21 Oct 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