dr. maia mcguire
florida sea grant, NE florida extension
Dr. Maia McGuire is a marine science educator and coastal ecologist who works with the Clean Marina Program, 4-H marine summer camps, monofilament recovery and recycling, and dune restoration in St. Johns and Flagler Counties. With support from NOAA’s Marine Debris Program, she developed and coordinates Florida’s Microplastic Awareness Project, a citizen science effort for monitoring microplastics in waters entering the ocean.
McGuire holds a BS in Marine Biology from Florida Institute of Technology and a PhD in Marine Biology and Fisheries from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.