Enric Sala
Marine ecologist Enric Sala fell in love with the sea while growing up on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Witnessing the harm people do to the oceans led him to dedicate his career to understanding and finding ways to mitigate human impacts on marine life. Sala engages in research, exploration, communication and conservation of marine ecosystems. His research aims to provide the information needed for policy change, and one of his goals is to protect the last pristine marine ecosystems of the world. To that end, he is leading a global marine conservation initiative at National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.