Dr. Mónica Puyana Hegedus - CEMarin

Dr. Mónica Puyana Hegedus

Education

• 1995-2001 Ph.D. in Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
• 1986-1990 B.Sc. in Marine Biology, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia.

University Unit

Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia.

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Biological and Environmental Sciences Department. 

Building 7A

Phone: +57 1 242 7030 Ext. 1438

Research Group

Research group in Bioprospecting and Biotechnology

Technical/Quantitative Skills: 

Management of academic entities, consultancy for public agencies, university teaching.

Contact Information

Email: monica.puyana@utadeo.edu.co  

Colciencias cvLac

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Professional Experience

• 2006-date Full professor at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 2004-2005 Researcher at Corporación para la investigación de la corrosión, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 2003 Program Chief at  Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Colciencias, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 2002-2003 Researcher at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 2001-2003 Postdoc position at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 1992-1995 Researcher at Instituto de investigaciones marinas y costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis – INVEMAR, Santa Marta, Colombia.

Research Interests

Topics:  Ecology of aquatic macroinvertebrates, Hydrobiological Resources, Limnology, Bioindication, Island river ecology, Seasonal river ecology and River landscape ecology.

Selected Publications

Díaz, J., Puyana, M. (1994). Moluscos Marinos del Caribe Colombiano: un Catálogo Ilustrado. COLCIENCIAS, Fundación Natura e INVEMAR. 367p. 

Wilson, D. M., Puyana, M., Fenical, W., & Pawlik, J. R. (1999). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 25(12), 2811–2823. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020811810223

Puyana, M., Fenical, W., Pawlik, J.R. (2003). Are there activated chemical defenses in sponges of the genus Aplysina from the Caribbean?. MEPS 246:127-135. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps246127

Number Of Publications: 

Cvlac: 54