Dr. Natalya Gallo is a marine ecologist and biological oceanographer working at the Norwegian Research Centre as part of the Horizon EU OceanICU and Marco-Bolo projects. Her overarching interests are in how climate change impacts deep sea ecosystems and how scientific research can support sustainable ocean management and development. She is passionate about the science-policy interface and has participated in eight climate- and ocean-focused United Nations Conferences. She is involved in the Early Career Ocean Professionals group of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the IOC-UNESCO Global Ocean Oxygen Network, and the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative. She is also on the advisory council for the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme, an interdisciplinary PhD programme between the University of Bergen and the University of the South Pacific.