RESEARCH  INVOLVEMENT

Subject	Institution	Year
Hidrogeological and engeneering geological studies	National Institute of Hidraulic Resources	1964-1970
Leader of geological mapping projects in Habana and Camagüey regions	Institute of Geology and Paleontology	1976-1982
Leader of Cuban/German Geological Prospecting Team in Central Cuba area	Ministry of Basic Industry	1983-1987
IGCP Project 364  Caribbean ophiolites and volcanic arcs	Natural History Museum	1993-1997
Origin of Antillean Land Vertebrates	Natural History Museum and American Museum of Natural History	1990-1999
The  K/T boundary in Cuba	Natural History Museum  and University of Tokio	1997-2001
Terrestrial Paleobiota of the Greater Antilles	Natural History Museum	2000-2004
Hunting Antillean Land Vertebrates, I.	National Geographic Society	1999-2000
Hunting Antillean Land Vertebrates, II.	National Geographic Society	2001-2002
IGCP Project  433 Caribbean Plate Tectonics	UNESCO/IUGS	2000-2004
Cuban Geology, Plate tectonics, Geohazards	Cuban Ministry of Science	2006-2011

 

INTERNACIONAL EVENTS

1960-1995: International Congress of the Cuban Speleological Society

1966-1999: Caribbean Geological Conferences (submitted abstracts not participating)

1982: International Quaternary Congress  (INQUA), Moscow

1987: 24 International Geological Congress

1989: First Cuban Geological Congress (organizing committee)

1991: Worshop on the western Caribbean geology, Moa

1992: 13 Caribbean Geological Conference, Cuba (organizing committee)

1993: Worshop on the western Caribbean geology, Dominican Republic

1993: AAPG Annual Congress, New Orleans

1993: III Rudist International Simposium , Mexico

1994: Field meeting of  IGCP Project  364, Jamaica

1995: Workshop of the Italian-Venezuelan-Cuban about ophiolites , Cuba and Venezuela

1995: 14 Caribean Geological Congress, Trinidad & Tobago

1995: First SEMP Congress, Sn . Pete Beach, USA

1995: Workshop to the geology of western Cuba (organizing committee)

1995: GSA Annual Congress, New Orleans

1996: Annual Congress of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology , New York

1996: International Dinosaur Simposium Dinofest , Arizona

1996: Workshop of Antillean Biogeography, Washington, DC

1996: Workshop of the group PLATES, Austin, Texas

1996: Congress Cuban Geographic Society , San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba

1996: IGCP Project  364, Workshop on Eastern Cuba, Cuba

1997: IGCP Project  364, Workshop on Dominican Republic

1997: International Convention on Environment, Cuba

1997: Annual field workshop of the project  393, Vic, España

1997: III Simposium of Zoological Society, La Habana

1998: Workshop on biodiversity and conservation, Cuba

1998: III Cuban Geological and Mining Congress, La Habana (Organizing committee)

1999: Penrose Conference on the marine Eocene-Oligocene transition, Olimpia , USA

2000: 31 International Geological Congress, Brasil

2001: IV Geological and Mining Congress, La Habana (Organizing committee).

2001: GSA Annual Congress, Boston.

2002: IGCP Project   433 Field workshop on the Motagua zone, Guatemala.

2002: 16 Caribbean Geological Conference and  IGCP Project 433, Barbados.

2003: V Congreso Cubano de Geología y Minería , and Field meeting of IGCP Project 433, Cuba

2003: 18 Latinamerican Geological Colloquium, Freiberg, Germany

2003: VI International Convention on Environment and Development, La Habana , Cuba

2003: VI Iberoamerican Congress of Environmental Education , La Habana, Cuba

MarCuba 2003: Congress of Marine Sciences, La Habana , Cuba

2004: Field Workshop of the IGCP Project 433, Costa Rica

2004: Primera Convención de Geociencias de la Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción, La Habana. ( Invited speaker)

2004: 32 International Geological Congress , Florence , Italy . ( Invited speaker)

2005: First Cuban Earth Science Convention ( Vicepresident and Scientific Secretary), La Habana , Cuba.

2005: VI Cuban Convention on Environment and Development (Invited speaker), La Habana , Cuba.

2006: Workshop on Origin of Antillean Biodiversity, Punta Cana , Dominican Republic (Invited Speaker)

2006: Annual Meeting of the European Geophysical Union, Austria (Invited Speaker)

2007: Symposium on Paleontology , Opening Ceremony of the P. J. Bermúdez Laboratory, Caracas, Venezuela  (Invited Speaker)

2007: II Cuban Earth Science Convention, La Habana   (Organizer committee)

2008: Year of Planet Earth, Global Launch Event, Paris, France

2008: 13^th Caribbean Geological Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (oral presentation)

2008: Year of Planet Earth, Latin-American Launch Event, Brasilia, Brazil (Invited Speaker)

2008: Primer Simposio Venezolano de Ciencias de la Tierra, Tahona, Caracas, Venezuela ( Invited Speaker)

2009: III Cuban Earth Science Convention (President of the organizing Committee), La Habana March 16-20, Cuba.

2009. Convención Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, Junio, La Habana (Speaker)

2009. Congreso Ciencias del Mar, Octubre, La Habana (Speaker)

2009. International Year of Planet Earth Legacy Meeting, Nov. 19-23, Lisbon

2010. International Convention on Environment and Development, La Habana, (speaker)

2010. International Congress on Disasters, La Habana, (speaker)

2010. The lessons learn from the Haiti earthquake, Santo Domingo, (speaker)

2011. IV Cuban Earth Science Convention (President and speaker)

2011. VIII Cuban Convention on Environment and Development (speaker)

 

PROFESIONAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP

Cuban Geological Society, Since 1979

Cuban Speleological Society, Since 1959

Paleontological Society of America, 1967--1969 and Since 1991

Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID), since 1991 until dissolved

Geological Society of America, Since 1993

Mexican Paleontological Society, 1995--2005

Dominican Geological Society, Since 1996

Jamaican Geological Society, 1997-2000

Cuban Zoological Society, 1999-2005

Society of Cuban Engeneers and Architects, Since 1999

 

SPECIALTY

Geology, Paleontology and Plate Tectonics of the Caribbean, Environmental Geology, Geohazards, and Karstology.

 

SCIENTIFIC AWARDS

State Order "Carlos Juan Finlay " for life scientific achievements, 2003

Medal "Juan Tomás Roig " for more than 40 years of scientific research, 2005

Scientific award of the Cuban Academy of Sciences year 1997, 2006, 2007

Medal 50 Anniversary of the Cuban Speleological Society, 1990  

Award "Antonio Calvache Dorado " of the Cuban Geological Society, 1997

Award "Medalla Felipe Poey, por la vida dedicada a la ciencia, 2007

Medal "10 Anniversary Antonio Nuñez Jiménez Foundation for Nature and Men", 2008

Award "Educator of the XX Century", from the Asociación de Pedagogos Cubanos, 2009

National award of the specialized critic 2010 to the book "Geología de Cuba para todos"

PUBLICATIONS

WEB SITES:

www.redciencia.cu/cdorigen/inicio.htm

www.utexas.edu/CaribPlate/CaribPlate.html

www.medioambiente.cu/uptnatgeo/index1.htm

www.medioambiente.cu/planeta_tierra/inicio.asp