Our Team
Ulrich Stöcker
Ulrich is a lawyer specialized in environmental law with more than 30 years of professional experience in state nature conservation and NGOs. As head of the nature conservation department of Deutsche Umwelthilfe, he has been familiar with marine conservation issues since 2009. From fall 2021, as one of two managing directors of the German-Polish association Rewilding Oder Delta, which he co-founded, he built up the marine and coastal rewilding in this area.
Aliki Kovolou
Aliki completed a master in Aquaculture & Marine resource management at the University of Wageningen. After a successful internship in the European Commission in DG MARE, she joined the FishSec team where she is currently working on several projects that concern the protection and restoration of Baltic Marine ecosystems.
Katrin Quiring
Katrin studied biology (MSc) at the University of Göttingen and Macquarie University Sydney, specializing in (marine) conservation, behavioral biology and ecology. At Rewilding Oder Delta she works in marine and coastal ecosystem conservation and supports marine rewilding projects.
Laura Meinecke
Laura has a background in environmental sciences (B.Sc., University of Lüneburg) and International Nature Conservation (M.Sc., University of Göttingen and Lincoln University, New Zealand). In her previous work she focused on ecology and wildlife conservation with focus on participatory approaches. She has practical work experience in Ethiopia, Botswana and South Africa and different German Conservation NGOs. Together with Ulrich Stöcker and Katrin Quiring, she manages the Baltic Coast Dialog project.
Žymantas Morkvėnas
Žymantas has been working in the field of nature protection since 1997. Co-founded the NGO Baltic Environmental Forum. Žymantas holds a bachelor degree in biology and master‘s degree in public administration. He also has a long-term working experience in the sector of environmental issues, including experience on multiple projects with Baltic sea.
Claudia S. Romero-Oliva
Claudia studied Biology in Guatemala. She holds a Master's degree in Aquatic Ecology from Linnaeus University in Sweden and a PhD in Aquatic Ecotoxicology from TU-Berlin. She has gained experience in the management of tropical fisheries in the Caribbean, researched the effects of climate change on planktonic food webs in the Baltic Proper, and worked on ecosystem-based management of freshwater ecosystems in Latin America, incorporating local ecological knowledge. At DUH, she promotes science-based actions to enhance the management of the German Baltic Sea ecosystem and its fisheries.