Diego Urquía-Buenaño

Ph.D. Student

University of North Carolina, United States

Education:

M.Sc. Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

B.Sc. Biology

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

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My interests lie in using molecular tools to answer questions in the ecology, demography and evolution of wildlife populations, especially in the Galapagos Islands. I have experience in population genetic, bioinformatics, as well as in stable isotope analysis. Through these tools, I have been able to reveal the status and behavior of distinct species as the Galapagos Sea Lion, being its trophic ecology and diet composition one of my main current interests. I also have made part of the field monitoring of the Galapagos pinnipeds and contributed with the informatic analysis in other research associated to these species.