Diego Amorocho
Diego is a Biologist from the Pontifical Xavierian University at Bogotá, with a Master’s in Environmental Sciences from the Australian National University; and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Monash University. He was awarded the Mollie Holman Medal for the best doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Sciences at Monash University in 2009. In 2010, […]
Hedelvy J. Guada
Hedelvy is a research professor at IZET – Science Faculty, Central University of Venezuela (UCV). She has a Bachelor of Biology from Central University of Venezuela (1990), she holds a Master’s in Biological Sciences from Simon Bolivar University (Caracas, 2000). She has worked in the field on sea turtles since 1987. She is a founding […]
Patricia Zarate
Patricia is an expert in marine conservation, with experience in the formulation and execution of evaluation projects and population dynamics, with emphasis on applied ecology of marine ecosystems and fisheries management. She has worked in the development of monitoring methodologies and the evaluation of projects on the impact of tourism and has directed and incidental […]
David Sarmiento
David works with artisanal fishermen on catch and artisanal fishing effort.He is a member of Red SOS Tortuga and provides training on environmental matters, and isa volunteer as an environmental promoter in his community.
Jorge Martínez
Bachelor of Biology with 5 years of experience working on sea turtles nesting beaches on the Pacific of Nicaragua.
Nelly de Paz Campos
Nelly is a Biologist with a Master’s in Aquatic Ecosystems, with experience in sea turtles conservation projects in countries of the region, and has more than 20 years of experience in Peru working on research and endangered species conservation such as sea turtles and cetaceans. She is currently directing bycatch research and mitigation projects in […]
Adriana Laura Sarti Martínez
She has over 35 years of experience working on sea turtle conservation, with a special focus on leatherback turtle, conservation action coordination and execution, project planning, and training of human resources on sea turtles.
Elizabeth Mónica Fadul Meyer
Elizabeth is a Marine Biologist, and a specialist in rheophilic fish reproduction. She has been the Director of the Ecological Foundation Biomar A.C. She has identified sea turtle protection programs, turtle protection camps, or communities that contribute to these tasks, so that they receive the support resources Biomar has available in order to facilitate the […]
Carmen González
Carmen works in the north of Peru on sea conservation and research. The NGO ecOceanica started in 2015 doing various activities such as sea turtle censuses, records of strandings, sea turtle necropsies, environmental education for children and adults, collecting biological data on sharks and rays, among others. She is currently leading the project on the […]
Katherine Comer Santos
Our mission is to train the next generation to work in international scientific teams through our two-month scientific internships. Interns go to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and other Latin American sites. They work at a sea turtle research center on the beach or in a laboratory, collect data in the field for their research […]