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Jorge Urbán R.
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Dr. Jorge Urbán is a Professor in the Department of the Coastal and Marine Sciences of the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur at La Paz, B.C.S., where he has worked for 35 years. He received his Ph. D. from the National University of México (UNAM). He began his research on whales in 1982 when he initiated the first long-term study on Mexico's humpbacks. Jorge has presented papers on this topic at more than 100 international meetings and has written more than 150 scientific publications about the Mexican Pacific’s whales and dolphins. From 1991 to 1993, he was president of the Mexican Marine Mammologist Society (SOMEMMA). He is co-chair of the Subcommittee of Whale Watching of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission; a member of the Cetacean Specialist Group of the IUCN; member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (USA); He had been an advisor of more than 50 graduate and undergraduate students. Since 2006 is co-director of the Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Project. He is the founder and leader of the Marine Mammal Research Program of the UABCS.