Awards and Honors

Awards

Doctorate extraordinary award of University of Valencia, Spain (1985-1986); University of Valencia-Society Prize awarded to the best Research & Development group of the year (2005); Award to applicate research to Biodiversity Conservation from the “III Premios Biodiversidad y Sociedad” of the Conselleria d’Agricultura, Medi Ambient, Canvi Climàtic i Desenvolupament Rural of the Generalitat Valenciana (2016).

Grants

 

2 scholarships and 7 postdoctoral grants in Spain, France, Denmark, UK, and USA.

 

Editorial Advisor

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, Editorial Inter-Research (Germany), Foxwell & Davies Scientific Publisher (UK) and Cambridge University Press (UK).

 

Scientific Editor

Marine Mammals: Biology & Conservation, 2001, Kluwer Academics/Plenum Press, New York, 630 pp, ISBN 0-306-46572-8.

Proyecto mediterraneo. Zonas de especial interes para la conservacion de los cetaceos en el Mediterraneo espanol, 2004, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Naturaleza y Parques Nacionales. Serie Tecnica, Madrid, 217 pp, ISBN 84-8014-574-9.

 

Expert Consultant

  • Reserve Internationale Maritime en Mediterranee Occidentale: Scientific Committee
  • Spanish Ministry of Environment: Marine Species of Wild Flora and Fauna Committee and SAP BIO
  • Spanish Ministry of Agriculture: Fisheries, and Food, Interaction Fisheries-Cetaceans Committee
  • European Commission: Sustainable Marine Ecosystems
  • Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black sea, Mediterranean sea and contiguous Atlantic area: Scientific Committee
  • United Nations Environmental Programme: Regional Activity Center for Specially Protected Areas

 

Reviewer of Scientific Journals

  • Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (Spain)
  • Aquatic Mammals (USA)
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (Canada)
  • Ciencias Marinas (Mexico)
  • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (Germany)
  • European Research on Cetaceans (UK)
  • Fishery Bulletin (USA)
  • Folia Parasitologica (Czech Republic)
  • Helminthologia (Slovakia)
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science  (Denmark)
  • Invertebrate Biology (USA)
  • Informes Tecnicos, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain)
  • Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington (USA)
  • Journal of Parasitology (USA)
  • Journal of Wildlife Diseases (USA)
  • Journal of Zoology (UK)
  • Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals (Brazil)
  • Mammalia (France)
  • Mammal Review (UK)
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series (Germany)
  • Marine Mammal Science (USA)
  • NAMMCO Scientific Publications (Norway)
  • Proceedings of the Biological Society of  Washington (USA)
  • Revista Espanola de Herpetologi­a (Spain)
  • Scientia Marina (Spain)
  • The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture (Israel)
  • Scientific Reports of the International Whaling  Commission (UK)
  • Systematic Parasitology (Netherland)
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases (USA)

 

Referee of Research Applications

  • General Department of Science and Technology & General Department of Hight Education of Ministery of Education and Science, Spain
  • Interministerial Commision of Science and Technology, Spain
  • CODEST committee of European Commission
  • Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer
  • Fundation Biodiversite de France
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France
  • Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologi­a e Innovacion Productiva), Republica Argentina
  • Australian Research Council
  • Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologi­a para el Desarollo (CYTED)
  • Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
  • Framework Programmes, European Commission