Our Team
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Santiago Ramirez Said
International Project Lead and Manager.
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Maycira Costa
Canadian Lead and Principal Investigator
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Ved Chirayath
United States Lead and Co-Principal Investigator
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João Adriano Rossignolo
Brazilian Lead and Co-Principal Investigator
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Hamish Van der Ven
Markets and Blue Economy, Co-Principal Investigator
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Qingshi Tu
Markets and Blue Economy, Co-Principal Investigator
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Rosa Rodríguez Martínez
Air Quality and Health Impact Analysis, Research Co-Lead
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Mariana Matera Veras
Air Quality and Health Impact Analysis, Research Co-Lead
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Miguel Angel Gomez Reali
Sensing Equipment Engineering Lead
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Giovanna Dannies Turano
Biodesign Method Creator and Education Advisor
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Erika F. Vázquez Delfín
Educational Lead (Mexico), Education Guides and Transdisciplinary Training on Sargassum blooms
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Ludmila Cruz
Local Leader in Salinopolis.
Managing Director, Ecobiblioteca Gibi-Saúde -

Eyda Maria Aguilar Rivero
Local Teacher and School Principal: Escuela Telesecundaria “Luis Jorge Cortés Mugartegui”
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Vânia Galindo Massabni
Education Co-lead, Brazil
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Maria Elisa de P. E. Garavello
Education Co-lead, Brazil
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Andrea Villareal Rodriguez
Outreach and Communications Lead
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Ana Virginia Alvarez
Local leader, Mahahual.
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Gabriela Pitolli Lyra
Postdoctoral Researcher, Construction Materials/Scientific Coordinator-Health Impact Analysis
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Julia Hamdan
Medical Student Researcher, Air Quality and Health Impact Analysis
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Geison Mesquita
Postdoctoral Researcher, Education
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Nelson Gouveia
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tracking and Prediction
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Julio Lara Hernández
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tracking and Prediction
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Jessie Yang
PhD Student, Tracking and Prediction
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Aline Gonçalves
Master’s Student, Interactions between Sargassum and fishing communities.
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Mateo Villegas Villegas
Master’s Student, Blue economy and Sargassum products Economic Viability
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Juliana Santanilla
Outreach and Communications Specialist
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Maria Paula Rivera
Outreach and Communications Specialist
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Maria Luísa Palmieri
Educational Program Evaluation and Assessment
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Sebastian Fuerte
Research Intern, Air Quality and Health
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Miguel Alejandro Alfaro Garcia
Local Teacher, Mahahual