Mariana Meerhoff

Mariana Meerhoff
Born (1975-06-17) 17 June 1975 (age 49)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Alma materAarhus University
Occupation(s)Researcher, professor, biologist
Years active1994 – present
AwardsL'Oréal-UNESCO Award (2011)

Mariana Meerhoff (born 17 June 1975) is a Uruguayan researcher and Full Professor at the University Center of the Eastern Region [es] of the University of the Republic (UdelaR). She is also honorary associate researcher at Aarhus University and a member of the Advisory Board of the South American Institute for Research and Education in the Sustainability and Resilience Sciences (SARAS). Likewise, she works as a Level 5 Full Professor of the Basic Sciences Development Program [es] (PEDECIBA), and is a Level 3 Researcher of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores of the National Research and Innovation Agency (SNI, ANII) of Uruguay. She currently has more than 90 publications of scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. In 2011 she was recognized with the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for the project "Ecosystem functioning in water bodies: effects of the degree of impact and the opening of the ecosystem".[1] In 2015 she received the International Recognition of Professional Excellence in Limnology (IRPE) and the national Roberto Caldeyro Barcia-PEDECIBA Award.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Mariana Meerhoff obtiene Premio Nacional L'Oréal-UNESCO" [Mariana Meerhoff Gets the National L'oréal-UNESCO Award] (in Spanish). University of the Republic. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Mariana Meerhoff". La República (in Spanish). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Dra. Mariana Meerhoff Lorél Unesco" (in Spanish). Uruguayan Oceanographic Association. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Mariana Meerhoff, docente e investigadora del Centro Universitario de la Región Este, ganadora del premio IRPE 2015" [Maria Meerhoff, Teacher and Researcher of the University Center of the Eastern Region, Winner of the 2015 IRPE Prize] (in Spanish). University of the Republic. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.