Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem

PhD student

Nelida Abarca

Contact:

Nelida Abarca
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: +49(30) 838-50 144; Fax: +49(30) 838 50 186; E-mail: n.abarca@bgbm.org.

Function:

PhD student in Phycology.

Curriculum:

1994-1999 Diploma in Biology at Michoacana of San Nicolas of Hidalgo University, Mexico. (Diploma-Thesis: „Pleistocene Evolution of the Paleolake of Zacapu, based on the Register of the Fossils Diatoms“).

2000-2002 Master in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources, at Michoacana of San Nicolas of Hidalgo University, Mexico. (Master-Thesis: „Environmental Fluctuations of the Patzcuaro Lake in the Quaternary and its relation with the Vulcan-Tectonic Evolution“).

Since 2004 DAAD-Scholarship at the BGBM, Freie Universität Berlin.

Research interests and projects:

  • Diatoms as bioindicators.
  • Taxonomy of diatoms.
  • Changes in the biodiversity of freshwater diatoms.
  • Generating Biological Indicators for Environmental Management: Diatom Indices of the Lerma River Catchment (Mexico).

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