Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo

Summary

ECOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF DIGENEANS. PARASITE ECOLOGY IN AQUATIC ORGANISMS. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Position: Senior Professor at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN) campus Merida Yucatan, Mexico.
BS (General Biology) UNAM-1986; MSc (Marine Biology) CINVESTAV-IPN Mérida, México-1990; PhD (ParasiteEcology) The University of Exeter, UK -1996.
Professional Experience: Field Work Assistant, Instituto de Biología UNAM, Mexico (1985-1986); Research Assitant, CINVESTAV-IPN (1990-1992); Junior Profesor CINVESTAV-IPN (1996-1999); Senior Profesor CINVESTAV-IPN (2000 at present). Awards and Honors: COSNET Award for MSc. degree (1989-1990); National Research System (SNI) candidate (1991-1995) CONACYT-Britsh Council Award for PhD in England (1993-1996); SNI-Level 1 (1996-2002); SIN-Level 2 (2003-2012): SIN-Level 3 (2013-Present). ASP (Nominating Committee).
Research: Factors affecting parasite transmission, long-term parasite community ecology, trematode life cycles, taxonomy of digeneans in invertebrates. Patterns and procceses structuring marine microbial communities. Oild degraders micriobial consortia. Author of: 57 refereed publications.

Agricultural Science Biodiversity Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Developmental Biology Ecology Freshwater Biology Histology Marine Biology Microbiology Parasitology Taxonomy Zoology