Collaborators

Collaboration with global researchers and tag manufactures is an integral part of our project and the key to it's success. 

​Tag Manufacturers

Seabird Researchers


​​Sabir Bin Muzaffar
B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D.
United Arab Emirates University

Dr. Sabir Bin Muzaffar is a wildlife ecologist and professor at United Arab Emirates University with broad interests in spatial distribution, movement, impact of parasites and pathogens, community structure, community assembly patterns and conservation.  

Dr. Muzaffar is collaborating with us to tag Socotra Cormorants in the Arabian Gulf.

​Alexa Foster
B.Sc., M.Sc.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

​Alexa Foster is a PhD student at KAUST studying seabirds in the Arabian Peninsula. Her interests include movement ecology, island biodiversity, population dynamics and conservation management.  

Alexa is collaborating with us to tag Socotra Cormorants in the Arabian Sea and Arabian Gulf.
​Carlos Zavalaga 
B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD
Director and main researcher
Marine Ecosystems Research Unit, Seabird Group
Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru
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 Dr. Carlos Zavalaga is a seabird ecologist and researcher at Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú with a strong interest in biologging, seabird-fishery interactions, invasive species on islands, marine pollution and conservation.​

Dr. Zavalaga is collaborating with us to tag Guanay Cormorants in central and northern Peru.
John Arnould
B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD
Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences,
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment,
Deakin University, Australia

Dr. Arnould is collaborating with us to tag Black-faced cormorants in Southeast Australia 
Thomas Cansee
B.Sc., M.Sc.
Deakin University/Ghent University
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Thomas Cansse is a PhD student at Deakin University and Ghent University studying Black-faced cormorants breeding on Notch Island, Australia. His interests include biologging, movement ecology and foraging behaviour.

Thomas is collaborating with us to tag Black-faced cormorants in Southeast Australia 

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​Danni Thompson
BSc, MSc 
University of Aberdeen/South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute

Danni Thompson is a PhD student at University of Aberdeen studying Falkland Island shags. Her interests include foraging behaviour, anthropogenic impacts, conservation and applied science.