Dana I. Grieco, PhD
Fisheries Social Scientist (Affiliate)
Resource Evaluation and Assessment
Social Sciences
Social-Ecological Fisheries Systems
Email: dana.grieco@noaa.gov
Dana I. Grieco, PhD
Fisheries Social Scientist (Affiliate)
Dana Grieco completed a B.S. in biology from Villanova University, with a concentration in ethics and thesis in marine ecology. She spent multiple years working in ecological fisheries research before heading to graduate school to complete a Ph.D in Marine Science and Conservation at the Duke University Marine Lab. Dana’s doctoral research applied systems thinking and synthesis approaches to understand climate and conservation impacts on coral reef fisheries. As an interdisciplinary scholar, she investigates fisheries by looking at the entire social-ecological system, and a subset of her dissertation utilizes prior knowledgeholder interviews to glean insight on climate impacts in the Caribbean. During her time in the Ocean Synthesis lab, Dana co-led the Duke Bass Connections Marine Conservation Evidence research team. She also led community-centered research in North Carolina fisheries and community-based field courses in Kino Bay, Mexico.
Dana joined NEFSC in January 2026 as an affiliate. Much of what excites Dana about working with fisheries in New England and the Mid-Atlantic is surprisingly similar to that of her work with tropical fisheries – how to advance utilization of local knowledge in order to integrate interdisciplinary systems and generate evidence-based insights for fisheries practice and management.