PRESENT AFFILIATIONS

Assistant Professor - University of Puerto Rico, Department of Environmental Sciences, San Juan, PR
Assistant Professor - University of Puerto Rico, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Interdisciplinary Program, San Juan, PR
Affiliate Researcher - University of Puerto Rico, Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation, San Juan, PR
Senior Scientist - Sociedad Ambiente Marino, San Juan, PR

E-MAIL
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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  • Highly skilled in designing and conducting scientific research studies, conducting statistical analyses, and applying science to solve multiple environmental problems.
  • Experienced coral farmer with a highly successful record of achieving novel coral reef ecosystem rehabilitation, and conducting emergency ecological restoration.
  • Proven record of successful grants writing and obtaining external funds for research.
  • Proven ability to effectively handle multi-task levels of management responsibility while supervising personnel, providing team leadership, motivation, and development.
  • Solid communication, interpersonal, time management, analytical, organizational, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills.
  • Go-getter attitude with an ability to easily grasp and implement new ideas, concepts, methods, and analytical techniques to academic research and to consulting business.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
  • Doctor of Philosophy – Tropical Biology (Coral Reef Ecology, Magna Cum Laude), University of Puerto Rico, Department of Biology, San Juan, PR (2001)
  • Master of Science – Biology (Environmental Microbiology, Cum Laude), University of Puerto Rico, Department of Biology, San Juan, PR (1992)
  • Bachelor of Science – Coastal Marine Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Department of Biology, Humacao, PR (1988)
  • Technical Training – Advanced Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Plymouth, UK), PRIMER-e (Auckland, New Zeland) + Weedon Island Ecological Preserve, St. Petersburg, FL (2019)
  • Social-Behavioral Human Research Certification – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) – 2018-2021
  • Technical Training – Advanced Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Plymouth, UK), PRIMER-e (Auckland, New Zeland) + William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA (2017)
  • Technical Training – Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Plymouth, UK), PRIMER-e (Auckland, New Zeland) + Weedon Island Ecological Preserve, St. Petersburg, FL (2017)
  • Technical Training – I-Corps Puerto Rico, Small Business Entrepreneurship Course, Grupo Guayacán, Inc. and GeorgiaTech Venture Lab., Puerto Rico Science and Technology Trust, San Juan, PR (2015)
  • Technical Training – Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Plymouth, UK) + California State University, Fullerton, CA (2012)
  • Technical Training – Advanced GIS Spatial Analysis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2010)
  • Technical Training – Isotopic Proxies in Biology, Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (2009)
  • Technical and Field Training – Coral Reef Crime Scene Investigation, Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, International Coral Reef Initiative, Cozumel, México (2006)
  • Technical Training –Basic GIS Course, University of Puerto Rico-San Juan, PR (2004)
  • Technical and Field Training – Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Methods Field Training-AGRRA, Univ. of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and NOAA, Culebra, PR (2003)
  • Training Course – Coral Disease Identification, Sea Grant College Program, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (2002)
  • Technical and Field Training – Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Methods-AGRRA, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL (1998)
 
PERSONAL PROFILE
 
Academic Research Appointments
  • Affiliate Researcher – Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico (UPR), San Juan, PR (2016-Present)
  • Affiliate Researcher – Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico (UPR), San Juan, PR (2005-2017)
  • Research Fellow – Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation, UPR, San Juan, PR (2007-Present)
  • Research Associate – Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Program, UPR-Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR (1994-1995, 2005-2011)
  • Research Evaluator – Caribbean Coral Reef Institute, UPR, Mayagüez, PR (2011)
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow – PR-NSF-EPSCoR Program, Resource Center for Science & Engineering, UPR (2004-2005)

Academic Teaching Appointments
  • Assistant Professor– College of Natural Sciences, Interdisciplinary Program + Dept. Environmental Sciences, UPR, San Juan, PR (2017-Present)
  • Adjunct Faculty – Department of Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, UPR, San Juan, PR (2010-Present)
  • Lecturer – Department of Environmental Sciences, UPR, San Juan, PR (2016-present)
  • Lecturer – College of Natural Sciences, Interdisciplinary Program, UPR, San Juan, PR (2015-2017)
  • Lecturer – Department of Biology, UPR, San Juan, PR (2005-2010)
  • Lecturer – School of Science and Technology, Department of Biology Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR (2014)
  • Lecturer – Department of Science and Technology, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, PR (2013)
  • Assistant Professor – Department of Biology, UPR, San Juan, PR (2001-2003)
  • Research Associate/Lecturer – Department of Biology, UPR, San Juan, P.R (1999-2000)
  • Lecturer – School of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR (1997-2000)
  • Instructor – Department of Biology, UPR, Humacao, PR (1995)
 
Conservation Research Appointments
  • Senior Researcher– Sociedad Ambiente Marino, San Juan, PR (2002-Present)
  • Research Associate – Protectores de Cuencas, Inc., Yauco, PR (2013-Present)
  • Senior Consultant – Coral Aquaculture and Coral Reef Restoration, Instituto Latinoamericano de Ciencias Marinas y del Ambiente, Miami, FL (2011)
  • Contractor – Environmental Defense, Miami, FL (2003-2004)
  • Contractor – Culebra Conservation and Development Authority, Culebra, PR (2003-2004)
  • Senior Contractor – U.S. Coral Reef Initiative, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Juan, PR (2000-2003)
 
Environmental Consulting
  • Environmental Consultant – Part-time independent sub-contractor (1996-Present)
  • U.S. Caribbean Representative and Consultant – Project Reefkeeper, American Littoral Society, Miami, FL (1993-1994)
  • Environmental Consultant – Scientific and Technical Services, Inc., Hato Rey, PR (1991-1997)

​ OTHER ACTIVITIES (BY INVITATION or nomination)
 
  • Co-Chair – Latin American Chapter, International Coral Reef Society (2019-Present)
  • Co-Chair – Puerto Rican Coral Reef Restoration Consortium (2019-Present)
  • Scientific Advisor – Latin American Coral Reef Restoration Consortium (2018-Present)
  • Member – Coral Reef Restoration Consortium, NOAA (2017-Present)
  • Associate Editor of Coral Reef Research – Frontiers in Marine Science Journal (2015-Present)
  • Member – Vieques Independent Scientific Commission, University of Puerto Rico (2015-Present)
  • Scientific Advisor and Voting Member – Community Collaborative Management Board, Canal Luis Peña Natural Reserve, Culebra Island, PR (2013-Present)
  • Member – Puerto Rico Climate Change Council (PRCCC)-Working Group 2 to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, San Juan, PR (2010-Present)
  • Member – Committee on Ecosystems Management for the North America and Caribbean region (CEM-NA&C), International Union for the Conservation of Nature - IUCN, Gland, Switzerland (2012- Present)
  • Member – World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), IUCN, Gland, Switzerland (2012- Present)
  • Member – Commission on Environmental Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), IUCN, Gland, Switzerland (2012- Present)
  • Member – Team on Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Equity, and Protected Areas (TILCEPA), IUCN, Gland, Switzerland (2012- Present)
 COURSES TAUGHT
 
Course and Responsibility

Zoology Laboratory - Teaching Assistant; Lab co-coordination
Invertebrates Biology Laboratory* - Teaching Assistant; Lab co-coordination
Ecology Laboratory -Lab Instructor; Lab co-coordination
General Ecology - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Introduction to Ecology - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Ecology of Puerto Rico - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Marine Biology - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Biology of Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs* - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Coastal Resources Management - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Analysis of Ecological Change in Coastal Ecosystem with Multivariate Statistical Applications* - Course/laboratory coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Coastal Environments* - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Environmental Pollution - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Introduction to Environmental Science* - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Introduction to Geology - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Geology Laboratory - Lab coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Natural History of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Interdisciplinary Integration – I - Course co-coordination, Lecturer, Mentorship
Interdisciplinary Integration – II - Course co-coordination, Lecturer, Mentorship
First Labor Experience - Course co-coordination, Mentorship
Research Problem Practicum - Course coordination, Undergraduate research mentor
Undergraduate Research - Course coordination, Undergraduate research mentor
Academic Advising - Academic advisor for majors in Integrative Biology and Cellular-Molecular Biology programs, UPR
Climate Change Impacts in Tropical Islands - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer
Anthropogenic Climate Change Impacts* - Course coordination, Curricular development, Lecturer

*Advanced undergraduate and/or graduate course.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
 
  • International Coral Reef Society (1993 – Present)
  • Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (1998 – Present)
  • Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (2001 – Present)
  • Association of Limnology and Oceanography (2011 – Present)
  • American Fisheries Society (2017 – Present)
 
CURRENT FUNDED PROJECTS
$4,604,661
  1. National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Coastal Resiliency Program – Restoring the three-dimensional structure of hurricane-impacted coral reefs in Puerto Rico (2020-2023). Co-investigator with Alex E. Mercado, Rolando Santos, Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($1,645,204)
  2. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program – Impact of the invasive sea vine Halophila stipulacea on native seagrasses, invertebrates and fish assemblages (2019-2021) Co-investigator with Carlos Toledo Hernández and Claudia P. Ruíz Díaz ($66,482).
  3. Puerto Rico Ports Authority - Monitoring of Coral Reefs, Fish Assemblages, Turbidity and Underwater Noise, Coral Compensatory Mitigation and Monitoring, and Environmental Compliance at Sardinas Bay Terminal, Culebra, Puerto Rico (2018-2020) Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($619,441).
  4. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Coral Conservation Program – Reducing coastal vulnerability and restoring coral reef ecosystem services in Cayo Dákity, HFA Culebra Island, Puerto Rico (2018-2020), P.I. ($60,000).
  5. Hispanic Federation – Esperanza para el Arrecife: A reef aid rehabilitation program (2018-2019), Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($100,000).
  6. Puerto Rico Ports Authority - Esperanza para el Arrecife: A Reef Aid Alternative Mitigation Program, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico (2018-2019) Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($29,900).
  7. Puerto Rico Community Foundation – Rehabilitación de la resiliencia costera en Vega Baja, PR (2018) Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos and Ricardo Laureano ($30,000).
  8. NOAA, Habitat Blueprint Program – Expanding Efforts on Building Resiliency in the Puerto Rico Northeast Reserves by Addressing Land-based Sources of Pollution (LBSPs) and Restoring Coral Reef Habitat (2018-2020). Co-Investigator with Roberto Viqueira-Ríos ($645,639).
  9. NOAA, Coastal Resiliency Program – Low-tech Rehabilitation of Coral Reef Ecosystem Services. Phase I: Observations and simulations of wave dissipation by coral reefs in Puerto Rico (2017-2019). Co-Investigator with Miguel F. Canals-Silander, and Elvira Cuevas ($340,580).
  10. Aguadilla Municipal Government– Continuation of long-term monitoring of coral transplanting and marine invertebrate relocation at Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico – Phase 1 (2017-2020). Co-investigator with Alex E. Mercado-Molina and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($169,308).
  11. Puerto Rico Ports Authority - Monitoring of Seagrass, Coral Reef, Fish Community, Turbidity, and Underwater Noise, Coral Compensatory Mitigation, and Environmental Compliance at San Ildefonso Auxiliary Terminal, Culebra, Puerto Rico (2017-2019) Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($414,113).
  12. Sea Grant College Program, Omnibus Proposal Program – Slowly-evolving Ramicrusta textilis (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta) invasions – Is it a driver of net shifts in Caribbean coral reef ecosystem functions? (2017-2019). (Co-investigator with Héctor J. Ruiz-Torres and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($74,000).
  13. National Fish & Wildlife Foundation/Para La Naturaleza – Theoretical and hands on training on coral reef monitoring methods, data analysis and interpretation (2019). Co-Investigator with Glorimar Toledo ($17,000).
 
 PROJECTS PENDING FUNDING
$629,748
  1. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 404 Program – s
  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Coastal Program – Preventing habitat loss of the endangered cactus Leptocereus grantianus by increasing the wave attenuation capability of seagrass beds and coral reefs (2020-2023). Co-Investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán Ramos and Alex E. Mercado Molina ($275,000)
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Coastal Program – Restoring shallow coral reefs to support the post-hurricane rehabilitation of resource category 1 seagrass habitats in Culebra (2020-2024) ($400,000)
  4. OPAS – Blue Flag Puerto Rico – Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program for Blue Flag Puerto Rico Marine Environmental Compliance (2019-2020) Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán Ramos ($75,440)
  5. Mercy Corps & Bacardí Foundation – Rebuilding coral reef resilience in Bahía Tamarindo, Culebra, PR (2018) Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($75,000).
  6. Protectores de Cuencas – Biological characterization of benthic communities in western Culebrita Island, Culebra, PR (2018) Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($35,000).
  7. Aguadilla Municipal Government– Continuation of long-term monitoring of coral transplanting and marine invertebrate relocation at Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico – Phase 2 (2018-2020). Co-investigator with Alex E. Mercado-Molina and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($169,308).
                                                                                                                                                                                           COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS
$8,564,607
  1. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Actual status and trends of Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), Staghorn coral (A. cervicornis), and Star corals (Orbicella annularis, O. faveolata, O. franksi) across the Northeast Reserves System and Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. (2016-2019) Co-Investigator with Alex E. Mercado-Molina and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($75,000).
  2. Sea Grant College Program, Omnibus Proposal Program – Ecosystem-level impacts of community-based coral reef rehabilitation in light of rapidly evolving ecological paradigms (2017-2019). Co-investigator with Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($59,994).
  3. University of Puerto Rico, Office of Vice-Presidency of Research and Technology – Conservation and rehabilitation of Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed coral species in Puerto Rico: A modeling approach (2015-2017). ($333,000).
  4. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Department of Interior, Coordination of Natural and Cultural Resource Recovery ­– Seagrass Rapid Assessment of Hurricane María Impacts – Northeast Reserves System Habitat Focus Area (NER-HFA), Culebra Island, Puerto Rico (2018). ($20,000).
  5. NOAA, Habitat Blueprint Program – Building resiliency in the Puerto Rico Northeast Reserves by reducing recreational impacts, addressing land-based sources of pollution (LBSPs), and restoring coral reef habitats (2016-2018). Co-Investigator with Roberto Viqueira-Ríos and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($447,629).
  6. Ferrovial Agroman, LLC – Long-term monitoring of coral transplanting and marine invertebrate relocation at Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico – Phase 2 (2016-2017). Co-investigator with Alex E. Mercado-Molina and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($105,000).
  7. Aguadilla Municipal Government – Long-term monitoring of coral transplanting and marine invertebrate relocation at Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico – Phase 1 (2015-2017). Co-investigator with Alex E. Mercado-Molina and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($169,308).
  8. Aguadilla Municipal Government, & Ferrovial Agroman, LLC - Coral and invertebrate removal and relocation at Paseo de la Real Marina, Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico – Mitigation Phase II (2015-2016). Co-Investigator with Alex E. Mercado-Molina and Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos ($150,000).
  9. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program – Addressing land based sources of pollution and restoring reefs through coral farming in Culebra, Puerto Rico (2014-2015). Co-investigator with Roberto Viqueira (Protectores de Cuencas, Inc.) and Paul Sturm (Ridge to Reefs, Inc.) ($69,704).
  10. Authority for Financing of Infrastructure - Coral transplanting and marine invertebrate relocation at Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico (2013-2015). Co-Investigator with S. Suleimán (Sociedad Ambiente Marino, Inc. (SAM) ($145,584).
  11. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program/DNER – Assessment of terrestrial sediment inputs and marine habitat conditions from Laguna Joyuda to Punta Guaniquilla, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. (2013-2015). Co-Investigator with C. Ramos-Scharrón (Univ. Texas), D. Torres (Synoptica, Inc., Brasil), and S. Suleimán (SAM) ($27,500).
  12. Protectores de Cuencas and Ridge to Reefs – Baseline characterization of land-based source pollution impacts on Southwestern Puerto Rico coral reefs (2014), Co-P.I. with Jeiger L. Medina, Roberto Viqueira, and Paul Sturm ($15,000).
  13. NSF 0734826 - Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation: Biodiversity conservation under the scenario of climate change (2007-2014). Co-investigator with E. Cuevas et al. ($5,000,000).
  14. NSF-CREST SUPPLEMENT - Sea surface warming as a determinant stressor of coral reef decline in the Caribbean: a multi-scale, integrative approach to assess the impact of recurrent massive bleaching events.- Supplement (2011-2014). Co-Investigator with E. Cuevas ($113,229).
  15. Ridge to Reefs/Protectores de Cuencas - Rapid assessment of land-based source pollution in Culebra Island’s coral reefs (2013-2014). Principal investigator ($6,600).
  16. NOAA, Restoration Center/The Nature Conservancy – Expansion of the Puerto Rico Low-Tech Coral Aquaculture and Coral Reef Rehabilitation Project. (2011-2013). Co-Investigator with S. Suleimán ($181,794).
  17. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program /dner - Impact of microbiological water quality on the coral reef ecosystems of Tres Palmas Marine Reserve, Rincón, PR (2011-2012). Co-investigator with J. Norat ($110,000).
  18. Authority for Financing of Infrastructure - Benthic community characterization, listed coral species assessment, and benthic habitat mapping off Aguadilla, PR. (2011-2012). Co-Investigator with S. Suleimán ($30,000).
  19. Caribbean Coral Reef Institute /NOS/NOAA – Puerto Rican coral reef long-term ecological monitoring program. (2011-2012). Principal investigator ($60,000).
  20. Caribbean Coral Reef Institute/NOS/NOAA – Long-term land use dynamics & erosion processes on the Río Fajardo watershed and its effects on coral reef communities. (2009-2011). Co-investigator with C. Ramos-Scharrón and D. Torres-Pulliza ($127,801).
  21. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program – Baseline Biological Characterization and Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Monitoring at Punta Cucharas Natural Reserve, Ponce, PR. (2010). Principal investigator ($8,000).
  22. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program /DNER – Impact of the Fajardo River discharge on the condition of adjacent coral reefs. (2009-2011). Co-investigator with J. Norat, and H. Mattei ($100,000).
  23. Caribbean Coral Reef Institute /NOS/NOAA – Puerto Rican coral reef long-term ecological monitoring program. (2009-2010). Principal investigator ($96,223).
  24. Caribbean Coral Reef Institute /NOS/NOAA – Puerto Rican coral reef long-term ecological monitoring program. (2008-2009). Principal investigator ($89,263).
  25. DNER – Curso de teoría, diseño, colección, manejo, análisis e interpretación de datos de evaluación de impactos y monitoreo ecológico de encallamientos de embarcaciones en arrecifes de coral. (2008-2009). Principal investigator ($17,000).
  26. DNER – Development of a digital CD-ROM coral reef photographic identification guide. (2008-2009). Principal investigator. ($4,980).
  27. National Fish & Wildlife Foundation – Five Star Restoration Matching Grant – Reconstructing the past: A blueprint to coral reef restoration in the future. (2008-2009). Principal investigator. ($13,950).
  28. FIPI/DEGI/UPR-RP – Caracterización biológica y ecológica del complejo de Arrecifes Los Corchos, Isla de Culebrita, Puerto Rico. (2007). Principal investigator. ($5,000).
  29. Caribbean Coral Reef Institute /NOS/NOAA – Puerto Rican coral reef long-term ecological monitoring program. (2007-2008). Principal investigator ($138,914).
  30. National Fish & Wildlife Foundation -Section 6 Endangered Species Act Grant – Elkhorn coral population dynamics in Puerto Rico. (2006-2008). Co-investigator with M. Schärer, M. Nemeth, C.E. Diez ($65,000).
  31. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program/DNER – Effects of landfill operations in coral reef communities within the Luis Peña Channel Natural Reserve, Culebra, PR. (2006-2008). Co-investigator with J. Norat ($55,000).
  32. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program – Development of interdisciplinary criteria to identify priority candidate no-take Marine Protected Areas in Puerto Rico: A community-based participatory model. (2006-2008). Principal investigator with A. Sabat, M. Shivlani ($25,000).
  33. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Coastal Program – Low-tech ecological rehabilitation of bombarded coral reefs. (2005-2008). Co-investigator with S. Suleimán ($35,608).
  34. PR-NSF-EPSCoR Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Molecular microbiology of corals. (2004-2005). Co-investigator with P. Bayman ($37,000).
  35. Roland Pesch Foundation – Community-Based Coral Aquaculture (2004-2005). Co-investigator with S. Suleimán-Ramos ($15,000).
  36. UPR Sea Grant College Program – Reef Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program, Culebra, PR (2004): Water quality, benthic and fish communities (2004), Co-investigator with A. Sabat ($4,600).
  37. National Fish & Wildlife Foundation – Development of a community-based co-management plan for the Luis Peña Channel No-Take Natural Reserve, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. (2003-2004). Co-investigator with M. Valdés ($64,180).
  38. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program/DNER – Long-term monitoring and experimental restoration of coral reefs within the Luis Peña Channel Marine Fishery Reserve, Culebra, Puerto Rico. (2003). Principal investigator ($45,000).
  39. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program/DNER – Habitat characterization, use and zoning alternatives for the Luis Peña Channel Natural Reserve, Culebra. (2003). Principal investigator ($33,000).
  40. Ford Motor Company Foundation – Community-based Coral Aquaculture Program. (2003). Principal investigator ($11,000).
  41. Authority for the Conservation and Development of Culebra – Proyecto Comunitario Demostrativo de Acuacultura de Corales para la Restauración de los Arrecifes de Coral de la Reserva Pesquera Marina del Canal de Luis Peña, Culebra. (2003). Principal investigator ($5,500).
  42. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program/DNER – Long-term monitoring and experimental restoration of coral reefs within the Luis Peña Channel Marine Fishery Reserve, Culebra, Puerto Rico. (2002). Principal investigator ($45,000).
  43. Caribbean Fisheries Management Council/NOAA – Evaluation of Marine Fishery Reserves as a management tool to restore shallow water populations of the Queen Conch (Strombus gigas). (2002). Principal investigator ($10,000).
  44. UPR Sea Grant College Program – Effects of the Luis Peña Channel Marine Fishery Reserve in the structure of coral reef fish and epibenthic communities. (2001-2002). Co-investigator with A. Sabat ($29,600).
  45. NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program/DNER – Effects of Marine Fishery Reserves in the structure of coral reef fish and epibenthic communities: A multi-disciplinary approach. (2001). Principal investigator ($43,000).
  46. NASA – Sustainability of natural resource uses on the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus. (2001). Co-investigator with T.M. Aide ($10,000).
  47. Puerto Rico Community Foundation & Toyota Foundation – Coral transplantation as a tool to restore coral reefs within a candidate Marine Fishery Reserve in Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. (2000), Co-investigator with A. Sabat ($10,000).
  48. Surf and Environment Conservation Coalition – Sediment disposal impacts in La Marginal coral reef communities, Arecibo, Puerto Rico: Qualitative and quantitative description. (2000). Principal investigator ($3,000).
  49. NOAA, Saltonstall-Kennedy Program – Population biology of the red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, in the western shelf of Puerto Rico. (1999-2001). Research Associate
  50.  of A. Sabat, O. Mcmillan ($250,000).
  51. UPR/DEGI/FEPI – Effects of damselfish (Pomacentridae) territorial behavior in the survival, tissue regeneration and bioerosion rates of scleractinian corals. (1998-1999). Co-investigator with A. Sabat ($9,200).
  52. CMRC/NURP/NOAA – Effects of damselfish activities on the survival of coral explants under different environmental conditions. (1997). Co-investigator with A. Sabat ($5,600).
  53. Scientific and Technical Services – Characterization of the marine benthic and fish communities of the Encarnación Ward coastal zone, Peñuelas. (1997). Principal investigator ($16,500).
  54. UPR Sea Grant College Program – Effects of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) on the settlement, recruitment and survival of corals under different environmental conditions. (1997). Co-investigator with A. Sabat ($3,605).
  55. PADI Foundation – Effects of shifting reef fish populations on coral reef benthic communities. (1996-1997). Principal investigator ($2,250).
  56. Unión de Conservación del Ambiente de Vieques – Water quality and sedimentation rates at El Gallito Beach, Vieques, Puerto Rico. (1996). Principal investigator ($2,700).
  57. Puerto Rico Industrial Mission – Long-term coral reef monitoring at Culebra, Puerto Rico. Evaluation of chain-link, line-intercept, and photo-transect methods. (1996). Principal investigator ($2,000).
  58. Lerner Gray Grant for Marine Research – American Museum of Natural History – Effect of damselfish (Pomacentridae) activities on the survival of Scleractinian coral sexual recruits. (1995-1996). Principal investigator ($1,000).
  59. Sigma Xi – Grants-in-Aid of Research – Effects of damselfish (Pomacentridae) grazing and algal overgrowth on scleractinian corals, Porites astreoides and Montastrea annularis. (1995). Principal investigator ($400).
  60. PADI Foundation – Effects of Pomacentrid fishes in the microfilamentous algal overgrowth of hermatypic corals in the coral reefs of Cabezas de San Juan and La Cordillera Natural Reserves, Puerto Rico. (1994-1995). Principal investigator ($5,000).
  61. Puerto Rico Industrial Mission – Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the coral reef and hard ground communities of Punta de Maguey, Culebra, and west of Punta Campanilla, Vieques, Puerto Rico. (1994). Principal investigator ($2,400).