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.
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]
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]
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]
The bromeliad Tillandsia mereliana is named after Mereles. [10] [2]
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.
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]
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]
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]
The bromeliad Tillandsia mereliana is named after Mereles. [10] [2]