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DR MARIA SNELL
Role
- MACRA - Maria is a Senior Research and Policy Executive at Macra. Formally, Maria was a Senior Scientific Officer (Ecology and Biodiversity) in the Agri-food and Bioscience Institute Northern Ireland and programme lead for Freshwater Ecology within the Catchment Science Unit. Maria also coordinated the ‘Ecology and Biomonitoring’ programme of the DEFRA funded UK ‘Demonstration Test Catchment’ project. A central tenet of Maria’s work is on research related to the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, EU Nitrates Directive and Phosphorus Regulations with a particular focus on ecological and water quality. Maria obtained a PhD in Environmental Science (specialising in ecology of diatoms in freshwater habitats) at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK. Term of Office 1/2/2024-31/1/2027