Eduard Degollada Bastos
 

 
Eduard is the former President of the Association and skipper of the GETAWAY MAKTUB. He has a PhD in Veterinary Medicine at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. His work as a professor and in research at this university brought him to participate in marine mammals research projects within national and international research groups, and his long experience in the marine mammals veterinary medicine field, have been earned in different publications in scientific papers and presentations to international conferences. Within the association EDMAKTUB, his sailing skills with certificates as yacht skipper and scuba diver instructor play an important role.

Marta Nin i Camps
 

Marta has a Degree in a Journalism by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has developed some projects related with cetaceans in the University of Barcelona, in the Marine Environment Institute of Adelaide (Australia) and in the University of las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Her professional activities have been ever related with the audiovisuals documentaries, pointing up some international and national prizes for some of them. In the last years her interest in the scientific divulgation has been growing, ever related with the field of marine mammals.

Josep Mª Alonso Farré
 

Josep is a veterinary surgeon by the Veterinary College of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and he has done his PhD about the topographical anatomy of the dolphins for applying diagnostic imaging techniques (ultrasound, magnetic resonance and computerized tomography). His professional field of work has been ever related with the veterinary practice with marine fauna, and nowadays he is the director of the Galicia and Asturies (NW Spain) Stranding Networks. Related with his clinical work, one of his main interests is focused on the transfer of scientific  information to a public level. This interest allows him to collaborate with nature magazines such as Mundo Marino or Diving a Fondo. Nowadays, he is the webmaster of the Association.

María Llarena Reino
 

María is also veterinary surgeon by the university of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. From the beginning of her professional career, she oriented her work in the practice with marine mammals and sea turtles, carrying out numerous trainings of specialization in rehabilitation centres. Nowadays, she is developing a project in the Marine Research Institute (CSIC) of Vigo. She also works in the Galicia and Asturies (NW Spain) Stranding Networks, where she applies her experience in the management of biological tissue banks. María has organized numerous courses and conferences, most of them related with veterinary medicine of marine animals.

Valeria Pugliese

Licensed in History and Critique of the Cinema by the University of Pisa (Italy), Valeria has realized several courses of specialization in the audio-visual field. In the professional plane, for several years she has been employed as producer at diverse productions (fiction, documentary, advertising spots, etc.), as well as self-employed filmmaker in different productions of video and TV. Her favorite genres are the documentary and the films of nature.

Patricia Jiménez

Pati is licensed in Biology by the Complutense University of Madrid. Since the beginning of her career, she focused her main interest in marine and environmental biology. She has collaborated in many marine mammal ecology and bioacoustics research projects. After completing a Master of Oceanography at the Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC Barcelona), she is developing her PhD thesis at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in the field of Paleoceanography.