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Berta Alejandra Morales Mérida

Country of origin: Guatemala Currently in: Guatemala, Guatemala General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms
Academic Background

Degrees

2013 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms
2019 Master Social and Economic Sciences
2022 Doctorate Other
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

Ph.D. thesis: "Lepidochelys olivacea status and its relationship with nest management on the eastern coast in the Pacific of Guatemala". Advisor of 4 Bachelor thesis: two of Bachelor in Biology students and two of Bachelor in Medicine and Veterinary.


Publications resulting from Research: 


Abreu-Grobois, F.A., Morales-Mérida, B.A., Hart, E.C., G, J., Godfrey, M.H., Navarro, E. & Girondot, M. (2020). Recent advances on the estimation of the thermal reaction norm for sex ratios in sea turtle nest incubations using Olive Ridley data as an example. PeerJ: The Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences.

Morales-Mérida, B.A., Contreras-Mérida, M.R., Girondot, M. (2020) Pipping dynamics in marine turtle Lepidochelys olivacea nests. Trends in Developmental Biology.



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Teaching
Researcher, and Professor of the following courses: - Biostatistics - Technical English (for Spanish speaker Bachelor students) - Herpetology (Profesional formation course for Bachelor senior students) - Marine Turtles ((Profesional formation course for Bachelor senior students)) 37Advisor of several undergraduate research of students from the bachelor in Biology and for the Bachelor in Veterinary.

Workshop and Conference Attended

2017 Las Vegas 37 International Sea Turtle Symposium

Affiliations

International Sea Turtle Society
Laboratoire Écologie, Systématique, Évolution, Université Paris Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AgroParisTech, Orsay, France

Presentation given

2017
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INCUBATION LENGTH AND THE SEX RATIO IN SEA TURTLES Lepidochelys olivacea IN THE MONTERRICO MULTIPURPOSE NATURAL RESERVE (RNUMM), GUATEMALA
Las Vegas
Event: 37 International Sea Turtle Symposium
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Jan 2017
Academic scholarship to study the doctoral program DOCINADE
As a professor at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, they granted only 10 academic scholarships to study the doctoral program in Natural Sciences for Development (DOCINADE) that is held by three different prestigious Costa Rican universities.
Jun 2016
Best Bachelor in Biology Thesis
This awards the best thesis of the School of Biology every year.

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