Natacha Aguilar de Soto
Spanish marine biologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natacha Aguilar de Soto is a Spanish marine biologist at the University of La Laguna (ULL), Tenerife, Canary Islands.[1] She is a Ramón y Cajal research and teaching fellow at ULL[2][3][4] and has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at ULL and at the Center for Research in Ecological Modeling (CREEM) of the University of St. Andrews (SMRU).[5][6] She is the director of cetacean research within ULL's BIOECOMAC (Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Ecología Marina y Conservación).[7][8]
Natacha Aguilar de Soto | |
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Education | University of La Laguna |
Known for | Cetacean research |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of La Laguna, University of Saint Andrews |
Aguilar de Soto studies the diving behavior of deep-sea cetaceans including beaked whales[9][10] and pilot whales.[1][11] Her research on the short-finned pilot whale is causing scientists to reassess foraging models for the behavior of marine predators.[11] She leads research on bioacoustics, acoustic ecology, and the effects of noise disturbance on cetaceans,[12] which is influencing human management policies.[13] Aguilar de Soto is the president and co-founder of the Asociación GIC (Grupo de Investigación de Cetáceos),[14] and a founder of CETAVIST, the Cetacean and Seabird Sighting Network of the Canary Islands.[15]