Janine Adams is a distinguished professor at the Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. She is Deputy Director of the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research and holds the Research Chair for Shallow Water Ecosystems, an initiative of the Department of Science and Innovation and the National Research Foundation. Her research investigates how blue carbon habitats (salt marsh, mangroves, seagrasses) respond to climate change, and explores ways to manage harmful algal blooms and improve coastal water quality. Outcomes apply across the science-policy-practice continuum and include actions to restore multiple ecosystem services to estuaries. She leads a team of over 30 researchers and works collaboratively with scientists from Australia, UK, Germany, France, USA, and east Africa. She has published over 200 journal articles, several book chapters, and many technical reports/policies. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and in 2015 was awarded the Silver Medal of the Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists for her innovative research and training of, to date, 40 masters and 24 doctoral students.