Biography

Research interests:

- life history response and demographic buffering in marine predators to increasing environmental fluctuation

- population dynamics of marine mammals and seabirds with global climate variability

- improved sampling and statistical methods for long term monitoring

- marine mammal and seabird conservation management

Employment:

Jan-2002 to date: Population Biologist, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.

1999 – 2001: Research Associate, NOAA-Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, USA.

1992 – 1998: Research assistant, Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain

1999: Honorary mention of European Doctorate.

1998: Ph.D.; Biology; University of Barcelona (Spain) and Sea Mammal Research Unit, NERC, Cambridge (UK). Thesis: “Studies in the assessment of marine mammal populations”.

1993: B.Sc.; Biology; University of Barcelona (Spain).