Anne R. Kapuscinski is a professor of environmental studies and Director of the Coastal Science and Policy Program at UC Santa Cruz. She is an interdisciplinary scholar committed to finding scientifically and socially robust solutions to a major challenge: how to perpetuate healthy aquatic ecosystems while sustaining resource uses that support human well-being. She also pursues ecological aquaculture strategies to close water and nutrient loops and conserve biodiversity. She participates actively in the science-policy interface, presently as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Union of Concerned Scientists and member of the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team.