Made Ayu Pratiwi is pursuing a PhD in fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology at North Carolina State University focused on an adaptive management framework for small-scale neritic tuna fisheries.

She is a lecturer and research scientist at the aquatic resources management study program at Universitas Udayana. She earned a bachelor’s degree in living aquatic resources management and a master’s in coastal and marine resources management from Institut Pertanian Bogor.