Affiliation: Programme Manager: Angel Shark Project at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change

Eva Meyers is a conservation biologist from Germany but that was raised in South America. For the past 15 years, she has been involved in various policy, research, and conservation projects across the globe. She has extensive experience as a project manager, field researcher, and founded knowledge in international nature and biodiversity conservation, as well as environmental policy. Eva has worked as a consultant for the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the CMS Sharks Memorandum of Understanding. For the past six years she served as programme management officer for the UN Environment Programme coordinating an intergovernmental platform addressing the conservation and sustainable use of migratory waterbirds.

She co-founded the Angel Shark Project, a collaboration between various institutions including the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, where she is based now, aiming to safeguard the future of Critically Endangered angel sharks. Eva is also a member of the IUCN Species Survival Shark Specialist Group and the German Elasmobranch Association (DEG).