Karen Helen Wiltshire

Karen Helen Wiltshire (born 1962) is an Irish environmental scientist. She is professor for shelf-ecosystems and one of the vice directors of Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

Born in Dublin, Wiltshire studied at Trinity College Dublin and graduated with a master's degree in environmental science. She received her Ph.D. and habilitation (2001) in hydrobiology at the University of Hamburg. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the , the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and was appointed Professor of Geosciences at Jacobs University in 2006.

Wiltshire supports Scientists for Future in Germany and took part in a statement at the Bundespressekonferenz in March 2019. Provided by Wikipedia