Dr. Mercè Casas-Prat, PhD, is a Research Scientist and the lead on ocean wave climate extremes at the Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and also an Adjunct Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University.  She has more than ten years of experience in the field of ocean wave climate modelling, data analysis and climate research, with a background in coastal and civil engineering. Her research has placed special focus on developing datasets and statistical methodologies to improve understanding of the climate change-driven future changes in ocean wave extreme conditions from global to regional scales to inform climate change adaptation. She has extended her research to explore machine learning approaches, and the so-called compound events – hazardous events that results from the combination of multiple drivers such as coastal flooding derived from the combination of heavy precipitation, high storm surges and waves. The results of her research have been used for national impact assessments, such as to update CanCoast (the national-scale framework for characterizing Canada’s marine coasts vulnerability), and been widely cited in the latest IPCC reports. In 2020, her studies about the future Arctic Ocean wave climate were highlighted as Nature Research Highlight and featured in The Globe and the Mail. She is Co-Chair of the Coordinated Ocean Wave Climate Project (COWCLiP), an international effort that has helped advance the understanding of future changes in wave conditions.