{"id":60,"date":"2020-06-30T21:20:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T01:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/proyectos\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T14:37:17","slug":"dra-melendez-ackerman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/proyectos\/integrantes\/dra-melendez-ackerman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dra. Mel\u00e9ndez-Ackerman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dra. Elvia Mel\u00e9ndez-Ackerman\"\"<\/h1>\n

Principal Investigator in the Environmental Science Department at UPR-RP<\/h5>\n

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I am an ecologist by training but an interdisciplinary researcher by experience. I have a broad background in evolutionary ecology of species interactions, conservation, ecological responses to climate variability. In the area of conservation, I have worked with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate species or ecosystem responses to climate variability and interactions with invasive species in protected areas.\u00a0 In more recent years my research has expanded to address sustainability and adaptive capacity issues within the context of urban social-ecological systems. How feedbacks between social and ecological factors influence human wellbeing is a current research interest. For over 10 years I have been also working on evaluating the social and ecological factors that influence the variability in the functionality of green spaces in the city. I have served as PI or co-PI of funded grants of state (Department of Natural Resources<\/a><\/span>), federal agencies (NSF, USDA-NIFA, IITF, USFW) and NGOs (Ford, Ciudadanos del Karso) develop research and education\/training programs. I am the mentor of the student ecology chapter AKKA SEEDS (affiliated to ESA) of my campus and an active collaborator of the following research networks and Centers: \u00a0San Juan ULTRA Network (Executive committee – San Juan ULTRA<\/a><\/span>),\u00a0 Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Research fellow – CATEC<\/a><\/span>), Fundaci\u00f3n Amigos del Yunque (Chair Board of Directors – Fundaci\u00f3n Amigos de El Yunque<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

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Roll in the team:\u00a0Mission Commander
\n<\/span>Contact:<\/span> elmelend@gmail.com<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Dra. Elvia Mel\u00e9ndez-Ackerman Principal Investigator in the Environmental Science Department at UPR-RP   I am an ecologist by training but an interdisciplinary researcher by experience. I have a broad background in evolutionary ecology of species interactions, conservation, ecological responses to climate variability. In the area of conservation, I have worked with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate<\/p>\n

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