Fátima Mereles
Fatima Mereles | |
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| Born | María Fátima Mereles Haydar 1953 Asunción |
| Known for | Director of the Department of Biology at National University of Asunción |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Geneva |
| Thesis | "Estudios en el mosaico de vegetación: bosque-sabanas palmares-humedales en el Chaco boreal, Paraguay" (1998) |
Fatima Mereles (born 26 May 1953) is a botanist and academic from Paraguay, who specialises in wetland flora.
Biography
[edit]María Fátima Mereles Haydar was born on 26 May 1953 in Asunción.[1][2] She studied for an undergraduate degree in Biology at the National University of Asunción.[2] She studied for a PhD at the University of Geneva and graduated in 1998.[1][2] She is Director of the Department of Biology at National University of Asunción.[2] She assumed leadership of CONACYT, Paraguay's National Council for Science and Technology, in 2009.[1][2] She is also Secretary General of UNESCO's Man & Biosphere National Committee for Paraguay.[3]
Research
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Mereles' main area of research focuses on Spermatophytes.[4] She specialises in the flora of wetland areas of Paraguay, such as the Cerrado and the Gran Chaco.[1] She has published over one hundred articles,[1] as well as naming four new plant species: Eleocharis canindeyuensis;[5] Eleocharis grandirostris;[6] Eleocharis grossimucronata;[7] Eleocharis occidentalis.[8]
Awards and honours
[edit]Honorary doctorate
[edit]In 2020 Mereles was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universidad Autónoma de Encarnación to recognise her achievements in "national and international scientific research and development".[9]
Eponym
[edit]The bromeliad Tillandsia mereliana is named after Mereles.[10][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "María Fátima Mereles Haydar | Conacyt". www.conacyt.gov.py. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mereles, Fátima (1953-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "MAB National Committee: Paraguay | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Mereles, Fátima | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Eleocharis canindeyuensis Mereles & S.González | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Eleocharis grandirostris (Lindm.) Mereles | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Eleocharis grossimucronata Mereles | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Eleocharis occidentalis Mereles | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ Cueva, Erwin. "La UNAE anuncia el Doctor Honoris Causa 2020 - Fátima Mereles Haydar". www.unae.edu.py (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Tillandsia mereliana Schinini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
External links
[edit]- Conservation models with a view to development - Fatima Mereles - Green Economy
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Paraguayan botanists
- Paraguayan women botanists
- Paraguayan women scientists
- Botanists active in South America
- University of Geneva alumni
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni
- People from Asunción
- 20th-century botanists
- 20th-century women scientists
- 21st-century botanists
- 21st-century women scientists