Catherine Lovelock is Professor at The University of Queensland. She is an ARC Laureate Fellow and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Her research focuses on climate change and its impacts on coastal plant communities as well as the role of coastal wetlands in adaptation and climate change mitigation or blue carbon. She leads projects in Australia and internationally to enhance restoration of mangroves and other coastal wetlands for climate change mitigation, adaptation, and other benefits. She was lead author 2019 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Wetlands) and led the development of Australia’s first blue carbon method for the voluntary carbon market. She received the Suzanne Corey Medal (Australian Academy of Science) in 2023 in recognition of her outstanding research career.