Joanna Mossop is an Associate Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research focuses on the law of the sea including marine biodiversity, dispute settlement, the continental shelf and maritime security. She has been a member of the New Zealand delegation for the IGC process and was nominated in 2019 by New Zealand to the list of arbitrators and conciliators under Annex V and VII of UNCLOS. She has published many articles and chapters, and her book The Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Rights and Responsibilities (Oxford University Press, 2016) was a co-winner of the JF Northey Memorial Book Award. She is on the Council of the Australia New Zealand Society of International Law and a member of the Ocean, Coasts and Coral Reefs Specialist Group of IUCN.