Awardees of our 2022 CEMarin Calls

At CEMarin, our calls are a key part of our vision to integrate research excellence, innovative training, and the ongoing network building in the field of marine sciences in Colombia, Germany, and at the regional and international levels.

We are pleased to share this news of the latest beneficiaries of our calls, as detailed below, and wish them great success in their projects.

CALL 13: “SEED GRANTS” TO PROMOTE THE PREPARATION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS IN MARINE SCIENCES AND RELATED AREAS

 

Awardees: Ernesto Mancera & Horst Salzwedel

Project: Seed project Sí-CGSM – GIS-based participatory Environmental Information System of Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta

Study Zone: Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta

Participating Universities: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Justus Liebig University, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad del Valle, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano

Start Date: April 2022

To know more about this project click and to access the platform click here: Sistema de Información – Sí-CGSM. (Please note the platform is in Spanish.)

Awardee: Sven Zea

Project: Supporting a collective effort to propose a research project on coral reefs of the Tayrona National Natural Park, Northeast Colombia

Study Zone: NNP Tayrona

Participating Universities: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad del Magdalena, Justus Liebig University

Start Date: April 2022

CALL 21: FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE THESIS PROJECTS IN MARINE SCIENCES AND RELATED AREAS

 

Awardee: Johan Sebastián Villarraga

Project: Morphological analysis of sagitta otoliths as a tool for discrimination of populations of mugil incilis hancock 1830 and caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)

Study Zone: Caribbean coast – Santa Marta, La Guajira / Pacific coast – Urabá, Tolú

Academic Program/University: Master’s in Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Tutor: Camilo García

Start Date: January 2022

Awardee: Jordan Steven Ruiz Toquica

Project: Microbiome dynamics of Madracis auretenra (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) and the phenotypic response of fragment recruits to environmental stressors

Study Zone: Santa Marta – Inca Inca, NNP Tayrona – Chengue

Academic Program/University: Doctorado en Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano

Tutor: Andrés Franco

Start Date: May 2022

Awardee: Óscar David Caicedo

Project: Study of the richness, diversity and changes in the composition of marine vertebrate communities in the Gulf of Tribugá, Colombian Pacific, based on environmental DNA analysis

Study Zone: Golfo de Tribugá, Nuquí

Academic Program/University: Master’s in Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes

Tutor: Susana Caballero

Start Date: June 2022

Awardee: Alejandra Pulido Caicedo

Project: Sustainability of recreational diving in San Andrés Island

Study Zone: San Andrés

Academic Program/University: Master’s in Environment and Development, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Tutor: Ana Isabel Márquez

Start Date: September 2022

Awardee: Estefany Mora

Project: Influence of microplastics on the benthic foraminiferal community from a historical perspective

Study Zone: Cartagena – Ciénaga de los Vásquez

Academic Program/University: Master’s in Science, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Caribbean campus

Tutor: Luisa Fernanda Espinosa

Start Date: Pending

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