Ocean Scientist
Marine
sara.orofino@tnc.org
Sara is an Ocean Scientist with the California Oceans Program at The Nature Conservancy. She works broadly across the Oceans Program providing scientific leadership and technical expertise to advance efforts addressing plastic and microfiber pollution, reducing unsustainable shark bycatch, and increasing the pace and scale of ecosystem restoration for coral and seagrass.
Prior to TNC, Sara was a Project Scientist at the Environmental Markets Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where her research focused on using satellite technology and big data analytics to inform fisheries and protected area management. She has a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from Oregon State University and a Master’s in Environmental Science and Management from UCSB.
What Sara is working on now:
Sara is currently working to develop a microfiber emissions reduction target to support the launch of an industry coalition focused on reducing microfiber emissions in textile manufacturing.