Editorial Role
Pedro Martinez serves as editor for Open Access Journal of Zoological Sciences.
Biography
Pedro Martinez veterinarian, researcher, and educator specialising in conservation medicine, epidemiology, biosurveillance, environmental education, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. In his Honours, he studied the physiology of confiscated Scarlet Macaws in Costa Rica before and after reintroduction. After earning his veterinary degree, he returned to Costa Rica to serve as the head veterinarian and director for wildlife rescue centres. In 2008, he relocated to Australia for his postgraduate studies, completing a Master's in Conservation Medicine and a PhD focused on the infectious diseases of an endangered wallaby, the quokka, and their conservation implications. During this time, he also worked as a graduate assistant, teaching various veterinary medicine subjects (e.g. clinical pathology, physiology, anatomy, microbiology) across various academic years. In 2017, he moved to Singapore to teach in the Veterinary Biosciences programme and managed the Specialist Diploma in Veterinary Clinical Practices at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. He have authored and co-authored publications on infectious diseases, public health, clinical pathology, physiology, and wildlife rehabilitation and reintroduction.
Research Interest
Epidemiology; One-Health/conservation Medicine; Wildlife Health; Focusing particularly on Infectious Disease Ecology - including bacterial; Fungal; Viral and Protozoal Agents - and their Zoonotic Potential