Soraya Villalobos
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Current Investigation 

I am also interested in massive data analysis, visualization and statistical methods to extract information from stored bio-ecological information. However, I define myself as a plants lover, that's why other approaches of my research include:
  • Medicinal plants: Biochemical and traditional knowledge approach​

Grants and Awards

2017. Grant: The National Geographic Society / Waitt Grants program awarded funds in support of the project "Tropical vs. Temperate plant-pollinator networks: The effect of species richness and phylobetadiversity on the distribution of specialists."
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2016. Award. Graduate Program Excellence Award. Department of Biological Sciences. University of Calgary. 


2015. Award. Graduate Student Poster Award,  Methods in Ecology and Evolution anniversary symposium: “Next Generation Ecology and Evolution”, joint with " Methods in Ecology and Evolution" symposium in London. 

2015. Award. Graduate Program Excellence Award. Department of Biological Sciences. University of Calgary. 


2014. Scholarship:  Jim and Jean Cragg Doctoral Scholarship in Biological Sciences. University of Calgary. 

Previous Research

2005-2006: Throughout my scholar period, I had the opportunity of studying ecological aspects, use and management of a cacti in a dry zone in Colombia, La Guajira peninsula. The main results of this study are published in three peer reviewed papers. 


2007-2010: During my master training I became familiar with reproductive ecology of tropical plants in successional stages and its key player: Phenology. My thesis was part of the international project Tropi-dry, leaded by the University of Alberta (Canada). This project aimed to study the tropical dry forest of the Americas. I was successful in understanding the floristic composition of the Venezuelan tropical dry forest, the arrangement of leaves, flowering and fruiting in time.


I thank the following institutions for their support: 
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