About

Dr. Anna Posacka specializes in plastic pollution solutions with nearly a decade of experience spanning policy development, commercial solutions development, and environmental research and monitoring. She has worked across the full spectrum of plastic pollution interventions—from prevention and interception to impact assessment.

At Ocean Wise, Dr. Posacka led the Plastics Lab, directing research with government agencies, industry, academia, and NGOs to examine science-based solutions across product design, industry practices, wastewater treatment, and consumer stages. Her field investigations spanned from the Northeast Pacific to the Arctic, focusing on microplastic pollution sources, dispersal pathways, and movement through marine food webs.

As Chief Scientist at Ocean Diagnostics Inc, she built a commercial microplastics monitoring laboratory and helped bring new monitoring technology to market. This experience provides essential insight into scaling environmental technologies from laboratory to real-world deployment and understanding the transition from research to commercial application.

Dr. Posacka regularly collaborates with federal agencies on plastic pollution science and cross-sector strategies. Her recent work with Environment and Climate Change Canada, Raincoast Conservation, and Ocean Diagnostics Inc. provides a cross-sector framework for addressing textile microplastic pollution from product design through environmental management. She currently focuses on supporting organizations in developing strategic solutions and technological innovations for ocean and plastic pollution challenges.

Dr. Posacka holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of British Columbia and serves on Canada's Ocean Program Advisory Committee. She is based in British Columbia.