Prof. Dr. Katya Susana Romoleroux

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Evolution and Systematics of Plants and Fungi
Keywords	Páramo, Rosaceae, Flora, Andes, Diversity
Honours and awards	2022: Renewed research stay for 3 months granted by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2020: National Award “Eugenio Espejo in Sciences” 2019: Scholarship from National Geographic. Grant NGS-56490R-19. In the footsteps of Edward Whymper: tracking the effects of Global Warming over 140 years in the Andes of Ecuador 2018: Award “Enrique Garcés- Mención honorífica” from Municipio de Quito, for the book: “Guía de Moras del Ecuador” 2002: Postdoctoral Scholarship granted by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Department of Systematic Botany, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany 1991: Doctoral Scholarship granted by Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA: Scholarship no. 104.Dan.8 L 201), for doctorate studies in Aarhus, Denmark 1989: Training Scholarship in Tropical Biology, Phytogeography and Management of Natural Resources, Botany Institute, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Current contact address

Country	Ecuador
City	Quito
Institution	Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador
Institute	Department of Biology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jürke Grau	Bereich Biodiversitätsforschung: Systematische Botanik und Systematische Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Susanne Renner	Bereich Biodiversitätsforschung: Systematische Botanik und Systematische Mykologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Kadereit	Botanische Staatssammlung, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB), München
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Kadereit	Systematik, Biodiversität und Evolution der Pflanzen, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship	01/11/2002

Programme(s)

2001	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme