Dr. Karina Lorenz Mrakovcich

United States Coast Guard Academy

Dr. Karina Lorenz Mrakovcich is a Professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where she teaches Fisheries Biology, Fisheries Management and Atmospheric and Marine Sciences.  She is the chair of the Education Committee for the Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and a faculty fellow for the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment at the Connecticut College. Karina has a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University. She was born and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil and studied Oceanography at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Her research draws from fisheries and environmental sciences, maritime security, and scholarship of teaching and learning.