
Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD
Research Associate & Principal Investigator
Faculty of Science
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Ocean Pollution Research Group
Vancouver Campus
Fields
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Disease in the Developing World, Environment, Evolution, Fish / Fisheries, Oceans, Oil, Pollution, Public Health, Sustainability, Water
Contact Information
Chosen name and pronouns:
Juan José Alava (He/Him/His)
Tel: 604-291-0019
https://oceans.ubc.ca/juan-jose-alava/
https://oceanpollution.oceans.ubc.ca/
LinkedIn/ juan-jose-alava-776aa42a/
Alternate Contact
Alex Walls
Media Relations Specialist
Tel: 604.822.4636
Cell: 778.984.6173
Email: alex.walls@ubc.ca
Expertise
marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,
Languages
Spanish
English