Juan Diego Urriago Suarez
Marine Biologist
B.Sc.
Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Colombia)
M.Sc.
Université Laval (Canada)
Ph.D. "ABD"
Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)
Research Fellowship
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (Thailand)
I am passionate about nature and marine life. I have been a marine biologist since 2007. I am a PADI-certified assistant scuba diving instructor with approximately 900 scientific dives to date. I have been working in numerous marine research projects in which his responsibilities included: completing technical reports, managing teams, and budgets, and presenting research findings internationally.
In parallel, I have continued nourishing his passion for academia through the publication of eight papers in a selection of peer-reviewed journals. My academic experience has turned me into a creator of ideas, problem-solver, generator of projects, and transmitter of knowledge. I have the natural ability to connect and interact with interdisciplinary groups and he has a large and international scientific network.
In addition to my academic strengths, I am friendly, careful of the details that frame my projects and perform my work with quality, happiness, and curiosity. I have extensive experience as a project manager in large-scale operations involving echinoderm studies, coral translocation, coral fragmentation, coral nursery, and habitat restoration based on artificial reefs: design, construction, deployment, and monitoring. He is a problem-solver, generator of projects, and transmitter of knowledge.
Languages
Spanish, English & French
Contact me:
urriago@gmail.com / +971 5657 35 333
