Our members

Our Members

The IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG) is one of the largest specialist groups within the IUCN Species Survival Commission, with 299 members from 104 countries and territories.

All Specialist Groups are established for four-year terms. At the end of each term, memberships are dissolved, and the Chair, Regional Vice-Chairs (RVCs), and members must be re-appointed (usually following the IUCN World Conservation Congress). The IUCN Species Survival Commission appoints the Chair, while RVCs can be appointed at the Chair’s discretion. Members can be re-appointed for subsequent terms but only if they have significantly contributed and been actively engaged in activities on behalf of the SSG. The membership is evaluated in close coordination with the RVCs, who lead, manage, and represent their regional memberships.

New members are appointed by invitation only every four years. They are typically nominated by existing members and RVCs but can also be recommended by non-members. The Chair evaluates these nominations in close consultation with the RVCs before an official invitation is sent, including the Membership Policy and Terms of Reference and Code of Conduct of the Members of IUCN Commissions.

Members of the SSG are volunteer experts from a broad range of expertise and experience, but all are actively involved in shark, ray, and chimaera research, policy, or conservation. While all nominations will be considered, because of the voluntary nature of the network, not all can be accepted to ensure we keep the membership size at a manageable and effective level. The membership period is currently closed.

Volunteer opportunities are sometimes available within the SSG. Anyone interested in contributing to the work of the SSG should contact us with an expression of interest (no more than 300 words) indicating their field of expertise and what skills they think they could contribute to our work. Please note that our volunteering opportunities do not include fieldwork with sharks, rays, and chimaeras. If volunteers are interested in a specific project led by an SSG member, we recommend they contact them directly.

List of Members

Prefix	First Name	Surname	Country	Affiliation	Region
Dr	Aaron	MacNeil	Canada	Dalhousie University	North America
Ms	Adi	Barash	Israel	University of Haifa	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Adib	Saad	Syria	Director of scientific research Department, Manara University	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Adriana	Gonzalez-Pestana	Peru	IUCN SSC SSG ISRA team; Carrera de Biología Marina, Universidad Científica del Sur	South America
Dr	Adriano	Oliveira	Brazil	Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas	South America
Dr	Adrienne	Gooden	Australia	Southern Cross University	Oceania
Mr	Akshay	Tanna	Sri Lanka	Blue Resources Trust	Indian Ocean
Dr	Alastair	Harry	Australia	Department of Fisheries, Western Australia	Oceania
Mr	Alberto	González	El Salvador	Instituto para el Crecimiento Sostenible de la Empresa (ICSEM)	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Alberto Garcia	Baciero	Mexico	Tiburon Ballena Mexico; La Paz University	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Alejandra	Briones Bell-lloch	Cuba	Marine Research Center of the Havana University	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Alen	Soldo	Croatia	University of Split	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Alex	Hearn	Ecuador	Universidad San Francisco de Quito, MIGRAMAR	South America
Ms	Alexandra Zoe	Morata	UAE	IUCN SSC Shark Specialisr Group	Indian Ocean
Mr	Alexandre	Bartolí	Spain	SUBMON	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Alexandre Young	Huber	Brazil	Huber Arte Marinha	South America
Dr	Alexei	Orlov	Russia	Department of Marne and Freshwater Fisheries of Russia, VNIRO	Northern Europe
Ms	Ali	Hood	UK	The Shark Trust	Northern Europe
Ms	Alifa	Haque	Bangladesh	University of Dhaka	Indian Ocean
Dr	Alireza	Rastgoo	Iran	Hormozgan Department of Environment	Indian Ocean
Ms	Alissa	Barnes	India	Wildife Conservation Society	Indian Ocean
Dr	Amy Then	Yee Hui	Malaysia	Universiti Malaya	Asia
Dr	Ana	Hacohen-Domené	Guatemala	Universidad del Valle de Guatemala	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Ana	Colmenero	Spain	Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC); Catsharks (Association for the Study and Conservation of Elasmobranchs and their Ecosystems)	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Ana	Martins	Australia	James Cook University	Oceania
Dr	Ana B.	Guzmán-Castellanos	Chile	University of Valparaíso	South America
Ms	Ana Filipa	Sobral	Portugal	Manta Catalog Azores; University of Azores	Northern Europe
Ms	Ana-Lucia	Furtado Soares	Angola	Elasmo Project	Africa
Dr	Andres	Navia-Lopez	Colombia	Fundación Squalus	South America
Dr	Andres	Milessi	Uruguay	Mar Azul Uruguayo	South America
Dr	Andrés	Jaureguizar	Argentina	Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste - Subsede Coronel Pringles	South America
Dr	Andrew	Chin	Philippines	James Cook University	Asia
Dr	Arve	Lynghammar	Norway	UiT The Artic University of Norway	Northern Europe
Dr	Atsuko	Yamaguchi	Japan	Nagasaki University	Asia
Mr	Bamikole	Williams	Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Africa
Dr	Baraka	Kuguru	Tanzania	Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute	Africa
Dr	Barbara	Wueringer	Australia	Sharks and Rays Australia	Oceania
Mr	Baudelaire	Dissondet	Congo	Wildlife Conservation Society	Africa
Ms	Benaya	Simeon	Indonesia	Wildlife Conservation Society	Asia
Mr	Benedict	Kiilu	Kenya	State Department of Fisheries	Africa
Mr	Bernard	Seret	France	IchthyoConsult	Northern Europe
Ms	Bigeyo Neke	Kuboja	Tanzania	Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute	Africa
Dr	Bineesh	Kinattumkara	India	Zoological Survey of India	Indian Ocean
Dr	Boaz	Kaunda-Arara	Kenya	University of Eldoret Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences	Africa
Mr	Brendan	Talwar	Bahamas	Cape Eleuthera Institute / Florida International University	North America
Ms	Brid	O'Connor	Ireland	Marine Institute; Marine Dimensions	Northern Europe
Dr	Brit	Finucci	New Zealand	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)	Oceania
Ms	Brooke	D'Alberto	Australia	James Cook University	Oceania
Dr	Brynne	Devine	Canada	Oceans North	North America
Ms	Buddhi	Pathirana	Sri Lanka	Ocean Rosy	Indian Ocean
Dr	Candace	Fields	Bahamas	Florida International University	North America
Dr	Carlos	Bustamante	Chile	Universidad de Antofagasta	South America
Dr	Carlos	Polo-Silva	Colombia	Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano	South America
Dr	Carolina	Vargas-Caro	Chile	Universidad de Antofagasta	South America
Ms	Caroline	Bousquet	Corsica	Office de l'Environnement de la Corse	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Ms	Cassie	Rigby	Australia	James Cook University/Fisheries Queensland	Oceania
Mr	Cemal	Turan	Turkiye	Atlas University	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Chantal	Vis	Canada	Canada	North America
Dr	Charlene	da Silva	South Africa	Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries	Africa
Dr	Charlie	Huveneers	Australia	Flinders University	Oceania
Ms	Charmaine	Jagger	Namibia	National Marine Information and Research Center, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	Africa
Mr	Chavalit	Vidthayanon	Thailand	SeubNakhasathien’s Foundation	Asia
Ms	Chelsey	Young	USA	NOAA Fisheries - Pacific Islands Regional Office	North America
Dr	Chi	Ju Yu	Taiwan	George Chen Shark Research Center; NAtional Taiwan Ocean University	Asia
Dr	Chris	Rohner	Australia	Marine Megafauna Foundation; IUCN SSC SSG Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) team	Oceania
Ms	Christelle	Razafindrakoto	Madagascar	Wildlife Conservation Society	Africa
Ms	Christina	Choy	Singapore	National Parks Board	Asia
Ms	Christina	Michail	Cyprus	Marine & Environmental Research (MER) Lab	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Christine	Dudgeon	Australia	University of Queensland	Oceania
Dr	Cindy	Tribuzio	USA	NOAA	North America
Dr	Claudio	Barria Oyarzo	Spain	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, (ICM), Departamento de Recursos Marinos Renovables	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Clinton	Duffy	New Zealand	Department of Conservation	Oceania
Dr	Colin	Simpfendorfer	Australia	James Cook University Centre for Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture	Oceania
Dr	Cristina	Rodriguez-Cabello	Spain	Spanish Institute of Oceanography	Northern Europe
Mr	Cristopher	Avalos-Castillo	Guatemala	Dirección de Normatividad de la Pesca y Acuicultura	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Dave	van Beuningen	South Africa	Wildlife Conservation Society	Africa
Dr	Dave	Ebert	USA	Moss Landing Marine Laboratories	North America
Dr	Dave	Kulka	Canada	Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)	North America
Prof	David	Sims	UK	Marine Biological Association of the UK	Northern Europe
Dr	David Ruiz	Garcia	Spain	University of Valencia	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Dean	Grubbs	USA	Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory	North America
Dr	Demian	Chapman	USA	Florida International University	North America
Dr	Divya	Karnad	India	Ashoka University	Indian Ocean
Prof	Dominique	Didier	USA	Millersville University	North America
Dr	Edy	Setyawan	Indonesia	Elasmobranch Institute Indonesia	Asia
Mrs	Elisabeth	Fahrni Mansur	Bangladesh	Marine Conservation Practitioner	Indian Ocean
Ms	Ely	Augustinus	Honduras	Bay Islands Conservation Association - Utila	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Emiliano	Garcia-Rodriguez	Mexico	IUCN SSC SSG Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) team	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Emilio	Sperone	Italy	University of Genoa	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Eric	Schneider	Bahamas	Cape Eleuthera Institute	North America
Prof	Esmail	Shakman	Libya	University of Tripoli	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Ms	Estelle	Crochelet	Reunion Islands	Agence de Recherche pour la Biodiversité à La Réunion	Africa
Ms	Eva	Meyers	Germany	Angel Shark Project/University of Bonn	Northern Europe
Mr	Evan	Nazareth	India	Nature Conservation Foundation	Indian Ocean
Dr	Evgeny	Romanov	Reunion	CAP RUN - ARDA	Indian Ocean
Dr	Fabian	Pina-Amargós	Cuba	Center for Marine Research of the University of Havana	Central America and the Caribbean
Ms	Fabienne	Ziadi	Japan	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology	Asia
Mr	Fabrizio	Serena	Algeria	Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l'Aménagement du littoral (ENSSMAL)	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Faqih	Alghozali	Indonesia	Elasmobranch Project Indonesia; James Cook University	Asia
Dr	Farid	Hemida	Algeria	Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l'Aménagement du Littoral	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Fereidoon	Owfi	Iran	Iranian Fisheries Science Research Organization	Indian Ocean
Ms	Fetra	METIEGOUM	Cameroon	African Marine Conservation Organization (AMCO)	Africa
Ms	Florencia Natalí	Fernandez Chert	Argentina	Centro de Investigación Aplicada y Transferencia Tecnológica en Recursos Marinos “Almirante Storni” (CIMAS- CONICET)	South America
Mr	Francisco	Polanco-Vásquez	Guatemala	Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas del Instituto Politecnico Nacional CICIMAR-IPN	Central America and the Caribbean
Prof	Francisco	Concha	Chile	Universidad de Valparaíso	South America
Mr	Gabriel	Morey	Spain	Save The Med	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Gabriela	Ochoa Flores	Honduras	Ilili	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Getulio	Rincon	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Maranhão -UFMA	South America
Ms	Ghofrane	Labyedh	Cameroon	African Marine Conservation Organization (AMCO)	Africa
Mr	Gilles	Soro	Ivory Coast	West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use	Africa
Dr	Giuseppe	Notarbartolo di Sciara	Italy	Tethys Research Institute	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Glenn	Sant	Australia	TRAFFIC	Oceania
Mr	Gobiraj	Ramajeyam	Sri Lanka	Blue Resources Trust	Indian Ocean
Mr	Godefroy	De Bruyne	Gabon	Wildlife Conservation Society	Africa
Mr	Gonzalo	Araujo	Philippines	MARECO	Asia
Dr	Gonzalo	Mucientes	Spain	Spanish National Research Council	Northern Europe
Dr	Grace	Casselbury	USA	UMass Massachusetts	North America
Dr	Guido	Leurs	Guinea-Bissau	University of Groningen	Africa
Dr	Guido	Miranda	Bolivia	WCS Bolivia	South America
Mr	Guillermo	Porrinos	Sao Tome and Principe	Fundacao Principe	Africa
Dr	Gustavo	Chiaramonte	Argentina	Museo Argentino de Ciencas Naturales	South America
Ms	Hamizah	Alias	Malaysia	SEAFDEC/MFRDMD	Asia
Mr.	Haolin	Li	China	Tianjin Natural History Museum	Asia
Ms	Heike	Zidowitz	Germany	WWF	Northern Europe
Ms	Hilary	Lewis	Australia	James Cook University?	Oceania
Dr	Hollie	Booth	Indonesia	University of Oxford	Asia
Dr	Houangninan Emmanuel	Midinoudewa	Benin	Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin	Africa
Dr	Hsuan-Ching	Ho	Taiwan	Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University	Asia
Dr	Hua Hsun	Hsu	Taiwan	Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Asia
Ms	Igbal	Elhassan	Sudan	University of Bahri	Indian Ocean
Mr	Ignacio	Contreras	Chile	University of Chile	South America
Ms	Ilena	Zanella	Costa Rica	Misión Tiburón	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Ilija	Cetkovic	Montenegro	University of Montenegro	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Ioannis	Giovos	Greece	iSea, Environmental Organisation for the Preservation of the Aquatic Ecosystems	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Issah	Seidu	Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Africa
Ms	Ivy	Baremore	Honduras	Fishery Biologist	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Jaime	Penadés-Suay	Spain	University of Valencia	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	James	Thorburn	Scotland	Edinburgh Napier University	Northern Europe
Dr	Javier	Guallart	Spain	University of Valencia	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Ms	Jean	Utzurrum	Philippines	Silliman University	Asia
Dr	Jeffrey	Mangel	Peru	Pro-Delphinus	South America
Ms	Jessica	Cramp	Cook Islands	Sharks Pacific	Oceania
Dr	Jesús	Briones	Ecuador	Eloy Alfaro University of Manabí	South America
Mr	Jiajie	Chen	China	EAST CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE	Asia
Dr	Jie	Zhang	China	Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	Asia
Ms	Jillian	Morris-Brake	Bahamas	Sharks4Kids	North America
Dr	Jim	Ellis	UK	CEFAS	Northern Europe
Dr	Joanna	Alfaro	Peru	Pro-Delphinus	South America
Dr	João Braullio	de Luna Sales	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)	South America
Dr	Johann	Mourier	France	University of Montpellier	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	John	Neville	Seychelles	Seychelles Seatizens	Africa
Dr	John	Carlson	USA	NOAA Fisheries Service - Southeast Fisheries Science Center	North America
Dr	Joni	Pini-Fitzsimmons	Australia	Charles Darwin University; Macquarie University	Oceania
Mr	Joost	Pompert	Falkland Islands	Georgia Seafoods Ltd.	South America
Mr	Jorge	Morales	Panama	Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Jose Belquior	Gonçalves-Neto	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Ceará- UFC	South America
Dr	Joseph	Bizzarro	USA	NOAA	North America
Mr	Josh	Rambahiniarison	Comoros	CORDIO	Africa
Dr	Juan Carlos	Pérez Jiménez	Mexico	El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Juan Martin	Cuevas	Argentina	WCS Argentina y Universidad Nacional de La Plata	South America
Dr	Julia	Spaet	UK/Saudi	University of Cambridge	Indian Ocean
Mr	Julio	Sanchez	Guatemala	Fundación Mundo Azul	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Karissa	Lear	Australia	Murdoch University	Oceania
Ms	Kathyrn	Overly	USA	NOAA	North America
Mrs	Kelly	Timmins	UAE	Atlantis The Palm	Indian Ocean
Dr	Kerstin	Glaus	Fiji	The University of the South Pacific, ETH Zurich	Oceania
Ms	Khadeeja	Ali	Maldives	Marine Research Center	Indian Ocean
Ms	Kooi Chee	Ho	Malaysia	Marine Research Foundation	Asia
Dr	Kristian	Metcalfe	Congo	University of Exeter	Africa
Dr	KV	Akhilesh	India	ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute	Indian Ocean
Prof	Kwang-Ming	Liu	Taiwan	Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management, National Taiwan Ocean University	Asia
Ms	Laura	Simmons	Australia	Sea Life Sydney Aquarium	Oceania
Dr	Laurent	Vigliola	New Caledonia	Institute of Research for Development	Oceania
Mr	Leonardo	Sánchez-Criollo	Venezuela	Centro para la Investigación de Tiburones (CIT) of Venezuela, general director	South America
Dr	Leontine	Baje	Micronesia	National Oceanic Resource Management Authority	Oceania
Dr	Lindsay	Davidson	Canada	University of British Columbia	North America
Dr	Lisa	Hoopes	USA	Georgia Aquarium	North America
Mr	Logen	Flem	Guam	University of Guam	Oceania
Ms	Lotte	Pohl	Belgium	Flanders Marine Institute/European Tracking Network	Northern Europe
Dr	Luc	Badji	Senegal	Elasmo Project	Africa
Mr	Luis Alejandro	Zambrano	Venezuela	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande	South America
Dr	Lydia	KOEHLER	Malta	Plymouth University	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Madeline	Green	Australia	University of Tasmania	Oceania
Dr	Mahmoud	Farrag	Egypt	Al-Azhar University (Assuit)	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Maite	Erauskin-Extramiana	Spain	AZTI	Northern Europe
Mr	Mamadou	Dia	Mauritania	Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et de Pêches (IMROP)	Africa
Dr	Manuel	Dureuil	Germany	Federal Agency for Nature Conservation / Sharks of the Atlantic Research and Conservation Centre	Northern Europe
Mrs	Manuela	Acosta	Uruguay	Darwin Leader	South America
Dr	Marco	Milazzo	Italy	University of Palermo	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Marcus	Drymon	USA	USM	North America
Ms	Maria	Pozo Montoro	Spain	University of Murcia	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	María Cristina	Oddone	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande	South America
Dr	María Lourdes (Marilú)	Estalles	Argentina	Instituto de Formación Docente San Antonio Oeste (IFDC San Antonio Oeste)	South America
Dr	Maria Lúcia Góes	de Araújo	Brazil	Universidade Federal de Sergipe-UFS	South America
Dr	María-del-Pilar	Blanco-Parra	Mexico	Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología-Universidad de Quintana Roo	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Mariano	Cabanillas-Torpoco	Peru	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)	South America
Dr	Maribel	Carrera Fernández	Ecuador	Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí	South America
Dr	Mario	Espinoza	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Mark	de Boer	Netherlands	European Association of Zoos and Aquaria	Northern Europe
Dr	Mark	Erdmann	New Zealand	Conservation International	Oceania
Mr	Markus	Burgener	South Africa	TRAFFIC	Africa
Dr	Marta	Palacios	Mexico	IUCN SSC SSG Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) team	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Mathew	Smukall	Bahamas	Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation	North America
Mr	Mathieu	Ducrocq	Mauritania	IUCN	Africa
Dr	Matt	Ajemian	USA	FAU	North America
Dr	Matthias	Schaber	Germany	Thünen - Institute of Sea Fisheries	Northern Europe
Dr	Mattias	Braccini	Australia	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia	Oceania
Dr	Maurice	Clarke	Ireland	Marine Institute	Northern Europe
Mr	Max	Janse	Netherlands	Royal Burgers' Zoo, Rotterdam	Northern Europe
Mrs	Meaghen	McCord	Canada	Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance	North America
Dr	Melissa	Cronin	USA	UMass Dartmouth	North America
Dr	Melita	Samoilys	Kenya	CORDIO - East Africa	Africa
Ms	Metavee	Chuangcharoendee	Thailand	Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand	Asia
Mr	Michael	Farquhar	South Africa	Two Oceans Aquarium	Africa
Mr	Michael	Scholl	Switzerland	Consultant	Northern Europe
Mr	Michael	Grant	Australia	James Cook University	Oceania
Dr	Michel	Bariche	Lebanon	American University of Beirut	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Mika	Diop	Senegal	Secrétariat Permanent de la Commission Sous-Régionale des Pêches (CSRP)	Africa
Mr	Moazzam	Khan	Pakistan	WWF-Pakistan	Indian Ocean
Mr	Mohamed	Keznine	Morocco	Abdelmalek Essaâdi University	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Mohamed Nejmeddine	Bradaï	Italy	Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Mohammed	Abudaya	Palestine	National Research Centre, Gaza, Palestine	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Mohsen	Rezaie - Atagolipour	Iran	Qeshm Environmental Conservation Institute (QECI)	Indian Ocean
Ms	Monica	Barone	Italy	FAO	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mr	Moro	Seidu	Ghana	AquaLife Conservancy	Africa
Dr	Muktha	Menon	India	Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)	Indian Ocean
Dr	Naomi	Clark-Shen	Singapore	Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University, Singapore	Asia
Ms	Naseeba	Sidat	Mozambique	Conexão Marinha.Mz; Marine & Coastal Conservation Scientist	Africa
Dr	Natascha	Wosnick	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Paraná-UFPR	South America
Dr	Nathan	Pacoureau	France	ISBlue	Northern Europe
Dr	Neil	Hutchinson	Singapore	JCU Singapore	Asia
Dr	Nelson Darío	Bovcon	Argentina	Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia; Secretaría de Pesca de la Provinia de Chubut	South America
Prof	Nicholas	Dulvy	Canada	Simon Fraser University	North America
Dr	Nicolas	Straube	Norway	University Museum, Department of Natural History, University of Bergen	Northern Europe
Dr	Nigel	Hussey	Canada	University of Windsor	North America
Dr	Nuri	Basusta	Turkiye	Fırat University	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mrs	Nuria	Baylina	Portugal	Oceanário de Lisboa	Northern Europe
Ms	Océane	Beaufort	Guadeloupe	West Indies Shark Network	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Omolara	Fola-Matthews	Nigeria	Fisheries Resources Department, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Africa
Dr	Oscar	Sosa-Nishizaki	Mexico	Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Oscar Miguel	Lasso-Alcalá	Venezuela	Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales	South America
Dr	Paddy	Walker	Netherlands	Dutch Elasmobranch Society	Northern Europe
Dr	Paola	Mejia-Falla	Colombia	Fundación Squalus	South America
Dr	Patricia	Charvet	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Paraná -UFPR ; Universidade Federal do Paraná-UFC	South America
Mrs	Paula	Carlson	USA	Dallas World Aquarium	North America
Dr	Phil	Doherty	Congo	University of Exeter	Africa
Dr	Rachel	Graham	Belize	MarAlliance	Central America and the Caribbean
Dr	Ramon	Bonfil	Mexico	Océanos Vivientes AC	Central America and the Caribbean
Ms	Ranny	Ramadhni Yuneni	Indonesia	WWF-Indonesia	Asia
Ms	Reem	Al Mealla	Bahrain	Nuwat for Environmental Research and Education	Indian Ocean
Mr	Rhett	Bennett	South Africa	Wildlife Conservation Society	Africa
Dr	Rigers	Bakiu	Albania	Agricultural University of Tirana	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Rima	Jabado	Lebanon	Elaso Project	Global
Mr	Robiul	Kauser	Bangladesh	Wildlife Conservation Society	Indian Ocean
	Rodolfo	Vögler	Uruguay	Universidad de la República de Uruguay	South America
Ms	Romney	McPhie	Canada	Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)	North America
Dr	Ross	Daley	Australia	Horizon Consultancy	Oceania
Dr	Rui	Matsumoto	Japan	Churaumi Aquarium	Asia
Dr	Ruth	Leeney	Ireland	University College Dublin	Africa
Dr	Ryan	Daly	South Africa	Oceanographic Research Institute	Africa
Mr	Ryan	Charles	UK	IUCN SSC SSG Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) team	Northern Europe
Dr	Saidi	Bechir	Tunisia	Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer (INSTM)	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Samantha	Sherman	Canada	Simon Fraser University - TRAFFIC	Asia
Dr	Santiago Montealegre	Quijano	Brazil	Universidade Estadual de Sao Paulo (UNESP)	South America
Ms	Sara	Al Mabruk	Libya	Marine Biology in Libya Society	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Ms	Sarah	Fowler	UK	Save our Seas Foundation	Northern Europe
Dr	Segun	Oladipo	Nigeria	Howard University	Africa
Ms	Selvia	Oktaviyani	Indonesia	Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences	Asia
Ms	Serena	Adam	Malaysia	WWF-Malaysia	Asia
Ms	Shamsa	Al Hameli	UAE	Environment Agency Abu Dhabi	Indian Ocean
Dr	Shannon	Corrigan	Australia	Mindaroo/UWA	Oceania
Dr	Shawn	Larson	USA	Seattle Aquarium	North America
Mr	Shin	Sirachai Arunrugstichai	Thailand	Thai Sharks and Rays; Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center; Department of Marine and Coastal Resources	Asia
Dr	Shobha	Joe Kizhakudan	India	ICAR-CMFRI	Indian Ocean
Dr	Simon	Weigmann	Germany	Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg	Indian Ocean
Dr	Simon	Pierce	Australia	Marine Megafauna Foundation	Oceania
Dr	Simona	Clò	Italy	MedSharks	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Dr	Simone	Niedermüller	Austria	WWF Med	Mediterranean and Black Seas
Mrs	Sofia	Graça Aranha	Portugal	Universidade do Algarve	Northern Europe
Ms	Sonja	Fordham	USA	Shark Advocates International	North America
Dr	Sophy	McCully Phillips	UK	CEFAS	Northern Europe
Mr	Stan	Shea	Hong Kong	Bloom Association	Asia
Mrs	Stela	Fernando	Mozambique	National Institute of Fishery Research	Africa
Mr	Stiven	Jorge Delgado Pires	Cabo Verde	Biosfera CV	Africa
Ms	Sushmita	Mukherji	Australia	University of Tasmania	Oceania
Mrs	Tamara	Figueredo Mart'in	Cuba	Avalon Marlin Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina	Central America and the Caribbean
Mr	Tassapon	Krajangdara	Thailand	Upper Andaman Sea Fisheries Research and Development Center, Department of Fisheries (Phuket)	Asia
Dr	Taylor	Chapple	USA	Oregon State University	North America
Ms	Thanda	Ko Gyi	Myanmar	Myanmar Ocean Project	Asia
Mr	Thomas	Barreau	France	Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle	Northern Europe
Dr	Tooraj	Valinassab	Iran	Iranian Fisheries Research Organization	Indian Ocean
Ms	Trisha	Gupta	India	Zoological Society of London	Indian Ocean
Dr	Vicente	Faria	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Ceará- UFC	South America
Dr	Victor	Peddemors	Australia	New South Wales Department of Primary Industries	Oceania
Dr	Vinay	Udwayer	Cook Islands	Sharks Pacific	Oceania
Ms	Viviana	Márquez	Colombia	Fundación Squalus	South America
Dr	Vo	Van Quang	Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography	Asia
Dr	Ximena	Velez-Zuazo	Peru	Smithsonian Institution	South America
Mr	Yan	Torres	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Ceará- UFC	South America
Dr	Yannis	Papastamatiou	USA	FIU	North America
Dr	Yasuko	Semba	Japan	NRIFSF	Asia
Ms	Yolarnie	Amepou	Papua New Guinea	Piku Biodiversity Network	Oceania
Dr	Youri	Mvomo Minko	Gabon	Wildlife Conservation Society	Africa
Ms	Zoya	Tyabji	India	Dalhousie University	Indian Ocean
Mr		Fahmi	Indonesia	Indonesian Institute of Sciences Research Centre for Oceanography	Asia