Ms. Rahanna Juman
Deputy Director, Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Rahanna Juman is the Deputy Director (Ag.) at the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA); a government funded marine research institute in Trinidad and Tobago. She holds a PhD in Zoology from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine and a Bachelor of Law from the University of London. Dr Juman has been conducting applied research on coastal ecosystems in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region for the past 20 years. She has published research in international journals and has written a book on wetlands of Trinidad and Tobago. She was a Hubert Humphrey fellow from 2010-2011, a Watson International Scholars of the Environment Fellow (2008), an American Fellow (2006) and a UNESCO/ L’OREAL Fellow (2002) and has done internship at the USEPA and NOAA in the US.