Active members may vote or serve on the Executive Committee, conduct activities within the Consortium including grant research, participate in meetings and discussions, and provide summaries of their research and/or conservation activities for the Consortium’s annual reports.
Active members are necessarily involved in cetacean research in the SWIO, in either of the following manners:
- Publication record as first author in peer-reviewed scientific journals,
- Enrolment in an academic graduate program,
- Demonstrated substantive experience in facilitating cetacean research.
If you wish to join the Consortium, you can fill in the online form.
Active members
| Name | Affiliation | Work area |
|---|---|---|
| Adèle de Toma | ||
| Adrian Fajeau | GLOBICE | Reunion |
| Alejandra Vargas-Fonseca | Nelson Mandela University | Coastal Research |
| Alexander Vogel | N/A | Afrique du Sud |
| Almeida Guissamulo | Universidade Eduardo Mondlane | Mozambique |
| Angie Gullan | Dolphin Encountours Research Center | Mozambique |
| Anjara Saloma | Cetamada | Madagascar |
| Brianna.Elliott@duke.edu | Duke University | États-Unis d’Amérique |
| Charlotte Boyd | Conservation International | Coastal/marine conservation in the West Indian Ocean |
| Christopher Wilkinson | Cape Peninsula Univsersity of Technology (Student) , University of Pretoria (Work) | Southern Africa |
| Cyrielle RANDRIANARIVONY | Ceta'Maore | Mayotte |
| Ekaterina Kalashnikova | Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies | Tanzania, Zanzibar |
| Elisa Seyboth | Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, Univ Pretoria | Whale's ecology |
| Els Vermeulen | Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit - University of Pretoria | South Africa |
| Emmanuelle Leroy | Groupe Local d’Observation et d’Identification des Cétacés (GLOBICE) | La Réunion |
| Fannie Shabangu | SA Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment | Western Indian Ocean |
| François-Xavier Mayer | Cetamada | Madagascar |
| Gélica Inteca | Faculty of Natural Sciences-Lurio University | Mozambique |
| Gill Braulik | University of St. Andrews | Tanzania |
| Gwenith Penry | Nelson Mandela University, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research | Bryde's whales; Tourism impacts; Entanglement; Large whale ecology |
| Jane Helen Spilsbury | Watamu Marine Association - Kenya Marine Mammal Research and Conservation | Kenya |
| Jeanmarc.gancille@globice.org | Globice Réunion | La Réunion |
| Jeanne Wagner | Parc naturel marin de Mayotte - AFB | Mayotte |
| Jeremy Kiszka | Florida International University | Mayotte, Madagascar |
| Jessica Coulon | Parc naturel marin de Mayotte | Mayotte |
| Julie Martin | Globice | Reunion |
| Katie Elizabeth Reeve-Arnold | All Out Africa | Mozambique |
| Ken Findlay | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Afrique du Sud |
| Laura Ceyrac | Globice | Réunion |
| Laurène Trudelle | ||
| Maeva Terrapon | University of St Andrews | SW Indian Ocean |
| Maevatiana N Ratsimbazafindranahaka | MZBA, University of Antananarivo & NeuroPSI, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay | Madagascar |
| Marine Malen | Attitude Foundation | Education and conservation of marine and coastal ecosystem |
| Melinda Rekdahl | Wildlife Conservation Society | États-Unis d’Amérique |
| Michael Allan Meyer | IWC and SAWDN | South Africa and Africa |
| Michael Mwango'mbe | Watamu Marine Association | Kenya |
| Michel Vély | Megaptera | France |
| NakiaCullain | MAR Expeditions- Zavora Marine Lab | Mozambique |
| Nina Svensson Dubois | Drop of Blue | Mauritius |
| Norbert Andrianarivelo | Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IHSM), Université de Tuléar, | Madagascar |
| Paul Tixier | French national research institute for sustainable development | southwestern Indian Ocean |
| Rachel Wynne Kramer | Wildlands Conservation Trust | South Africa |
| S. Mduduzi Seakamela | Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | South Africa |
| Sabrina Fossette | Megaptera | Australie |
| Salvatore Cerchio | African Aquatic Conservation Fund | Indian Ocean |
| Shanan Atkins | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
| Sophie LARAN | Observatoire Pelagis - La Rochelle Université - CNRS | France |
| Stephanie Plön | Bayworld Centre for Research and Education (BCRE) | Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Svetlana Barteneva | Marine Megafauna Conservation Organisation (MMCO) | Conservation of marine megafauna |
| Ted Cheeseman | Happywhale | humpback whales |
| Tim Collins | Wildlife Conservation Society | Kenya |
| Vanessa Estrade | GLOBICE REUNION | Reunion |
| Violaine Dulau | Globice | Reunion |