Fabio Blanco-Murillo is a young researcher starting his Ph.D. on the effect of disturbances derived from human activity on marine angiosperms such as Posidonia oceanica. He studied a Marine Sciences degree at the University of Alicante where he also received his MSc degree in Mediterranean ecosystems management. He has worked on different projects but his main aim before starting the Ph.D. was to study the environmental impact of brine discharge from desalination plants. He has worked in environmental monitoring and is involved in the entire process: from taking samples by scuba diving to data processing. He intends to keep working on marine ecology and environmental pollution in the future with the aim of developing management tools that can effectively protect the environment.