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Dra. Catalina González Arango - CEMarin

24 12, 2019
Researchers

Dra. Catalina González Arango

Education

  • 2008-2009 Postdoc position Europrox, Universitat Bremen.
  • 2004-2008 Ph.D. in Marine Sciences, Universitat Bremen, Germany.
  • 2002-2004 M.Sc. in Forest and Environmental Conservation, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia. 
  • 1994-2001 B.Sc. in Forestal Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia.

University Unit

  • Universidad de los Andes. 
  • Department of Biological Sciences.
  • Grupo de Palinología y Paleoecología Tropical. 
  • Cra 1A No. 18A-10.
  • J Building – Lab 103. Office A-304.
  • Bogotá, Colombia.

Research Group

Research Group in Palinology and Tropical Paleoecology

 https://cienciasbiologicas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/es/investigacion/grupos-de-investigacion?id=136

Technical/Quantitative skills: 

  • University teaching.

Contact information

Professional experience

  • 2010-date Professor at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Research Interests

Topics: Palynology in marine sediments, paleoecology of coastal environments, paleoecology and human occupation.

Selected Publications

Mertens, K., Verhoeven, K., Verleye, T., Louwye, S., Amorim, A., Ribeiro, S., Deaf, A., Harding, I., Schepper, S., González, C., Kodrans-Nsiah, M., Vernal, A., Henry, M., Radi, T., Dybkjær, K., Poulsen, N., et al. (2009). Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments: the Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 157 (3–4): 238-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.05.004

Hessler, I., Dupont, L., Bonnefille, R., Behling, H., González, C., Helmens, K., Hooghiemstra, H., Lebamba, J., Ledru, M.P., Lézine, A.M., Maley, J., Marret, F., Vincens, A. (2010). Millennial-scale changes in vegetation records from tropical Africa and South America during the last glacial neotropical vegetation response to rapid climate changes during the last glacial period. Quaternary Science Review 29 (21–22): 2882-2899 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.029 

González, C., Dupont, L., Behling, H., Wefer, G. (2017). Neotropical vegetation response to rapid climate changes during the last glacial period: Palynological evidence from the Cariaco Basin. Quaternary Research 69 (2): 217-230, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2007.12.001 

Number of publications: 

Cvlac: 43

TAGS: Climate change, Palynology, Paleoecology, Paleoclimate tropical forests.