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ABOUT ME

I am a marine biologist, currently working on the conservation and management of species taken incidentally in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries (bycatch). My main research interests are ecological modeling, spatial ecology, oceanography and ecosystem-based management approaches for the conservation of marine top predators. I understand marine conservation as a way of life.

EDUCATION & WORK

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Highly migratory vulnerable species

Mobulid rays, sharks, marine mammals (bycatch species)

2017-2019

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (USA)

AZTI Tecnalia (Spain)

Postdoctoral researcher in conservation of mobulid rays

Conservation and fisheries management

Spatial management, marine protected areas

Species distribution models

GAMs, MaxEnt, INLA, Random Forest...

Oceanography and climate change

Fronts, upwelling systems. Climate change scenarios

2010-2016

AZTI Tecnalia (Spain)

PhD in Marine biodiversity and fisheries

2008

University of Barcelona (Spain)

European Master in Oceanography and Conservation

2002-2007

University of Navarra (Spain)

Graduate in Biology

2020

AZTI Foundation (Spain)

Researcher in management of tropical tuna fisheries

2020-22

Environmental Research Division (NOAA)

Postdoctoral research in Species Distribution Models

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