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I am a marine conservation biologist, whose main research interests focus on conservation planning, natural resource management, and on anthropogenic and climate change impacts on marine mega-fauna, especially marine turtles. My passion for the ocean and marine mega-fauna and my concerns about their future has prompted me to develop a research program that addresses real-world issues and focuses on connecting people to science for effective change.

I have worked closely with government, non-government organizations, and Indigenous agencies throughout Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Kenya, Madagascar, USA, and Vanuatu.

Employment  
Assistant Professor, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University (USA) 2015 -

Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (Australia) 2014 – 2015

Super Science Postdoctoral Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Australia), August 2010 - 2013

Project Manager, James Cook University (Australia), March to August 2010

Group Leader, Earthwatch Institute (Australia), January, 2007, 2008 and 2009

Research Assistant, Global Lifestyles- Social technologies (Brazil), March to May 2006

Research Assistant, Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Program (Madagascar), September to December 2005

Research/ Field leader, Barbados Sea Turtle Project (Barbados), May to September 2005

Group Leader, Indo Pacific Sea Turtle Conservation Group (Australia), Summer 2001 to 2004, 2006

Trainee, Sea Turtle Preservation Project Tamar (Brazil), December to January 2001

Education
PhD (awarded Cum Laude), 2010, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
  • Thesis: Vulnerability of sea turtles to climate change: a case study within the northern Great Barrier Reef green turtle  population.
  • Supervisors: Professor Col Limpus, Dr. Mark Hamann and Dr. James Moloney. 

Honor’s ( awarded I Class), 2004, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

  • Thesis: The feeding ecology of juvenile green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at Green Island, North QLD, Australia.
  • Supervisors: Dr. Emma Gyuris, Dr. Ivan Lawler and Ian Bell.
Bachelorof Science, 2003, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
  • Majors in marine biology and environmental sciences.

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Contact
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science,
Florida State University
507 Oceanography Building,
117 North Woodward Avenue,
Tallahassee, Fl  32306-4320, USA
P: (+1) 850 644-1118
Email: mfuentes@fsu.edu
Twitter: @Fuentes_MMPB
Skype: marianafuentes2
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