Professor Alice Newton is a tenured Professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences (DCMTA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCT) of the University of Algarve (UAlg, Portugal).
Alice Newton is a chemical oceanographer with a research  focus on eutrophication and lagoons. She is:
-a Council member of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA);
-the European Engagement Partner of Future Earth Coasts, (FEC, formally LOICZ);
-a member of RAMSAR Mediterranean Wetlands Scientific and Technical Network Climate Change Specialist Group;
-a member of  the Future Earth Ocean Knowledge Action Network development team;
-a member of the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR)  Science Executive Committee;
-a member of the pool of experts for the second United Nations World Ocean Assessment;
-a member of the Future Earth Coast Academy;
-a member of the Dialogue Forum of the Oceans-Pact.

Eutrophication; Coastal lagoons; Upwelling; Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Coastal Social-Ecological Systems