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Fátima Mereles
Fatima Mereles (born 26 May 1953) is a botanist and academic from Paraguay, who specialises in wetland flora. BiographyMaría 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 Wikispecies has information related to Fatima Mereles. 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 honoursHonorary doctorateIn 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] EponymThe bromeliad Tillandsia mereliana is named after Mereles.[10][2] References
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