Gonzalo Castro

Background

Castro, Gonzalo was born on November 21, 1961 in Lima, Peru. Son of Ramiro and Elsa Castro. came to the United States, 1985.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 1983; Master of Science, Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1988.

Career

Lecturer, U. Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 1983-1984; research assistant, Academy Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1985-1988; teaching assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1985-1988; postdoctoral fellow, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1988-1990; program manager, Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, Manomet, Massachusetts, 1990-1992; founder, 1st executive director, Wetlands for the American mathematical society, Manomet, 1992-1994; senior vice president, Wetlands for the American mathematical society, Manomet, 1994-1995; director freshwater ecosystem, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, 1994-1995; director programs for L.Am. and Caribbean, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, 1995-1997; environmental specialist in biodiversity, The Word Bank, Washington, since 1997. Chair organizing committee Shorebird Symposium, Quito, Ecuador, 1990-1991, Water Crisis in Latin American Symposium, Buenos Aires, 1996. Co-chair 58thN.Am. Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, 1993.

Consultant Troy Ecological Research Associations, Anchorage, Nature Conservancy, W. Alton Jones Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Program, Organisation of America States, GermanyAgy. for International Development (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), Ramsar Convention.

Achievements

• Gonzalo Castro has been listed as a noteworthy Ecologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Biological Sciences, American Ornithologists Union (chairman wetlands conservation subcommittee 1992, conservation committee 1993), Cooper Ornithological Society, Ecological Society American, Friends of Peruvian Rain Forest, Society Conservation Biology, International Society Ecological Economics, International Council Bird Preservation (board directors 1991), International Council Bird Preservation Pan-American (vice chairman 1991-1993), International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau(standing committee 1992), American Bird Conservancy (Board of Governors), Peruvian Association Conservation (co-founder 1983), Peruvian Group Study of Waterbirds(honorary), Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management Foundation (board directors), Grupo Gazapo (founder, president).

Connections

Married Jodi Shull, August 29, 1987. Children: Bradford, Brook.

Father:

Ramiro Castro

Mother:

Elsa Castro

Spouse:

Jodi Shull

child:

Brook Castro

child:

Bradford Castro