Education

Ph.D., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, January 1994.

M.A., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, April 1990.

Licenciatura (B.Sc.) Biology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. January 1987.

Honors

• Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands, Member of the Board of Directors, 1998 to date. (Re-elected November 2001)
  
• Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands, Member of the General Assembly, 1995 to date.
  
• National Geographic Grant, 1994.
  
• Fulbright Fellowship at Princeton University, 1987-1989.
  
• Naturalist-Ecologist Training Program fellowship, University of Michigan, 1987. (Eighteen graduate students selected from nearly 100 from around the world).
  
• Founding Member, Fundación Ornitológica del Ecuador (CECIA), 1986.
  
• Honor Thesis Research Fellowship, Charles Darwin Research Station, 1983-1985.

Teaching Experience

1994- present	Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. Teach: 1. Ecology and Biogeography 2. Population and Community Ecology 3. Research Techniques in Ecology (Statistical Ecology) 4. Conservation Biology 5. Evolution 6. Biostatistics.
1983- present	Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos/ Galapagos National Park Service. Lecturing for the annual training course for Naturalist Guides.
1989-1992	Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Teaching Assistant for: 1. The Evolution of Biological Diversity (1992). 2. Animal Physiology (1991). 3. Managing the Global Environment (1990). 4. Evolution (1989).

Biological Conservation

1999-2002

Implemented the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Galapagos Ecoregional Program according to the planning methodology developed by the WWF Ecoregional Conservation approach: lobbying at high policy level, scientific and technical advice to government and other national (Ecuadorian) and international NGOs, building alliances and partnerships with international and national NGOs and local stakeholders; administration of several conservation projects ranging from scientific research, environmental education, capacity building of local communities, policy development and regulations.

1998-1999

Development of the Ecuadorian National Strategy for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Wildlife: development of national policies and regulations for wildlife conservation and management; development of pilot projects for wildlife conservation and management.

Field Ecology Experience

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador:

• Studied the demography, reproductive tactics and foraging ecology of the flightless Galapagos cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) (Ph.D. Dissertation research), 1989-1994.
  
• Studied the reproductive and foraging ecology of the Darwin's finches on Daphne Island, Galapagos, December 1987-June 1988.
  
• Studied the reproductive and foraging behavior of frigatebirds (Fregata minor and F. magnificens) in the Galapagos Islands, 1983-1985.
  
• Monitoring populations and breeding success of Galapagos seabirds (e.g., penguins, cormorants, boobies, frigatebirds, gulls and terns, storm petrels, and flamingos) and their marine environment, 1980-1994.
  The University of Michigan Biological Station, North Michigan, USA:
  
• Designed and conducted a field research project to study local land birds, June-August, 1987.
  Farallon Islands, California, USA:
  
• Studied the breeding phenology of marine birds and mammals (several species), for Point Reyes Bird Observatory, April-June 1987.
  Andes and Tropical Rain Forest, Ecuador:
  
• Courses in Field Ecology: designed and conducted short research projects in Ornithology, Botany, Entomology and General Ecology, 1980-1982.
  Continental Islands, Ecuador:
  
• Monitoring seabirds at Santa Clara Island, Ecuador, 1998-1999.
  

• Designed and conducted a field research project to study local land birds, June-August, 1987.

• Studied the breeding phenology of marine birds and mammals (several species), for Point Reyes Bird Observatory, April-June 1987.

• Courses in Field Ecology: designed and conducted short research projects in Ornithology, Botany, Entomology and General Ecology, 1980-1982.

• Monitoring seabirds at Santa Clara Island, Ecuador, 1998-1999.

• Annual lecturing at several national and international Scientific Congresses in Biology, Ecology and Conservation.

• Ecological and social assessment of Santa Clara Island as a potential Coastal Marine Protected Area. Independent Consultancy, 1998.
  
• Ecological monitoring of Santa Clara Island and seabird populations to assess potential impacts from prospecting and future exploitation of natural gas in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Consultancy for the Ministry of the Environment, 1997-1998.
  
• Director, Project No. 20 Instituto Nacional Forestal-Global Environmental Facility (INEFAN-GEF). “Development of a National Strategy for Protection and Sustainable Use of Wildlife in Ecuador (Ecuadorian National Biodiversity Strategy-Project INEFAN-GEF), October 1997-January 1999.
  
• Member of the Scientific Committee (ECOCIENCIA) for the evaluation of research proposals on conservation of biodiversity, 1998 to date.
  
• Evaluated research proposals for Fundación para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FUNDACYT), 1996.
  
• Evaluated the environmental impacts of oil companies in Yasuní National Park, 1996.
  
• Rapid Ecological Assessment of mangrove forests in the Majagual-Mataje area (Esmeraldas) as a potential natural protected area, 1995.

• Workshops, seminars and political meetings concerning the social and economic situation of the islands, the Galapagos Marine Reserve, the control and eradication of exotic species, and training of naturalist guides for Galapagos National Park, 1994-1998.
  
• NHK radio, Japan. Invited scientist for a live broadcast from the Galapagos Islands, 1997.
  
• "Jason Project," USA. Invited scientist for a live broadcast from the Galapagos Islands, 1996.
  
• Ecological studies of Galapagos seabirds and their marine environment, 1980-1994.
  
• Studied the reproductive and foraging ecology and behavior of Galapagos marine birds, 1980-1994.
  
• Field study of the evaluation and reproductive biology of Darwin finches on Daphne Island, Galapagos (Dr. Peter Grant's Project Research, Princeton University). January-June 1987.