Andia Chaves Fonnegra Explained

Andia Chaves Fonnegra
Nationality:Colombian
Fields:marine biology
marine ecology
Workplaces:National University of Colombia
INVEMAR
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Colombia)
University of Alberta
Nova Southeastern University
University of the Virgin Islands
University of Mississippi
Florida Atlantic University
Alma Mater:Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Nova Southeastern University
Thesis Title:Increases of excavating sponges on Caribbean coral reefs : reproduction, dispersal and coral deterioration
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:2014
Doctoral Advisor:Jose V. Lopez
Academic Advisors:Bernard Riegl, Sven Zea, Mateo Lopez Victoria

Andia Chaves Fonnegra is a Colombian marine biologist known for her research on the marine sponge Cliona delitrix.

Education and career

Fonnegra earned her bachelor's degree (2003) in marine biology from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and her master's degree (2006) in marine biology from the National University of Colombia. In 2007 she taught at Colombia's Universidad Pedagogic Nacional before moving to the University of Alberta where she was a graduate student from 2007 to 2008. In 2009, she transferred to Nova Southeastern University, in Florida, where she graduated in 2014 with a PhD in oceanography and marine biology.[1] [2] Fonnegra's dissertation was "Increase of Excavating Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Coral Deterioration".[3]

Fonnegra was a postdoctoral researcher at the Coral Reef Restoration, Assessment & Monitoring (CRRAM) Laboratory - Nova Southeastern University in 2014-2015, later at the Center for Marine and Environmental Studies (CMES) - University of the Virgin Islands in 2016-2017, and also at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences - University of Mississippi in 2018. In 2018, she became an assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University, where she has a joint appointment between the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and the Harriet Wilkes Honors College.[2] She is known for her research on the marine sponge Cliona delitrix,[4] an organism that grows between the calcium carbonate that forms the skeleton of coral reefs and that, through an excavating action, gradually deteriorates the coral.[5] In the Caribbean Sea the development of this sponge has accelerated in recent years, resulting in the gradual erosion of corals, altering the ecosystem.[6] [7]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. https://scienti.colciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000448311 Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Curriculum Vitae
  2. Web site: Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Curriculum Vitae. Laboratory of Marine and Coastal Ecology, Florida Atlantic University.
  3. Chaves-Fonnegra. Andia. 2014-04-01. Increase of Excavating Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Coral Deterioration. HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations.
  4. Chaves-Fonnegra. Andia. Zea. Sven. 2011. Coral colonization by the encrusting excavating Caribbean sponge Cliona delitrix. Marine Ecology. en. 32. 2. 162–173. 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00416.x. 2011MarEc..32..162C . 1439-0485.
  5. News: Kaye. Ken. February 21, 2014. 'Beautiful' sponge threatens reefs. South Florida Sun Sentinel.
  6. https://legadoweb.colciencias.gov.co/noticias/andia-chaves-fonnegra-cient-fica-colombiana-ganadora-de-premio-internacional Andia Chaves Fonnegra: científica colombiana ganadora de premio internacional
  7. News: La científica Andia Chaves explica la situación de los corales. El Tiempo. 23 March 2011.
  8. Web site: Grants in aid of research recipients. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200731034302/https://www.sigmaxi.org/docs/default-source/Programs-Documents/giar-award-recipients/mar2002_by_name.pdf?sfvrsn=4c3a158_2 . 2020-07-31 .
  9. Web site: A celebration of research and innovation.
  10. Web site: NSU . Reproduction and Spread of Cliona delitrix Excavating Sponge on Coral Reefs . 2023-05-24 . NSU . en.
  11. Web site: Outstanding women scientists to receive 2011 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards (3 March) and Fellowships (2 March). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161115063457/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/outstanding_women_scientists_to_receive_2011_loreal_unes/ . 2016-11-15 .
  12. Web site: 25 February 2011. Outstanding women scientists to receive 2011 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards and Fellowships. UNESCO. Geneva, Switzerland.
  13. Web site: Student life achievement awards. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125115653/https://www.nova.edu/campuslife/stueys/2014winners.html . 2020-11-25 .
  14. Web site: Galoustian. Gisele. September 30, 2019. Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191002183534/http://www.fau.edu:80/newsdesk/articles/gulf-of-mexico-fellowships.php . 2019-10-02 .
  15. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 2238537 – CAREER: Integrating Ecological Principles of Sponge-Dominated Coral Reefs in the Education Curricula . 2023-05-24 . www.nsf.gov.

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