Ernesto Medina

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Ernesto A. Medina is a plant ecologist whose specialty is plant physiology when adapting to the changing environment. He is an elected international member of the National Academy of Sciences, and is adjunct professor in the department of Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CREST-CATEC).[1]

Early life and education[]

Ernesto A. Medina was born in Venezuela.[2] After receiving his undergraduate degree in biology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela,[2] he went to Stuttgart, Germany[2] where he completed a doctorate (PhD) in agronomy.[2] During that time, he published studies of his doctorate work focusing on the plant's physical development. This was the foundation for his investigation in plants which he continues researching later in his life.

Career and research[]

He was assistant professor[2] at the Universidad Central in Caracas,[2] and joined the department of Ecology at the Venezuela Institute for scientific Research (IVIC)[2][3][4] in 1970.[2]

Since 2013,[1] he held a position as adjunct professor[1] in the department of Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CREST-CATEC)[1] where he continued his research on plant physiology.

Fields[]

Medina focuses on the study of how plants' population productivity, photosynthesis and respiration, especially in different developmental stages, are affected by changing environmental variables.[5] For probably worsening conditions of living environment in some regions for plant community caused by either the long term change in the global climate or by human impacts like industrial pollution, change in land use caused by agriculture, pasture, lumbering and fire managements. The effects on the plant community could be analyzed and foreseen based on his research data and experimental results. This could be essential in the progress of plant species preservation and promote the biodiversity of other local species which couldn't be separate from the wellbeing of a plant community as a whole.

Awards and honors[]

He holds an honorary membership in the Ecological Society of America supported by letters from P. D. Coley, T. A.[2] as well as the international membership in the National Academy of Sciences.[5]

His honors also include Guggenheim fellow[6] and Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury Prize.[6]

Publications[]

He has written and published many works in different languages including English, German and Spanish.[2] Here provided three of his most important works:

  • Merwe, N., & Medina, E. (1991). The canopy effect, carbon isotope ratios and foodwebs in amazonia. Journal Of Archaeological Science, 249-259.
  • Cuevas, E., & Medina, E. (1988). Nutrient dynamics within Amazonian forests. Oecologia, 76(2), 222-235.
  • Bullock, S. (1995). Seasonally dry tropical forests. Cambridge: University Press.

Public engagement[]

In 1970, he did postdoctoral research at the Carnegie Institution (Stanford, California) on the photosynthesis of plants.[2]

In 1979, Medina was a guest at both the Australian National University[2] and Stanford University (USA).[6]

Medina has also participated projects with MAB, INTECOL, SCOPE, OAS, and FAO.[2] He has helped establish a school of plant ecology in Venezuela by training 27 students through IVIC and the Universidad Central de Venezuela.[2][7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Research Gate Ernesto Medina". Archived from the original on 1 Feb 2009. Retrieved 15 Dec 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Vol.69, No.1 (Mar.1988), p.30-31. Courtesy of JSTOR" (PDF). Retrieved 15 Dec 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Lugo, Ariel E.; Medina, Ernesto (2020-05-19), "Mangrove Forests", Coastal and Marine Environments, Second edition. | Boca Raton: CRC Press, [2020] | Revised edition of: Encyclopedia of natural resources. [2014].: CRC Press, pp. 117–133, doi:10.1201/9780429441004-12, ISBN 978-0-429-44100-4, retrieved 2020-12-15{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ "Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research". Retrieved 15 Dec 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Ernesto Medina". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  6. ^ a b c Stanford, ©Copyright Stanford University; California 94305. "Search Results". Stanford University. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  7. ^ "1998 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Conference GRC". www.grc.org. Retrieved 2020-12-15.

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