Frida Sidik is a Senior Researcher of mangrove ecology at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and was the Fellow of the ASEAN-US Science and Technology Fellowship Program for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. She develops the ‘open air’ mangrove lab at the Institute for Marine Research and Observation in Bali to support science-based policy in mangrove restoration, biodiversity and climate change, including issues on sea level rise and blue carbon. Frida received her BSc from the University of Sydney, Australia, MSc from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, and PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia.