MAURICIO CANTOR, PHD

Dr. Mauricio Cantor

Oregon State University
Marine Mammal Institute
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building, Office #356
2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365, USA
Email: mauricio.cantor 'at' oregonstate 'dot' edu
Phone: +1 (541) 8670-357

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I am a behavioural ecologist interested in understanding the dynamics of social, cultural and ecological systems. I enjoy engaging in theory-driven research that has real-world implications for conservation of wildlife, humans and the environment they share. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University where I lead a research group interested on the intersections of animal behavior and human dimensions.

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences , Marine Mammal Institute and Marine Studies Initiative of the Oregon State University, based in Newport, USA.

I am also an collaborating researcher affiliated to the following institutions:

Non-tenured adjunct faculty in the Coastal and Oceanic Systems graduate programme at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil (since 2018);
Honorary researcher at the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (since 2018);

I have worked in the following institutions as:

Non-tenured adjunct faculty in the Ecology graduate programme at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil (2018-2024);
Postdoctoral researcher: Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies at Max-Planck-Institut of Animal Behaviour, Germany (2020-2021);
Postdoctoral researcher: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zürich, Switzerland (2021);
Postdoctoral research fellow: Department of Collective Behaviour at the Max-Planck-Institut of Animal Behaviour, affiliated to the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour of the Department of Biology at the University Konstanz;
Fixed-term Adjunct Lecturer: Centre for Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil (2018).
Postdoctoral researcher: Centre for Marine Studies at the Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil (2017-2018);
Postdoctoral research fellow: Department of Ecology and Zoology of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil (2016-2020).
Associate researcher: Aquatic Mammals Lab (LAMAq), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil (2011-2016)
Associate researcher: NGO Instituto Baleia Jubarte, Brazil (2009-2012).

I received a PhD from the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University (Canada, Halifax, NS) in 2016, a MSc degree in Ecology at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, SC, Brazil) in 2011, and a BSc/teaching degree in Biology at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Campinas, SP, Brazil) in 2008.