Dr Stuart is the coordinator of the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) and is a research scientist at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. Her research interests include the bio-optical properties of phytoplankton as related to phytoplankton photosynthetic pigments. She was involved in the first 3 years of the NF-POGO Visiting Professorship program, and has helped organise other training activities in collaboration with the IOCCG. Dr Stuart also attended the exploratory meeting in October 2010 that initiated the development of NANO.