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
Nicolás Zapata
Social Scientist Junior
Oliver Gallegos
Responsible for Procurement and Acquisitions
Oskar Cortéz
Junior Support Technician
Paola Lahuatte
Researcher
Patricia Jaramillo Díaz
Principal Investigator - Galapagos Verde 2050
Paulina Sepa Egas
Curator of the Marine Collection
Paúl León
Geospatial Analyst
Paúl Mayorga
Technical Assistant
Pedro Gómez
Field Assistant
Pelayo Salinas de León
Co-Principal Investigator - Shark Ecology & Conservation
Phil van Haarlem
Chief Financial Officer
Rakan Zahawi
Executive Director and CEO
Rashid Cruz
Assistant Audiovisual Production Administrator
Renato Freire
IT Assistant
Renee Monroe
Senior Director U.S. Fundraising
Romina Cahuana
Environmental Education Assistant
Rosita Calderón Barrera
Researcher
Roxana Bazurto
Warehouse Manager
Sarah Ryan Enright
Ocean Governance Researcher
Saúl Aguirre
Researcher
Sergio Zamora
Junior Promoter
Sofía Aguilar
Field Assistant
Solange Andrade
Research Assistant
Stefan Loosveld
Institutional Promotion Coordinator
Andres Cruz
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