Biologist Oscar Puebla appointed

Prof. Dr. Oscar Puebla has been appointed to a joint professorship for Fish Ecology at the Institute for the Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen.

The biologist previously headed a research group as Junior Professor for Marine Ecology at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Puebla studied biology and oceanography in Switzerland and Canada. In 2009 he received his PhD from the McGill University in Montreal (Canada). He then spent seven years at the Smithsonian Institute for Tropical Research in Panama, of which he remains an associate member.

As part of his cooperation professorship, he heads the research group ”Fish Ecology and Evolution” at the ZMT. Puebla’s main research interests include population genetics. He is also interested in ecological and evolutionary processes in the seas and studies the impact of protected areas on Mediterranean fisheries.