
Juan Diego Urriago Suarez
Marine Biologist
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWork Experience
Marine BiologistFull Time
The Heart of Europe
Nov 2019 - May 2020 -6 months
United Arab Emirates , Dubai
- Job Details:Underwater Works and Coral Institute Manager. The Heart of Europe. Oversee all marine related issues as the marine biologist. Restructuring marine habitat. Maintain a coral nursery and coral fragmentation project. Design, construct and install artificial reefs to enhance the marine life. Oversaw the development of a hotel lobby of 500 aquariums. Supervise and manage commercial and maintenance divers, seascrapers, aquarists, foremen, welders, masons and steel-fixers. Maintain the Floating Seahorse Villas including underwater artificial reefs display. Dubai - United Arab Emirates
ResearcherFull Time
Center for Research in Sciences and Geo-environmental Resources Foundation "CENIGAA".
Apr 2018 - Jun 2018 -2 months
Colombia
- Job Details:Support the generation of the governance system of the Betania reservoir and modeling of the Quimbo-Betania continental hydrosystems in an integrated and coupled manner. Neiva Huila. Colombia
Marine ResearcherFreelance / Project
Seaflower Scientific Expedition
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 -11 months
Colombia
- Job Details:Exploration of mesophotic coral ecosystems in Isla Cayo Bajo Nuevo: broadening the horizons of science in the process of environmental sustainability. San Andres islands, Colombia.
Research AssistantPart Time
Hong Kong Baptist University
Feb 2014 - Jan 2015 -11 months
Hong Kong , Kowloon
- Job Details:Benthic surveys
Education
PhD Candidate in Marine Biologist
Hong Kong Baptist UniversityJan 2011 - Jan 2020 - 9 yr
MSc in Marine Biology
Laval UniversityJan 2007 - Jan 2010 - 3 yr
BSc in Marine Biology
Jorge Tadeo Lozano UniversityJan 1999 - Jan 2006 - 7 yr
Achievements
2016 Reproduction of the short-spined sea urchin Heliocidaris crassispina (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in Hong Kong with a subtropical climate. 2014 Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum. 2012 The distribution of the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger on elevated surfaces represents a strategy for avoiding predatory sea stars. 2011 Responses of the black sea urchin Tetrapygus niger to its sea-star predators, Heliaster helianthus and Meyenaster gelatinosus under field conditions. 2011 Deep-sea corals formations: biologic criteria for the establishment of marine protected areas on a continental margin (100-300 m) in the Colombian Caribbean. 2009 The native rock shrimp Rhynchocinetes typus as a biological control of fouling in suspended scallop cultures.
Languages
English
FluentSpanish
FluentFrench
Fluent
Training & Certifications
Scuba Diving Assistant Instructor
NAUI / PADI·2011