Lysel Garavelli 

PAMEC 2026 Organizing Committee

Dr. Lysel Garavelli holds a Ph.D. in biological oceanography and is a Research Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Seattle, Washington, USA. Her research focuses on the effects of anthropogenic activities on the marine environment. Particularly, Dr. Garavelli works across several scientific disciplines to determine the implications of marine renewable energy and offshore wind development on marine resources. Dr. Garavelli leads OES-Environmental – an international project on the environmental effects of marine renewable energy development that shares environmental effects information to benefit from progress made around the world, under the International Energy Agency Ocean Energy Systems. She also plays a lead role in several projects aiming at identifying the opportunities for marine renewable energy to power aquaculture.