Biography

Mateja is an interdisciplinary scientist with a keen interest in understanding the fisheries governance arrangements that lead to sustainable and resilient social and ecological outcomes, as well as the conditions under which they occur. For the past 15 years, the majority of his fieldwork has taken place in Northern and Central America and the Caribbean. Mateja holds a Ph.D. in Marine Conservation from Duke University, along with two M.Sc. degrees in Marine Policy and Marine Biology from the University of Maine. Prior to joining CELS and URI, he worked as a Research Scientist at Duke University’s Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina.