Dr Siti Maryam Yaakub is a marine ecologist with more than 15 years of scientific experience working in the academic, government and private sectors. A marine biologist by training with a broad understanding of marine ecosystems from mangroves to coral reefs, Siti specialized in seagrass ecosystems from an early stage and currently has more than 10 years of experience working in the field. She has studied various aspects of seagrass biology and ecology including taxonomy, molecular genetics, ecology, habitat mapping and monitoring, restoration ecology, and physiology. Her work has been published in international peer reviewed scientific journals, and co-authored book chapters.

Since joining DHI in 2014, Siti has been involved in habitat assessment and monitoring as well as conducting impact assessments on marine habitats on key EIA and EMMP projects involving water reclamation plants, land reclamation, marine infrastructure installations, as well as strategic broad-scale impact assessments for policy and planning. Siti is also oversees applied marine research in Singapore under the auspices of the DHI Research Centre. Despite her relatively short time at DHI, Siti has participated in a number of international and regional projects including the Benoa Bay Project in Indonesia, the Sand Source Assessment Project in Vietnam, the experimental parameterization of seagrass movement in the Netherlands, and most recently, on developing non-invasive monitoring methods with collaborators from Stockholm University in Sweden.