Michelle Abreu-Mota is an oceanographer. She recently earned a Ph.D. in Coastal and Oceanic Systems from UFPR. In her thesis, she investigated the influence of oceanography and meteorology of Southwest Atlantic on the commercial fishery of Mugil liza and evaluated the mullet fishery management under the resilience perspective. She worked at the Coastal Oceanography and Geoprocessing Lab with partnership with the Group for Studies on Fishery Systems and Marine Protected Areas.