Fernando Bretos
Mr. Bretos is Curator of Ecology at Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Florida. There Mr. Bretos directs The Ocean Foundation’s Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He has worked in Cuba for 15 years on major marine biodiversity expeditions, coral reef health assessments and an effort with the University of Havana to study a green sea turtle population at Guanahacabibes National Park. As Curator at the Museum he is also helping design marine science based exhibits for a 250,000 square foot state-of-the-art museum and aquarium in downtown Miami where the Museum will relocate in late 2015. A 2011 Kinship Fellow and 2010 Audubon Together Green Fellow, he holds a Master’s degree in Marine Affairs and Policy from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Oberlin College.
