Maria Àngels Cardona i Florit
Doctor Maria Àngels Cardona i Florit | |
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Born | 1940 |
Died | 24 December 1991 |
Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology, Ecology, Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Cardona |
Maria Àngels Cardona i Florit (1940, in Ferreries – 1991, in Barcelona) was a biologist, ecologist and botanist from Menorca, who worked mainly in Barcelona.[1]
Biography[]
She lived during her early childhood in Ciutadella (Menorca) before moving to Barcelona to go to university.[1]
She graduated in Biological Science in University of Barcelona on 1963. From 1964 to 1971 she completed her Doctoral thesis about the lifecycle of plants in different plants communities, basically around Collserola area, in Barcelona. With this thesis she started a new research line in geobotanics in Catalonia, which drove a significant change in scientific and methodology approaches. On 1972 she won the Pius Font i Quer Prize of Institut d'Estudis Catalans.[1]
Ever since the beginning of her doctoral thesis, she worked as professor in Barcelona University, and she was teaching in the Botanics Department from 1975 to 1985, when she moved to Autonomous University of Barcelona. On 1986 she won a full professor position on Vegetable Biology that she hold until her death.[1]
She collaborated with different international professors, specially from University of Marseille an expert in Cytogenetics. She published more than fifty scientific papers and participated in the creation of . She a member of National and International Societies and Commissions.[2]
She had a poor health and died from a stroke in Barcelona on 24 December 1991.[1]
The standard author abbreviation Cardona is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Perez Molina, Isabel. "Maria Àngels Cardona Florit". Diccionari Biogràfic de Dones. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Àngels Cardona i Florit". enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- ^ IPNI. Cardona.
Bibliography[]
- (1999). M. Àngels Cardona i Florit: La flora i el paisatge de Menorca. Maó: Institut Menorquí d'Estudis.
- "Maria Àngels Cardona i Florit", Dones de ciència, calendari 2007. En internet: http://www20.gencat.cat/docs/icdones/Documents%20web%20antiga/Arxius/pub_calendari2007.pdf[permanent dead link].
- 1940 births
- 1991 deaths
- People from Menorca
- Spanish botanists
- Spanish ecologists
- Spanish women scientists
- Women botanists
- Women ecologists
- 20th-century botanists
- 20th-century women scientists
- University of Barcelona alumni
- Spanish women botanists