Lady Ayu Sri Wijayanti is an Assistant Professor and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran (FPIK UNPAD), Indonesia. Her research expertise lies in marine science, aquatic conservation, planktonology, deep-sea ecology, and aquatic resources management. Her work focuses on marine ecosystem dynamics, especially plankton communities and the interaction between oceanographic conditions and aquatic ecological processes. Her research explores marine biodiversity, ecosystem change, and the sustainable management of aquatic environments through an interdisciplinary approach combining marine ecology, conservation science, and aquatic resource management.