Britta Baechler serves as Director of Ocean Plastics Research at Ocean Conservancy. She currently leads primary research on plastic pollution, including studying the prevalence of microplastics in the human food system, wildlife benefits of plastic cleanups, tire particle retention solutions, movement of floating plastics from inland out to sea, and public knowledge and perceptions.
Britta also serves as adjunct faculty with University of Toronto’s Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences. While she has been primarily focused on researching plastics since 2016, Britta carries more than a decade of experience working in fisheries management and broader marine conservation, including in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands region of Alaska and the Northern Mariana Islands.
