Juan Pablo Martinez Rica

Background

Rica, Juan Pablo Martinez was born on October 1, 1942 in Ventosa del Ducado, Spain. Son of Raimundo Martinez Blanco and Amelia Rica Lafuente.

Education

Master of Science, University Barcelona, Spain, 1965. Doctor of Science in Biology, University Barcelona, Spain, 1973.

Career

Research fellow, Spanish Research Council, Jaca, Spain, 1965-1972; researcher, Spanish Research Council, Jaca, Spain, 1972-1989; senior researcher, Spanish Research Council, Jaca, Spain, since 1989. Head of department Pyrenean Institute Ecology, Jaca, 1979-1988, vice-director, 1987,director, since 1994.

Achievements

• Juan Pablo Martinez Rica has been listed as a noteworthy biologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Advisory Board on Nature Protection, Zaragoza, Spain, since 1995, Council of Three Natural Parks, Zaragoza and Huesca, Spain, since 1995, European Committee Alpine Biodiversity, Strasbourg, France, since 1996. Member Russian Academy of Sciences, Ecological Society of America, British Ecological Society.

Interests

• Avocations: astronomy, singing, ancient history.

Connections

Married Maria Pitarch Torra, October 19, 1968. Children: Eva Maria, Sergio, Laura, Beatriz, Isidro.

Father:

Raimundo Martinez Blanco

Mother:

Amelia Rica Lafuente

Spouse:

Maria Pitarch Torra

child:

Eva Maria Rica

child:

Beatriz Rica

child:

Sergio Rica

child:

Laura Rica

child:

Isidro Rica