Dr Éva Plagányi is a senior principal research scientist based at CSIRO Environment, Australia. She is responsible for methods to reliably and effectively manage marine natural resources, as well as to progress towards an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, including MICE (Models of Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem assessment). Her research involves stock assessment modelling, ecosystem modelling, management strategy evaluation (MSE) and climate change impacts and adaptations. She works closely with traditional owners in Torres Strait on the management of the tropical lobster and beche-de-mer fisheries. She has a dual biological and mathematical background, is an Australian Women in STEM superstar, has collaborated broadly and served on several scientific working groups.