PhD Candidate at Griffith Centre for Coastal Management with the project: Wave Climate Control on Headland Bypassing. Ana holds a Master of Science degree, with emphasis in Oceanography – Coastal Dynamics, and B.Sc. (Hons) in Oceanography at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis – Brazil. During her academic formation, her research interests were focused in wave climate changes, sediment transport, long-term climate change, coastal morphodynamics and adaptation.