CURRENT STUDENTS

Betzi Pérez Ortega
McGill University, Canada
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I am a marine biologists currently working on my PhD degree at McGill University, I am studying the effects of dolphin-watching on stress levels of local bottlenose dolphins. I am also studying the effects of noise associated to dolphin watching boats on dolphin habitat use and communication.
​Email: betziperez@yahoo.com ​​​

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FORMER STUDENTS

The new generation is ready to work for our present and future

Dalia Barragán Barrera, PhD
​Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

 Dalia graduated in 2018. Here thesis project was about the genetic structure and diversity of the bottlenose dolphin population of Bocas del Toro. Thesis: pdf
Email: dalia.barraganbarrera@gmail.com

Shakira Quiñones
University of Puerto Rico

Shakira did  her M.Sc. at University of Puerto Rico.  She studied how different levels of engine noise affects signal emission in dolphin communication of groups with calves. Thesis pdf

Cole Tanner Rachman
University of Vermont

Austin Dziki
​University of Vermont

Ayshah Kassamali-Fox
​​Antioch University, New England

My current research interests are centered on the effects of human disturbance on the behavioral ecology and conservation of wild cetaceans. 
Email: akassamali@antioch.edu

Ashley Sitar
George Mason University, ​Virginia

Ashley did her dissertation  learning how the local community and stakeholder perceived dolphins and dolphin watching activities and  assessing if boat operators compliance.

Katarina T. Louise Rolf
Carleton College, Northfield Minnessota

José A. Ponce, M.sc.
UMIP,  Panamá

His master study centered around the potential effect of boat traffic and cetaceans around Isla Iguana, Panama.
Email: japoncesantamaria@gmail.com

​Evelin Taubitz
University of Rostock, Alemania

Evy did her thesis work in Bocas del Toro, looking at the effect of dolphin watching boats engine power and mode of approach on the behavior of bottlenose dolphins.
Thesis: /uploads/6/6/8/1/6681148/diplom_thesis.pdf

Giselle Veve
University of Vermont

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