Our Team

  • Santiago Ramirez Said

    International Project Lead and Manager.

  • Maycira Costa

    Canadian Lead and Principal Investigator

  • Ved Chirayath

    United States Lead and Co-Principal Investigator

  • João Adriano Rossignolo

    Brazilian Lead and Co-Principal Investigator

  • Hamish Van der Ven

    Markets and Blue Economy, Co-Principal Investigator

  • Qingshi Tu

    Markets and Blue Economy, Co-Principal Investigator

  • Rosa Rodríguez Martínez

    Air Quality and Health Impact Analysis, Research Co-Lead

  • Mariana Matera Veras

    Air Quality and Health Impact Analysis, Research Co-Lead

  • Miguel Angel Gomez Reali

    Sensing Equipment Engineering Lead

  • Giovanna Dannies Turano

    Biodesign Method Creator and Education Advisor

  • Dra. Erika F. Vázquez Delfín

    Erika F. Vázquez Delfín

    Educational Lead (Mexico), Education Guides and Transdisciplinary Training on Sargassum blooms

  • 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”

  • Vânia Galindo Massabni

    Education Co-lead, Brazil

  • Maria Elisa de P. E. Garavello

    Education Co-lead, Brazil

  • Andrea Villareal Rodriguez

    Andrea Villareal Rodriguez

    Outreach and Communications Lead

  • Ana Virginia Alvarez

    Local leader, Mahahual.

  • Gabriela Pitolli Lyra

    Postdoctoral Researcher, Construction Materials/Scientific Coordinator-Health Impact Analysis

  • Julia Hamdan

    Medical Student Researcher, Air Quality and Health Impact Analysis

  • Geison Mesquita

    Postdoctoral Researcher, Education

  • Nelson Gouveia

    Postdoctoral Researcher, Tracking and Prediction

  • Julio Lara Hernández

    Postdoctoral Researcher, Tracking and Prediction

  • Jessie Yang

    PhD Student, Tracking and Prediction

  • Aline Gonçalves

    Master’s Student, Interactions between Sargassum and fishing communities.

  • Mateo Villegas Villegas

    Master’s Student, Blue economy and Sargassum products Economic Viability

  • Juliana Santanilla

    Outreach and Communications Specialist

  • Maria Paula Rivera

    Outreach and Communications Specialist

  • Maria Luísa Palmieri

    Educational Program Evaluation and Assessment

  • Sebastian Fuerte

    Research Intern, Air Quality and Health

  • Miguel Alejandro Alfaro Garcia

    Local Teacher, Mahahual