Who we are:

 

John Richert, Ph.D. candidate, UC Davis:

John completed a B.S. in Marine Biology at Southampton College/LIU in 2000, and is currently finishing his Ph.D. at UC Davis. His doctoral dissertation research examines feeding interactions among pelagic fishes at seamounts in the southern Gulf of California. John initiated the PFRG and manages this webpage from the Biotelemetry Laboratory at UC Davis.

 

Salvador Jorgensen, Ph.D. candidate, UC Davis:

 

 

 

Peter Klimley, Ph.D., UC Davis:

Dr. Klimley received a M.S. in Oceanography from the University of Miami, Florida, and Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography of UC San Diego. He is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Deparment of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis. He has been studying hammerhead sharks and other pelagic fishes at the Espiritu Santo Seamount since 1979.

 

Arturo Muhlia Melo, Ph.D., CIBNOR:

Dr. Muhlia Melo received a M.S. in Biology at San Diego State University before completing his Ph.D. in Marine Biology in Mexico City. His theses discussed the biology and fisheries of yellowfin tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Since 1984 he has served as a professor and chief scientist at CIBNOR in the areas of marine ecology, fisheries science, and natural resources.

Felipe Galván Magaña, Ph.D., CICIMAR:

Dr. Galván Magaña received an M.S. in Marine Science at CICIMAR while studying the diet of yellowfin tuna in the Mexican Pacific. He completed his Ph.D. in Marine Ecology at CICESE (Ensenada) with an analysis of trophic relationships among pelagic predators in the Eastern Pacific. He has served as professor and researcher at CICIMAR since 1982 and studies dietary habits of fish and sharks in the Eastern Pacific.

 

Rogelio González Armas, Ph.D., CICIMAR:

Dr. González Armas completed his M.S. at CICIMAR with a thesis on the presence of striped marlin larvae in the Mexican Pacific. He recently received his Ph.D. at CIBNOR while studying fish larvae aggregations over seamounts in the Gulf of California and the importance of these areas as hot spots for high larval diversity. Since 1982 he has worked as a researcher at CICIMAR and currently serves as head of the Plankton department.