Nationality Pakistan | Alma mater University of Karachi | |
Institutions National Institute of Oceanography Fields Marine biology, Plant taxonomy Institution National Institute of Oceanography | ||
Dr Hina Saeed Baig is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute of Oceanography in Karachi, Pakistan. Her work centres on microscopic and macroscopic marine plants as well as microorganisms. She is best known for her leadership in Pakistani oceanography as the only woman Senior Research Scientist at the country's National Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Science & Technology, Biological Oceanography division.
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Early life and education
Baig attended obtained both her M. Phil in Marine biology (2000) and then her PhD in Marine science (2004) from the Institute of Marine Science, University of Karachi, Pakistan. Her PhD focused on sargassum and dinoflagellates in Pakistan's coastal waters.
Research
Baig has worked at the Pakistan's National Institute of Oceanography.
Leadership
Baig represents Pakistan on the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO Harmful Algal Bloom Programme (IOC-HAB). Baig is also one of the NIO's representative members at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Mangroves for the Future Programme). She is a founding member of both the Baig is a founding member of both the Pakistan Whale and Dolphin Society and the Pakistan Aquaculture and Fisheries Society, for which she is also society secretary.
She is also a member of the Third World Organization for Women in Science organisation and the North West Indian Ocean Research Group.