LIU Yulu is a legally trained ocean law and policy researcher, specialising in the law of the sea, marine environmental protection, and marine plastic pollution. Yulu completed her PhD at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong. Since 2020, she has been working on the prevention, reduction and management of marine debris at international, regional and national levels in Southeast and East Asia and the Pacific. She also conducts research on international legal instruments and ASEAN + 3 law and policy for marine environmental protection. She has co-written reports for United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation research projects. Yulu has studied and researched with international teams of diverse backgrounds in Australia, China, Singapore, South Korea, and the US.
