List of researchers at the Humboldt Institute

• HUMBOLDT INSTITUTE DIRECTOR

Fernando Gast Harders (BSc. Universidad de los Andes, PhD Universidad de Saarland)
Biogeography, rapid ecological assessment and environmental Impacts.

• BIODIVERSITY INVENTORIES PROGRAM

Researchers

Mauricio Álvarez (BSc. Universidad de los Andes)
Ecology, behavior and natural history of birds.

Juan Carlos Bello (BSc. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Data bases and reader of biogeographical dats.

Fernando Fernández (BSc., MSc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Taxonomy and classification of Hymenoptera.

Humberto Mendoza (BSc. Universidad del Valle)
Plant taxonomy and classification, scientific illustration.

Juan Diego Palacio (BSc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín)
Tissue bank, molecular genetic, tissue culture, crioconservation.

Ana María Umaña (BSc. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Biological collections.

Auxiliars

Fernando Forero
Auxiliar

Elvia Lucia González
Auxiliar

Sandra Patricia Medina
Auxiliar

Fabio Quevedo
Auxiliar

Aura Eugenia Robles
Auxiliar

María del Socorro Sierra
Auxiliar

• CONSERVACION BIOLOGY PROGRAM


Coordinator

Luis Miguel Renjifo(BSc. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, PhD. University of Missouri)
Conservation biology, Effects of forest fragmentation on flora and fauna

Researchers

Eduardo Calderón (BSc. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, PhD. University of Giessen)
Ecology and Propagation Systems of Threatened Plant Species.

Ana María Franco (BSc. Universidad de los Andes)
Ecology and Natural History of Threatened Fauna

Hernando García (BSc. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Botanical gardens

César Augusto Márquez (BSc. Universidad de los Andes, MPhil. Universidad Nacional de Heredia, MSc. Universidad de Edimburgo)
Research and monitoring of raptors (Falconifomres, Strigiformes).

Clara Inés Rios (BSc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, MSc. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Ethnobotany, use of biodiversity in agricultural production systems.

Martha Isabel Vallejo (BSc. Universidad del Valle)
Andean forest structure and dynamics.

Auxiliars

Solange Cristina Bautista
Auxiliar

Gilbert Eduardo Oliva
Auxiliar

• BIODIVERSITY USE AND VALUATION PROGRAM


Coordinator

Inés Cavelier


Researchers

Sarah Hernández (BSc. Universidad de Nanterre  Paris X , MSc. Universidad de la Sorbonne  Paris I)
Economic valuation of biodiversity and conservation incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

Aurelio Ramos (BSc., MA. Universidad de los Andes)
Environmental Economics.

 

• POLICY AND LEGISLATION RESEARCH PROGRAM


Coordinator

Fernando Casas


Researchers

Guillermo Rudas (BSc. Universidad Externado de Colombia, MSc. University College London)
Biodiversity indicators

María del Pilar Pardo (BSc. Universidad de los Andes, MA. Universidad de los Andes)
Legislation of Biodiversity, Access to Genetic Resources.




• COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAM


Researchers

Dolors Armenteras (BSc. Universidad de Barcelona, MSc. University of Wales, PHd (en curso). King´s College London
Geographical information systems

Jorge Escobar (BA. Universidad de la Sabana, MA. Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Editor

Diego Ochoa (BA. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Webmaster

Nadeyda Rincón (BA.. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Administrator of Information and Documents Center.

Jorge Humberto Rodríguez (BSc. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, BSc. Universidad Distrital)
Software Engineer

José Mauricio Salcedo (BA Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Journalist

Mauricio Vélez (BA, BSc. Harvard University)
Natural history film unit producer

Héctor Fernando Villareal (BSc. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Especialización en. Fotointerpretación, CIAF (IGAC)
Landscape Ecology, Cartography and Remote Sensors.

Auxiliars

Carol Andrea Franco
Auxiliar Sig

Nidia Mariney Rodríguez
Auxiliar

• TRAINING PROGRAM

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