Britta Bienen is a Professor of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Western Australia (UWA). With a decade of experience in offshore wind, her research focuses on foundation and anchoring solutions. Britta links research with cross-disciplinary teaching focussing on offshore renewables at undergraduate and postgraduate level, is also actively involved in the development of international guidelines and has brought the public engagement initiative OffshoreWind4Kids to Australia.