Alex Aguilar

**Alex Aguilar** masanin kimiyya ne kuma marubuci ɗan ƙasar Sipaniya. An haife shi a Barcelona a shekarar 1957. Shi cikakken Farfesa ne a fannin ilmin halittu na dabbobi a Jami'ar Barcelona inda ya fara aikinsa na ilimi a shekarar 1987. Tsawon shekaru, ya haɗa koyarwa, bincike, da jagoranci, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Ƙirƙira da Canja wurin Ilimi (2008–2010), Daraktan Cibiyar Binciken Bambancin Halittu-IRBio (2013–2016), da kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Ƙasashen Wayar da Kan Jama'a da Ƙasashen Duniya (2016–2020).

A matsayinsa na malami, ya koyar sosai a fannonin ilmin halittu na dabbobi da kiyaye bambancin halittu a cikin shirye-shiryen digiri na farko a fannin ilmin halittu, kimiyyar muhalli, da kimiyyar ruwa, yayin da yake kula da ka'idojin digiri na uku 16 da ka'idojin digiri na farko 36 ko na biyu. Bayan koyarwa ta yau da kullun, ya kasance mai himma wajen wayar da kan jama'a game da kiyaye muhallin ruwa, yana raba ilimi sosai ta hanyar tarurrukan bita, bita, da kuma darussan horo.

Bincikensa ya ƙunshi batutuwa daban-daban, waɗanda suka fi mayar da hankali kan yanayin ƙasa, yanayin muhalli, da kuma kula da halittun ruwa da ke fuskantar barazanar gurɓatawa, da kuma tasirin gurɓatattun halittu a kan halittu. Ya kuma zurfafa bincike kan tarihin kifin kifi, ya buga labarai da littattafai da dama, ya haɗa kai da gidajen tarihi, da kuma shirya nune-nunen abubuwan da suka faru a wannan fanni. Ya jagoranci ƙoƙarin farko a wannan fanni, tun daga haɗa binciken da aka yi kan epizootic na 1990 wanda ya lalata dolphins masu launin Bahar Rum zuwa jagorantar martanin gaggawa a Mauritania da kuma gabar tekun Sahara lokacin da mafi girman yankin da ya tsira a duniya na sufaye masu rai a Bahar Rum ya fuskanci asarar rayuka a shekarar 1997. Tare da wallafe-wallafen kimiyya sama da 400    da kuma ɗaruruwan gudummawar taro, bincikensa ya sami rahotanni a duk duniya, tare da manyan ayyuka da aka gudanar a faɗin Turai, Kudancin Amurka, Afirka, yankin Indiya da kuma Arctic.

Bayan jami'o'i, Aguilar ya taka rawa sosai a cikin hukumomin kimiyya da kiyayewa na duniya, ciki har da Hukumar Rayuwar Nau'in IUCN, Kwamitin Kimiyya na Hukumar Kifi ta Duniya, Shirin Muhalli na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNEP), Majalisar Kimiyya ta Banc d'Arguin National Park, da Yarjejeniyar Bonn ( ACCOBAMS ) da Barcelona, kuma ya sha ba wa Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Spain shawara akai-akai. Shi memba ne na Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, ya yi aiki a matsayin Memba-a-Babban na Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM), Memba na Board, Shugaba, kuma Memba na Kwamitin Ba da Shawara kan Kimiyya na Ƙungiyar Cetacean ta Turai (ECS) kuma ya kasance mataimakin edita na mujallun *Kimiyyar Mammal na Marine* da *Mujallar Bincike da Gudanar da Cetacean* .

An yaba da gudummawar da ya bayar tare da kyaututtuka da dama, ciki har da Kyautar Turai don Kare Yanayi daga Gidauniyar Kare Muhalli ta Ford (1992), Kyautar Vidamarina don Kare Nau'in Dabbobi Masu Kariya (2000), Kyautar Pew Marine Conservation Award daga Pew Charitable Trusts (2001), Kyautar Rey Jaime I don Kare Muhalli (2004), da Kyautar Binciken Muhalli ta Generalitat de Catalunya (2010).  

A matsayinsa na marubuci, an san shi da littafin *El abrazo de Fatma* da kuma littafin *Chiman* game da masana'antar kifin kifi a Iberia.  

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