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DIRECTORY OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
FIRST BIENNIAL IASI SCIENCE MEETING
NOVEMBER 9-11, 1999
PANAMA, R.P.

Date: November 22, 1999

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The First Biennial IASI Science Meeting was a success! The IASI Coordinating Committee thanks the following participants,
our colleagues at CATHALAC and ANAM, and the staff of the Plaza Paitilla Inn for their contributions


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NAME: Pedro M. Alcolado

AFFILIATION: Instituto de Oceanología

ADDRESS: Ave. 1ra, No. 18406, Reparto Flores, Playa Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

PHONE: +537-244255 (UNDP Project Sabana-Camagüey) and 216008 (Instituto de Oceanología)

FAX: +537-244255 (UNDP Project Sabana-Camüagey) and 339112 (Instituto de Oceanología)

EMAIL: alcolado@unepnet.inf.cu (UNDP Project Sabana-Camagüey) and alcolado@oceano.inf.cu (Instituto de Oceanología)



NAME: Carlos A. Andrade

AFFILIATION: Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrologías (CIOH)

ADDRESS: Escuela Nacional de Cadetes, Cartagena, Colombia

PHONE: +575-669-4286

FAX: +575-669-4390

EMAIL: carlos@sirius.enap.edu.co



NAME: J. Ernesto Arias Gonzalez

AFFILIATION: CINVESTAV-U. Merida Lab. de Ecologia de Ecosistemas de Arrecifes Coralinos

ADDRESS: A.P. 73 CORDEMEX, C.P. 37310, Merida, Yucatan, México

PHONE: +52 (99) 812903, ext. 283

FAX: +52 (99) 812917

EMAIL: earias@kin.cieamer.conacyt.mx



NAME: Jerald S. Ault

AFFILIATION: MBF/RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4884

FAX: +305-361-4791

EMAIL: ault@shark.rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Gloria Batista de Vega

AFFILIATION: Instituto del Canal de Panamá de Desarrollo Sostenible en la Entrada del Canal de Panamá

ADDRESS: Apdo. A.A. 527, Balboa, Ancon, Panamá

PHONE: +507-269-9962 (office) / +507-228-4029 (res.)

FAX: +507-269-9963

EMAIL: batistag@tivoli.si.edu



NAME: José Manuel Batista

AFFILIATION: Instituto de Meteorología, Universidad de Panamá

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 6-4734, El Dorado, Panama

PHONE: +507-236-6439

FAX:

EMAIL: MRTD-JMB@pancanal.com



NAME: Jorge Campos Montero

AFFILIATION: INRECOSMAR (Institute for Coastal and and Marine Resources)

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 108-2015, San Jose, Costa Rica

PHONE: +506-280-8215

FAX: +506-224-9557

EMAIL: promarco@sol.racsa.co.cr



NAME: Pedro Antonio Cardenas Perez

AFFILIATION: Instituto de Meteorología Cuba

ADDRESS: Loma de Casablanca s/n Regla, Ciudad Habana, Cuba

PHONE: +537-570721 or 570726, ext. 298

FAX: +537-338010

EMAIL: pedro@met.inf.cu



NAME: Jorge Cortes

AFFILIATION: Universidad de Costa Rica

ADDRESS: CIMAR, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica

PHONE: +506-207-3008 / 3201

FAX: +506-207-3280

EMAIL: jcortes@cariari.ucr.ac.cr



NAME: Robert Cowen

AFFILIATION: MBF/RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4023

FAX: +305-361-4600

EMAIL: rcowen@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Maria M. Críales

AFFILIATION: MBF/RSMAS

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA

PHONE: (305) 361-4073

FAX: (305) 361-4600

EMAIL: mcriales@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Juan Manuel Díaz

AFFILIATION: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, INVEMAR

ADDRESS: Apartado areo 1016, Santa Marta, Colombia

PHONE: +57-5-4214774 / 4214413

FAX: +57-5-4211377

EMAIL: jmdiaz@invemar.org.co



NAME: Marilyn Diéguez Pinto

AFFILIATION: Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Panamá

ADDRESS: Apartado 2118, Zona 7, Panamá

PHONE: +507-617-8743 / +507-232-8230

FAX: +507-264-0582

EMAIL: mdieguez@sinfo.net



NAME: Maria Donoso

AFFILIATION: CATHALAC

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 873372, Zona 7, Panamá,
Republic of Panamá

PHONE: +507-232-6851 / 6805

FAX: +507-232-6834

EMAIL: cathalac@cathalac.org



NAME: Miami Address:
AFFILIATION: MPO-RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4976

FAX: +305-361-4696

EMAIL: cathalac@rsmas.miami.edu; mdonoso@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Jorge A. Espinosa

AFFILIATION: Panama Canal Commission, Meteorological and Hydrographic Br., Engineering Division

ADDRESS: Panamá

PHONE: +507-272-7444

FAX: +507-272-1628

EMAIL: eieh-je@panacanal.com



NAME: Guillermo Garcia Montero

AFFILIATION: Acuario Nacional / Comité Oceanografico Nacional

ADDRESS: Avenida 1era y Calle 60, Miramar, Playa Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

PHONE: +537-236401 or 06

FAX: +537-249987 (fax/ph)

EMAIL: ggarcia@unepnet.inf.cu or ggarcia@cidea.cu.unep.net



NAME: Janet Gibson

AFFILIATION: CZM Authority and Institute

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1884, Belize City, Belize

PHONE: +501-2-35739

FAX: 501-2-35738

EMAIL: jgibson@btl.net



NAME: Robert Ginsburg

AFFILIATION: MGG/RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098 USA

PHONE: (305) 361-4875

FAX: (305) 361-4632

EMAIL: rginsburg@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Liza Gonzalez

AFFILIATION: MARENA
Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

ADDRESS: Km 12-1/2 Carretera Norte, Managua, Nicaragua

PHONE: +50-263-2830, ext. 221

FAX: +50-233-1173

EMAIL: demac@tmx.com.ni



NAME: Henrike M. Gröschel-Becker

AFFILIATION: MGG/RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098 USA

PHONE: (305) 361-4903

FAX: (305) 361-4632

EMAIL: hgroschel@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Hector Guzman

AFFILIATION: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC 20560-0580, USA, or
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panamá

PHONE: +507-272-2579, 228-0636 (Panamá)

FAX: +507-228-0516

EMAIL: guzmanh@naos.si.edu



NAME: Jack Harlan

AFFILIATION: NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

ADDRESS: R/E/ET1, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303 USA

PHONE: +303-497-6032

FAX: +303-497-3577

EMAIL: jharlan@etl.noaa.gov



NAME: Elizabeth Johns

AFFILIATION: NOAA/AOML/PHOD

ADDRESS: NOAA/AOML/PHOD, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4360

FAX: +305-361-4412

EMAIL: johns@aoml.noaa.gov




NAME: William Johns

AFFILIATION: MPO/RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098 USA

PHONE: (305) 361-4054

FAX: (305) 361-4696

EMAIL: wjohns@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Todd B. Kimberlain

AFFILIATION: Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

ADDRESS: Ft. Collins, CO 80523 USA

PHONE: +970-491-8605/495-6857

FAX: +970-491-8449

EMAIL: tbk@riehl.atmos.colostate.edu



NAME: Christopher Landsea

AFFILIATION: NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division

ADDRESS: 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4357

FAX: +305-361-4402

EMAIL: landsea@aoml.noaa.gov



NAME: Kevin Leaman

AFFILIATION: MPO/RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4058

FAX: +305-361-4696

EMAIL: kleaman@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Thomas N. Lee

AFFILIATION: MPO/RSMAS, University of MIami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA

PHONE: +305-361-4046

FAX: +305-361-4696

EMAIL: tlee@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Christopher N.K. Mooers

AFFILIATION: OPRC/RSMAS, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4088 / 4825

FAX: +305-361-4701

EMAIL: cmooers@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Peter J. Mumby

AFFILIATION: Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies

ADDRESS: Department of Marine Science and Coastal Management, Ridley Building, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

PHONE: +44 191 222 6228

FAX: +44 (0)191 222 7891

EMAIL: p.j.mumby@ncl.ac.uk



NAME: Lino Naranjo Diaz

AFFILIATION: Centro Nacional del Clima, Instituto de Meteorologia

ADDRESS: Instituto de Meteorologia, Loma de Casablanca, Habana, Cuba

PHONE: +537-570718

FAX: 537-338010

EMAIL: naranjod@met.inf.cu, naranjod@yahoo.com



NAME: Jose Ochoa de la Torre

AFFILIATION: CICESE - Physical Oceanography Department

ADDRESS: Km. 107, Carretera Tijuana - Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., México 22860

PHONE: +52-61-745050 / 24040

FAX: +52-61-750547

EMAIL: jochoa@cicese.mx



NAME: Nancy Z. Revilla Urra

AFFILIATION: MGG/RSMAS - GeoCORE Lab, University of Miami

ADDRESS: 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA

PHONE: (305) 263-1267 (home)

FAX: (305) 361-4632

EMAIL: nrevilla@rsmas.miami.edu



NAME: Paula J. Rojas

AFFILIATION: Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) [Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies Institute (IDEAM)]

ADDRESS: Diagonal 97 #17-60, Piso 7, Edicificio Premium, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia

PHONE: +571-635-6045

FAX: +571-635-4810

EMAIL: paulaj@ideam.gov.co



NAME: Argelis Ruiz

AFFILIATION: Instituto Smithsonian, Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas

ADDRESS: Panamá

PHONE: +507-212-8111

FAX: +507-212-8148

EMAIL: ruizA@tivoli.si.edu



NAME: Norvin Sepulveda

AFFILIATION: Technical Advisor, Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

ADDRESS: Nicaragua CCAD-PNUD-GTZ

PHONE: +505-233-1906

FAX: +505-263-1994

EMAIL: norvin@ibw.com.ni



NAME: Julio Sheinbaum

AFFILIATION: CICESE - Physical Oceanography

ADDRESS: Km. 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, 22820, Mexico

PHONE: +52-61-745050 to 53, ext. 24052

FAX: +52-61-750547

EMAIL: julios@cicese.mx



NAME: Ryan H. Smith

AFFILIATION: US DOC NOAA/AOML/PHOD

ADDRESS: 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA

PHONE: +305-361-4328

FAX: +305-361-4412

EMAIL: rsmith@aoml.noaa.gov



NAME: Stephen Swearer

AFFILIATION: University of California at Santa Barbara

ADDRESS: Dept. of Ecology, Evolutionary & Marine Biology, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

PHONE: +805-893-3217

FAX: +805-893-4724

EMAIL: swearer@lifesci.lscf.ucsb.edu



NAME: Fatima Haydee Vanegas

AFFILIATION: Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

ADDRESS: Universidad de Zonas Costeras-DGBRN MARENA, Carretera Norte Km 12-1/2, Nicaragua

PHONE: +505-263-2830, ext. 221 and 222

FAX: +505-233-1173

EMAIL: demac@tmx.com.ni



NAME: Lotus Arrieta Vermeer

AFFILIATION: Bellairs Research Institute

ADDRESS: St. James, Barbados

PHONE: +246-422-8839

FAX: +246-422-0692

EMAIL: lotus@sunbeach.net



NAME: Marjo Vierros

AFFILIATION: Programme Officer, UNEP-CAR/RCU

ADDRESS: 14-20 Port Royal St., Kingston, Jamaica

PHONE: +876-922-9267

FAX: 876-922-9292

EMAIL: marjo@cwjamaica.com



NAME: Roxana C. Wajsowicz

AFFILIATION: University of Maryland

ADDRESS: Dept. of Meteorology, 3433 Computer and Space Sciences Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA

PHONE: +301-405-5396

FAX: +301-314-9482

EMAIL: roxana@atmos.umd.edu



NAME: Robert Walker

AFFILIATION: Florida Institute of Oceanography

ADDRESS: 830 First St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA

PHONE: +727-553-1100

FAX: +727-553-1109

EMAIL: rwalker@marine.usf.edu



NAME: Ernesto Weil

AFFILIATION: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 908, Lajas, PR 00667

PHONE: +787-899-2048 ext. 241

FAX: +787-899-2630

EMAIL: eweil@caribe.net



NAME: W. Douglas Wilson

AFFILIATION: AOML/NOAA/PHOD

ADDRESS: 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA

PHONE: +305-361-4352

FAX: +305-361-4412

EMAIL: wilson@aoml.noaa.gov























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