Past Board Members
2024-2025 Executive Board
Coral del Mar Valle-Rodríguez
Position in the board: Chair and Website Admin
Current job/title: PhD Student
Affiliation: Cornell University
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila
Position in the board: Past-Chair
Current job/title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Dartmouth College
Country: USA (Puerto Rico)
Languages: English, Spanish
Luis Y Santiago-Rosario
Position in the board: Vice-Chair
Current job/title: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation: University of Minnesota, MN, USA and Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
Country: USA (Puerto Rico)
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Laura Jiménez
Position in the board: Secretary
Current job/title: Postdoc fellow
Affiliation: University of Chile
Country: Chile, Mexico
Languages: English, Spanish
Daniel Stanton
Position in the board: member at large
Current job/title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: University of Minnesota
Country: USA
Languages: English
Iolanda Ramalho Da Silva
Position in the board: Social Media Officer
Current job/title: Postdoc
Affiliation: University of California, Merced
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English
Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez
Position in the board: Social Media Officer
Current job/title: PhD candidate
Affiliation: University of Vermont
Country: Puerto Rico
Languages: English, Spanish
Michelle María Early Capistrán
Position in the board: Treasurer
Current job/title: Postdoc
Affiliation: Stanford University
Country: México
Languages: English, Spanish
Angelique Rosa Marín
Position in the board: Student Liaison
Current job/title: PhD student
Affiliation: University of South Florida
Contact email: angeliquerosamarin@gmail.com
Country: Puerto Rico
Languages: English, Spanish
Elvira D’Bastiani
Position in the board: Early Career Liaison
Current job/title: Post doc fellow
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
Country: USA, Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English
Diogo B. Provete
Position in the board: Council Rep
Current job/title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
2023-2024 Executive Board
Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila
Position in the board: Chair
Current job/title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Dartmouth College
Country: USA (Puerto Rico)
Languages: English, Spanish
Diogo B. Provete
Position in the board: Past-Chair and Council Rep
Current job/title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Coral del Mar Valle-Rodriguez
Position in the board: Vice-Chair, Student Liaison, and Website Admin
Current job/title: PhD Student
Affiliation: Cornell University
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Elvira D’Bastiani
Position in the board: Media Officer and Early Carrer Liaison
Current job/title: Post doc fellow
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
Country: USA, Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English
Laura Jiménez
Position in the board: Secretary
Current job/title: Postdoc fellow
Affiliation: University of Chile
Country: Chile, Mexico
Languages: English, Spanish
Luis Y Santiago-Rosario
Position in the board: Media Officer and Early Carrer Liaison
Current job/title: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation: University of Minnesota, MN, USA and Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
Country: USA (Puerto Rico)
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Daniel Stanton
Position in the board: Treasurer
Current job/title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: University of Minnesota
Country: USA
Languages: English
2022-2023 Executive Board
Diogo Borges Provete
Position in the board: Chair
Current job/title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila
Position in the board: Co-Vice-Chair
Current job/title: Post doctoral fellow
Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Silvia Pineda-Muñoz
Position in the board: Co-Vice-Chair
Current job/title: Conservation Scientist/Grant Writer
Affiliation: Amazon Conservation Association
Country: USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Andrea Valcárcel
Position in the board: Secretary
Current job/title: Marine Biologist
Affiliation: Autoridad Nacional de Asuntos Marítimos
Country: Dominican Republic
Languages: English, Spanish
Kevin Soto
Position in the board: Student Liaison
Current job/title: PhD student
Country: USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Olivia Tabares Mendoza
Position in the board: Media Officer
Current job/title: PhD Student
Affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Country: Mexico
Languages: English, Spanish
2021 – 2022 Executive Board
Arona Bender
Position in the board: Co-chair
Current job/title: Master’s Fellow
Affiliation: Hampton University (Lewallen lab)
Country: Guyana
Languages: English
Alejandra Martínez-Blancas
Position in the board: Co-chair
Current job/title: PhD candidate
Affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Laboratorio de Ecología de Ambientes Limitantes)
Country: México
Languages: Spanish, English
Rosa McGuire
Position in the board: Secretary
Current job/title: PhD candidate
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles (Amarasekare Lab)
Country: Peru
Languages: Spanish, English
Olivia Tavares Mendoza
Position in the board: Communication officer
Current job/title: PhD student
Affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Laboratorio de Ecología de Ambientes Limitantes)
Country: México
Languages: Spanish, English
Marcel Caritá Vaz
Position in the board: Webmaster
Current job/title: Teaching/Research Assistant – PhD candidate
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles (Kraft Lab)
Country: Brasil
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English
2020 – 2021 Executive Board
Diogo Borges Provete
Position in the board: Chair
Current job/title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Arona Bender
Position in the board: Student Liaison
Current job/title: Master’s Fellow
Affiliation: Hampton University (Lewallen lab)
Country: Guyana
Languages: English
Alejandra Martínez-Blancas
Position in the board: Communication officer
Current job/title: PhD candidate
Affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Laboratorio de Ecología de Ambientes Limitantes)
Country: México
Languages: Spanish, English
Felipe Nery Arantes Mello
Position in the board: Secretary
Current job/title: Teaching assistant/PhD candidate
Affiliation: Marquette University (Schnitzer Lab)
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English
Marcel Caritá Vaz
Position in the board: Vice-Chair
Current job/title: Teaching/Research Assistant – PhD candidate
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles (Kraft Lab)
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English
2019 – 2020 Executive Board
Ayanna St. Rose
Position in the board: Co-Chair
Current job/title: Teaching/Research Assistant
Affiliation: University of Arkansas
Country: Dominica
Languages: English, Kwéyòl
Marcel Caritá Vaz
Position in the board: Co-Chair
Current job/title: Teaching/Research Assistant – PhD candidate
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles (Kraft Lab)
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English
Felipe Nery Arantes Mello
Position in the board: Secretary / communication
Current job/title: Teaching assistant/PhD candidate
Affiliation: Marquette University (Dr. Schnitzer’s lab)
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English
Ximena Maria Lopez Zieher
Position in the board: Media and communication officer
Current job/title: Teaching assistant/PhD student
Affiliation: University of Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English, French
Enzo Paolo Martelli Moya
Position in the board: Student Section Liaison
Current job/title: Teaching assistant/MSc student
Affiliation: University of Montana
Country: Chile
Languages: Spanish, English
Position in the board: Webmaster
Current job/title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Wofford College
Country: United States of America
Languages: Spanish, English
Website: jenniferbradham.org
Country Representatives – Student Liaisons
Lucia Sol Mochi
Position in the board: Student Representative in Argentina
Cesar Hinojo
Position in the board: Student Representative in Mexico
Guilherme Casas
Position in the board: Student Representative in Brazil
Shady Susana Ruiz Diaz
Position in the board: Student Representative in Paraguay