Ernesto A. Chavez
Professor
National Polytechnic Institute, La Paz
Mexico
Biography
Dr. Ernesto A. Chavez is the Professor of the Marine Sciences Research Centre of the Polytechnic Institute in La Paz, Mexico. Research interests, Bio economic assessment of fisheries by simulation, Impact of climate on fisheries, Coral reef ecology. He is teacher of the courses Fisheries simulation, Fisheries Management and Coral reef Ecology at the graduate program of his research Centre. Has been adviser of 25 M Sc thesis B Sc, 16 at the M Sc Program and 5 at Ph D level. He has led 17 research projects and has collaborated on another 16. He has published more than 150 scientific papers, including the co-edition of a book on the coral reefs of the south Gulf of Mexico (2007), translated into Spanish (2010).
Research Interest
Bioeconomic assessment of fisheries by simulation, Impact of climate on fisheries, Coral reef ecology