Researchers

Dr. Cudney-Bueno joined the Conservation and Science program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in June 2008 where he leads the Gulf of California subprogram implementing strategies for coastal and marine conservation in Northwest Mexico. Dr. Cudney-Bueno completed his undergraduate studies in marine sciences at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), and holds a M.S. and Ph.D. from the School of Natural Resources and the Environment of the University of Arizona with a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Dr. Cudney-Bueno’s professional work has focused on the links between science, management, policy and conservation of marine resources and ecosystems, with research at the nexus between social and ecological sciences published in numerous scientific journals and books. In 2005, he co-founded the PANGAS Project, an interdisciplinary, bi-national initiative for ecosystem-based research and management of coastal fisheries. From 2004-2006, he co-directed the Gulf of California Estuary Initiative for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Prior to 2004, he was coordinator of fisheries programs for the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans and conducted the first comprehensive assessment of small-scale fisheries in the upper Gulf of California. Dr. Cudney is a senior fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. He serves on the Bi-national Advisory Board of the San Diego Natural History Museum, the Board of Directors of Comunidad y Biodiversidad, the Board of the Gulf of California Conservation Fund, the Advisory Board of Advanced Conservation Strategies, the Donor Advisory Board of the Gulf of California Marine Endowment for Marine Protected Areas, and the Vaquita (Gulf of California harbor porpoise) Commission of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature. Dr.Cudney-Bueno is also an adjunct professor at the School of Natural Resources of the University of Arizona and a research associate at the Institute of Marine Sciences of the University of California, Santa Cruz.