Team Members
Program Manager
Oversees LAMAVE’s different research and conservation projects on sharks and rays
Project Leader
Palawan Marine Turtle Nesting Beach Monitoring & Conservation Project
Research Assistants
Raymart Cacacha
Rapid By-catch Assessment (RBA) Project
Shannon Gitte Diaz
Palawan Marine Turtle Nesting Beach Monitoring & Conservation Project
Shazna Loyns Estrera
Southern Leyte Whaleshark Research and Conservation Project
Christian Gabo
Rapid By-catch Assessment (RBA) Project
David Garcia
Rapid By-catch Assessment (RBA) Project
Jonard Juab
Rapid By-catch Assessment (RBA) Project
Hannah Kristyl Lopez
Palawan Manta Ray Research & Conservation Project
Curt Ivan Mariano
Palawan Marine Turtle Nesting Beach Monitoring & Conservation Project
ADVISORS
Past Research Assistants
Connie Chapman, Whale Shark Research & Conservation Project
Tash Yates, Whale Shark Research & Conservation Project
Aline Hess, Manta Ray Research & Conservation Project
Lisa Herold, Manta Ray Research & Conservation Project
Marta Flotats Aviles, Turtle Research & Conservation Project
Monica Alexis Tan, Turtle Research & Conservation Project
Earl Rodriguez Cuarteros, Whale Shark Research & Conservation Project
Larvin Arcena, Rapid By-catch Assessment Project
Krizia Ecube, Rapid By-catch Assessment Project
Aldwyn Calaguing, Whale Shark Research & Conservation Project
Alfonso Tiaoqui, Manta Ray Research Project& Conservation
Alyza Joy Pabillore, Rapid By-catch Assessment Project
Collaborators
Daniel Fernando, Blue Resources Trust
Professor Phil Dearden, University of Victoria
Dr Simon Pierce, Marine Megafauna Foundation
Dr Chris Rohner, Marine Megafauna Foundation
AA Yaptinchay, Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines
Dr Hua Hsun Hsu, National Taiwan Ocean University
Dr Jordan Thomson, Deakin University, Australia
Dr Leni Yap, University of the Philippines, Tacloban
Dr Charlie Huveneers, Flinders University
Dr Andrew Chin, James Cook University
Ryan Murray, Biologist
Dr Gonzalo Araujo, Marine scientist and conservationist
Dr Michelle Heupel, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Professor Colin Simpfendorfer, James Cook University
Dr Philip Thomsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Daniella Hanf, Marine Conservation Biologist
Georgina Roberts, Marine Biologist
Emer McCoy, Marine Biologist
Diana Scalfati, Photographer & Filmmaker
Rimante Balsiunaite, Communications
Anna Lucey, Biologist
Lowee Lyn Castillo, DVM