Rene Esteves Amador is from Lajas. Her previous education includes a B.S. in Biological Science from Ohio State University and an M.S. in Biological Oceanography from UPR Mayaguez. He is currently a doctoral student supervised by Dr. Jorge Garcia. 

His research interests include the connectivity of coral reef fish populations and the potential of mesophotic coral reefs as sources of fish larvae to shallower reef communities.  Spatial and temporal variability patterns in coral reef fish community structure and their response to the large disturbances.