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Dr. Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo - CEMarin

17 12, 2019
Researchers

Dr. Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo

Education

  • 1988-1994 Ph.D. in Biology, Amsterdam University, Netherlands.
  • 1980-1987 B.Sc. in Forestry, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.

University Unit

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín Headquarters, Colombia.
  • Faculty of Agricultural Science, Department of Forestry.
  • Building 14 – Office 228.
  • Phone: (+57 4)-430 9000 Ext. 49148.

Research Group

Oceanicos – Research Group in Oceanography and Coastal Engineering https://minas.medellin.unal.edu.co/gruposdeinvestigacion/oceanicos/

Laboratorio de Biogeoquímica http://direcciondelaboratorios.medellin.unal.edu.co/index.php/nuestros-laboratorios/facultad-de-ciencias-agrarias/126

Technical/Quantitative skills: 

University teaching, member of research associations.

Contact information

Professional experience

  • 2001-date Associate professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín Headquarters, Colombia. 
  • 1997-2001 Assistant professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín Headquarters, Colombia.
  • 1996-1997 Associate instructor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín Headquarters, Colombia.
  • 1998-2001 Researcher at Universidad Nacional De Colombia, Caribbean Headquarters, Colombia. 
  • 1995 Specialized Technician at Instituto de hidrologia, meteorologia y estudios ambientales – Ideam, Bogotá, Colombia. 
  • 1994-1995 Researcher at Fundación Erigaie, Bogotá, Colombia.

Research Interests

Topics: Paleoecology, ecology, mangroves, forestry, pollen, sediments, climate change, marine ecosystems, palynology.

Selected Publications

Urrego, L.E., Polanía, J.C., Buitrago, M.F., Cuartas, L.F., & Lema, A. (2009). Distribution of mangroves along environmental gradients on San Andrés Island (Colombian Caribbean). Bulletin of Marine Science, 85(1):27-43. ISSN 0007-4977

Urrego, L.E., Correa-Metrio, A., González, C.P., Castaño, A.R., & Yokoyama, Y. (2013). Contrasting responses of two Caribbean mangroves to sea-level rise in the Guajira Peninsula (Colombian Caribbean). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 370 (15): 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.11.023 

Libreros, J.F., Urrea, E.A., Acevedo, L.O., & Urrego, L.E. (2012). Ecosystem-Wide Impacts of Deforestation in Mangroves : the Urabá Gulf (Colombian Caribbean) Case Study. ISRN Ecology, Vol. 2012, ID 958709, 14 pages. https://doi.org/10.5402/2012/958709 


González, C.R., Urrego, L.E., Martínez, J.I., Polanía, J.C., & Yokoyama, Y. (2010). Mangrove dynamics in the southwestern Caribbean since the ‘Little Ice Age’: A history of human and natural disturbances. The Holocene, 20(6), 849–861. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683610365941

Number of publications: 

Cvlac: 94

TAGS: Paleoecology, ecology, mangroves, forestry, pollen, sediments, climate change, marine ecosystems, palynology.