Yaiza Pilar Pozo Galvan

Ms. Yaiza Pilar Pozo Galvan

Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Atlantic technological university (ATU), Galway, Ireland
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Biography

I graduated with an Honours Bachelor Degree in Marine Science from University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) in 2018 and with an international Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources from Ghent University (Belgium) in 2023. During my bachelor's, I already had a passion for marine biodiversity and conservation, doing internships with pinnipeds and sirenians and focusing on their conservation for my final project. Moreover, my interest on animal behaviour led me to work at the Biology Department of the University of Pisa (Italy) from 2018 to 2020, studying the spatial behaviour of satellite-tracked sea turtles. During my master's, I started to focus my career on bioacoustics of marine mammals, doing my thesis on the vocal behaviour of harbour and grey seals in offshore waters as part of the SeaMonitor project at the Atlantic Technological University (Ireland). Currently, I am a Eramsus trainee at this institution, collaborating with the bioacoustics group on the STRAITS project. My main research interests are marine mammals, sea turtles, bioacoustics, telemetry and habitat modelling, but I am also open to new marine topics.

Affiliations

Atlantic technological university (ATU)

Galway, Ireland

Marine and Freshwater Research Centre

Honors and Awards

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Erasmus+ scholarship

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Erasmus+ Exchange for one semester at the University of Pisa (Italy)

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Erasmus+ traineeship

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Erasmus+ traineeship at the University of Pisa (Italy)

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Erasmus+ scholarship

Ghent University

Erasmus+ Exchange for one semester at the Atlantic Technological University (Ireland)

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Erasmus+ scholarship

Marche Polytechnic University

Erasmus+ Exchange for one semester at the Atlantic Technological University (Ireland)

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Erasmus+ traineeship

Ghent University

Erasmus+ traineeship at the Atlantic Technological University (Ireland)

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Magna cum laude - International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea)

Ghent University

Experience

Erasmus trainee

Atlantic Technological University, Marine and Freshwater Research Centre

01 Aug 2023 - present

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Atlantic Technological University

01 Sep 2022 - 01 Jun 2023

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences

01 Sep 2021 - 01 Jun 2023

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Marche Polytechnic University, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences

01 Feb 2022 - 01 Apr 2022

Intern student

University of Pisa, Biology Department

01 Sep 2018 - 01 Jun 2020

Undergraduate Student

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Faculty of Marine Science

01 Sep 2014 - 01 Jul 2018

Undergraduate Student

University of Pisa, Biology Department

01 Sep 2017 - 01 Feb 2018