Scientific Committee of the IAC
Composition of the Scientific Committee (April 2022-2024):
Argentina
Dr. Victoria González Carman
Researcher
Marine and Coastal Research Institute (UNMdP - CONICET)
National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) in Mar del Plata
E-mail: vgcarman@gmail.com 
Belize
Kirah Forman
Technical Manager
Marine Biologist
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
E-mail: kirahforman@yahoo.com
Brazil
Cecilia Baptistotte
Environmental Analyst
Tamar-ICMBIO Center
E-mail: cecilia.baptistotte@icmbio.gov.br
Caribbean Netherlands
Julia Horrocks
Professor
University of the West Indies, Barbados
E-mail: horrocks@uwichill.edu.bb
Chile
Lezlie Camila Bustos Molina
Fisheries Engineer.
Professional of Fisheries Management Division
Highly Migratory Resources and Biodiversity
Undersecretary of Fishing and Aquaculture
E-mail: lbustos@subpesca.cl 
Costa Rica
Didiher Chacón
Director
WIDECAST América Latina
E-mail: dchacon@widecast.org
Dominican Republic
Ricardo Rodríguez Manager of the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Department
Viceministry of Coasts and Seas
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources The Dominican Republic
E-Mail: Ricardo.Rodriguez@ambiente.gob.do

Dannerys Báez
Technician of the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Department
Viceministry of Coasts and Seas
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources The Dominican Republic
E-mail: Dannerys.Baez@ambiente.gob.do
Ecuador
Jenifer Marcela Suarez Moncada
Biólogist
Direction of Galapagos National Park
E-mail: jmsuarez@galapagos.gob.ec

Advisor
Marco Herrera Cabrera
Fisheries Researcher
Public Institute for Research, Aquaculture, and Fishing
E-mail: mherrera@institutopesca.gob.ec

Advisor
Victor Chocho
Biologist
Direction of Biodiversity
Natural Patrimony Undersecretariat
Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition
E-mail: victor.chocho@ambiente.gob.ec
Guatemala
Airam Andrea López Roulet
Head of the Hydrobiological Resources Section
National Council of Protected Areas Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas -CONAP-
E-mail: airam.lopez@conap.gob.gt
hidrobiologicosconap@gmail.com
Honduras
Sandy Carolina Pereira
Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
E-mail: sandypereira@miambiente.gob.hn

Mexico
Dr. Heriberto Santana Hernández
Regional Center for Fisheries Research– Manzanillo
Fisheries National Institute (INAPESCA)
E-mail: hsantanah@gmail.com


Advisor
Athziri Carmona Sanchez
National Program for Sea Turtle Conservation
National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP)
E-mail: acarmona@conanp.gob.mx

Advisor
Alan Zavala Norzagaray
Researcher
CIIDIR, Guasave, Sinaloa
E-mail: anorzaga@ipn.mx

Advisor
Roberto Herrera Pavón
Researcher
Colegio de la Frontera Sur
E-mail: rherrera@ecosur.mx
Panama
Head of Management of Coastal and Marine Resources Department
Direction of Coasts and Seas
Ministry of Environment of Panama
E-mail: meabrego@miambiente.gob.pa 
Peru
Javier Antonio Quiñones Dávila
Peru´s Sea National Insitute – Callao (IMARPE)
Top predators Research Office
E-mail: jquinones@imarpe.gob.pe  
United States of America
Jeffrey Seminoff
Marine Turtle Research Program
National Marine Fisheries Service / Southwest Fisheries Science Center
E-mail: Jeffrey.Seminoff@noaa.gov 
Uruguay
M.Sc. Cecilia Lezama
Advisor
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
E-mail: clezama@mgap.gub.uy
Venezuela
Marvin Jiménez
Biological Diversity General Directorate
Ministry of Popular Power for Ecosocialism
E-mail: diversidadbiologicaven.dg@gmail.com
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