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Date of birth : 07/12/67
Place of birth : Manizales, Colombia, S.A.

Laboratory of in-vitro technology for plant tissues.Universidad de Caldas, Colombia.Lab technician.Project: Massive production of plantain "dominico hartón enano" (Musa AAB L.) by in-vitro tissue culture.Supervisor: Dr.David Manzur-Macías, Associate Professor and Chief of in-vitro lab.1987-1989 (as undergraduate student).

Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar. Caldas, Colombia.Granja proyecto Ingrumá (Research Station Ingrumá).Instructor in agricultural and health matters at the Chamí indigenous community of Riosucio (Caldas). Supervisor: Dr. Jaime Echeverry, Md.V, Director of the research station. 1989-1990 (as undergraduate student). BAYER A.G. Bogotá (D.C.), Ibague (Tolima), Villavicencio (Meta). Field Research Engineer, performing field test in the research for new pesticide molecules. Various confidential projects. Supervisor: Dr. Camilo Pinzón-Ruíz. 1991-1995 (as agronomist). The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, New York. Curator Assistant. Dr. James L. Luteyn, Senior curator. 1997-present (as graduate student). Lehman College (City University of New York). Bronx, New York. Lab technician. Preparation of lab material for graduate and undergraduate biology labs. Supervisor: Dr. Antonnious Pappantoniou, Chief Laboratory Technician. 1996- present (as graduate student). Languages: Spanish,English. Awards: Scholarships and Fellowships Lehman College-City University of New York Foundation fellowship 1996-1999 National Science Foundation fellowship 1997-1998 Torrey Botanical Society Student Fellowship 2001 Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship 2001-2002 Professional Memberships Association for Women in Science (U.S.) The Torrey Botanical Society (U.S.) The Botanical Society of America(U.S.) Society for Economic Botany (U.S.) Sociedad Colombiana de Fisiologia Vegetal (Colombia) Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología (Colombia) Back to home page...