Meet our team
Meet the men and women who make the magic happen at the Charles Darwin Foundation and its Research Station.
Meet our team
Livinton Castillo
Promotion Assistant
Liza Nagode
Deputy Director of Fundraising
Lizeth Argoti
Accounting Assistant
Luis Cruz
Cleaning Assistant
Luis Fernández
Responsible of Institutional Assets
Macarena Parra
Principal Investigator - Sea Turtle Conservation
Magally Infante
Research Assistant
Margarita Masaquiza
Cleaning Assistant
María Beatríz Pérez
Junior Researcher
María José Barragán Paladines
Science Director
Mariela Padilla
Human Resources Coordinator
Mariuxi López
Executive Director's Assistant
Marta Romoleroux
Visiting Scientists Program Manager
Mateo Cruz
Logistic Manager
Mercedes Pincay
Senior Promoter
Miguel Pinto
Principal Coordinator of the Natural History Collections
Mikel Goñi
Information and Communication Technology Support
Miriam San José
Investigator
Mónica Gutiérrez
Data Scientist
Mónica Tigse Vega
Receptionist
Mónica Verduga
Donor Relations Officer
Nathalia Tirado
Marine Invertebrate and Vertebrate Collections Assistant
Nicolás Moity
Senior Researcher in Marine Sciences & Geospatial expert
Nicolás Velasco
Researcher
Andres Cruz
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