zone management, artificial reefs technology for marine protected zones and recreational diving parks, ocean literacy, citizen science. She is also a member of the European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) and a member of the Expert Working Group on Ocean Literacy of European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS). She is the representative of HCMR for EU4Ocean Coalition and Platform.