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Tania del Mar López Marrero


Tania del Mar López Marrero

Título Académico

Profesora Asistente

Informacióde contacto:

e-mail: tania.lopez1@uprm.edu

 

Educación:

2004-2008 Ph.D., Geography with emphasis in Human-Environment relationships and Cartography, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geography Dissertation: “Adaptive Capacity and Resilience to Floods in the Caribbean: A Case Study from Flood-Prone Communities in Puerto Rico”

2000-2002 M.Sc., Geography with emphasis in Human-Environment relationships, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geography Thesis: “Characterization and Modeling of Land-Cover Change: The Case of Urban Expansion in a Caribbean Landscape”

1992-1997 B.Sc., concentration in Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Natural Sciences Faculty Undergraduate Thesis: “The Effect of Land Use on Soil Erosion in the Guadiana Watershed in Puerto Rico”

 

Investigaciones:

2013 Caribbean Environmental Mapping Initiative. Rutgers University, CLAS Small Grant Fund for research on Latin America. $600.00 2012-2014 Promoting Community Adaptation and Resilience in the Insular Caribbean (PROCARIB Working Group). Rutgers University, Office of the Vice President for International and Global Affairs – Working Groups in Global and International Research. Project Director. $10,000.

2012-2013 Urban expansion and natural hazards in Puerto Rico. Rutgers University, Research Council Grant. $2,500. 2012 Re-mapping the Insular Caribbean: Visualizing and interpreting environmental data through cartograms. Rutgers University, Critical Caribbean Studies Initiative. $1,000.

2012-2014 Landscape Transformations and Vulnerability to Coastal Hazards in Puerto Rico. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant Program, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Principal investigator; in collaboration with Instituto de Ciencias para la Conservación de Puerto Rico. $46,418.

2009-2011 Public Knowledge and Perception of Forest Ecosystems Services and Drivers of Ecosystem Change: the Case of the Northern Karst and the Río Piedras Watershed, Puerto Rico. USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Urban and Community Forestry. Principal Investigator; in collaboration with Misión Industrial de Puerto Rico. $61,527.

2008-2010 Integrating Landscape Attributes, Ecosystem Services, and Stakeholder Perceptions and Incentives for Determining Land Use Suitability for Conservation. USDA Forest Service, Centers for Urban and Interface Forestry, Southern Research Station. Principal Investigator; in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico and the USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry. $264,754. 

 

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