Biography:

BSc. in Biology. 1996. MSc. in Zoology & Ecology of Vertebrates. 2001. PhD. in Biological Sciences. In course. Current employment: Attach Researcher. Faculty of Biology. University of Havana, Cuba. Former institution: Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Havana, Cuba

Dr. Bosch has taken part in ten national and international research projects, all devoted to the systematics, ecology, behaviour and conservation of Caribbean vertebrates, particularly Cuban amphibians. He has published more than 30 scientific papers and notes (Carib. J. Sci., Rev. Esp. Herp., Cuad. Herpetol., Phyllomedusa, Herp. Rev., Froglog, Rev. Biol., etc.) and other contributions in books and compilations of biodiversity. He is the editor/author of the first Sound Guide of the Amphibians of Cuba. Moreover, he has attended more than fifty scientific meetings in Cuba and abroad, with 24 contributions as senior author and at least 30 as co-author. He acted as the Executive Secretary of the 8th Latin-American Congress of Herpetology (Cuba, 2008) and has delivered lectures and seminars at: Universidad de Salamanca, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid and Fundacin Amigos del Coto de Doana, Sevilla in Spain, Universidad de La Habana and Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Costeros in Cuba. In the last ten years he has received grants and fellowships from LAAS (1999), IBRO (2001), TWAS (2001), AECI (2002), RELAB (2005) and STRI (2007). He earned the Annual Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (2004), for the contribution Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles of Cuba

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