Fátima Mereles

Fatima Mereles (born 26 May 1953) is a botanist and academic from Paraguay, who specialises in wetland flora.

Fatima Mereles
Born
María Fátima Mereles Haydar

1953
Asunción
Known forDirector of the Department of Biology at National University of Asunción
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
Thesis"Estudios en el mosaico de vegetación: bosque-sabanas palmares-humedales en el Chaco boreal, Paraguay" (1998)

Biography

María Fátima Mereles Haydar was born on 26 May 1953 in Asunción.[1][2] She studied for an undergraduate degree in Biology at the National University of Asunción.[2] She studied for a PhD at the University of Geneva and graduated in 1998.[1][2] She is Director of the Department of Biology at National University of Asunción.[2] She assumed leadership of CONACYT, Paraguay's National Council for Science and Technology, in 2009.[1][2] She is also Secretary General of UNESCO's Man & Biosphere National Committee for Paraguay.[3]

Research
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Mereles' main area of research focuses on Spermatophytes.[4] She specialises in the flora of wetland areas of Paraguay, such as the Cerrado and the Gran Chaco.[1] She has published over one hundred articles,[1] as well as naming four new plant species: Eleocharis canindeyuensis;[5] Eleocharis grandirostris;[6] Eleocharis grossimucronata;[7] Eleocharis occidentalis.[8]

Awards and honours

Honorary doctorate

In 2020 Mereles was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universidad Autónoma de Encarnación to recognise her achievements in "national and international scientific research and development".[9]

Eponym

The bromeliad Tillandsia mereliana is named after Mereles.[10][2]

References
  1. "María Fátima Mereles Haydar | Conacyt". www.conacyt.gov.py. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  2. "Mereles, Fátima (1953-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  3. "MAB National Committee: Paraguay | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. "Mereles, Fátima | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  5. "Eleocharis canindeyuensis Mereles & S.González | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  6. "Eleocharis grandirostris (Lindm.) Mereles | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  7. "Eleocharis grossimucronata Mereles | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  8. "Eleocharis occidentalis Mereles | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  9. Cueva, Erwin. "La UNAE anuncia el Doctor Honoris Causa 2020 - Fátima Mereles Haydar". www.unae.edu.py (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  10. "Tillandsia mereliana Schinini | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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