Juan Jose Alava is a researcher at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia and serves as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University. He does research in Marine/Environmental Ecotoxicology, Marine Mammal, Seabirds, Sea Turtles, Conservation Biology, Climate Change, Fisheries Science/Management(Bycatch), Parasitology/Public Health, and marine foodweb bioaccumulation modeling (POPs, mercury, microplastics)