I Gede Hendrawan (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor and and recently as a head of Centre for Remote Sensing and Ocean Sciences (CReSOS) of Udayana University, Indonesia. He is also now as a Deputy Director of the Plastic in Indonesian Society (PISCES) funded by UKRI-GCRF. His research activities focus on coastal and marine environment as well as oceanographic aspects. Since 2005 Dr Hendrawan has had 50 scientific articles published. He has extensive experience in creating and organizing research work, either for independent or team research. Recently, Dr Hendrawan has conducted research on Marine debris, ranging from land based sources to its movement into the sea. Research activities on marine debris were supported by the Indonesian government, universities and several organisations such as Indonesian higher education, Udayana University, Australian National University, CSIRO-Australia, Murdoch University-Australia, WWF, Systemiq, 5Gyre, UKRI-GCRF, AVFALL Norge-Norwegia, and The Sea Cleaners. In 2019, he successfully led a research team to develop baseline data for marine debris in Bali. He is also part of an expert team that is formulating Bali’s marine spatial plan as well as ocean health index.