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Leonor conducting a "food chain"
activity at Colonia Santena elementary school at Bocas del Toro,
Panama. This is part of an environmental education program
funded by CEPF and ITEC and coordinated along with Gabriela
Alonso (CSI Fellow). |
Leonor
Ceballos Meraz is a PhD student at
The University of Melbourne, Australia. Leonor’s current research
interest is in sexual behavior of orb-web spiders. Leonor has been doing
research in spiders since 2002, when she started her M.S. degree at
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR). Since 1998, Leonor has
collaborated as a research assistant in a variety of subjects inside and
outside of Mexico, from bruchid beetles, parasitoids, ants, spiders,
dendrobatid frogs, and sea turtles. Since 1999, Leonor has been
collaborating with the
Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (ITEC), in the
province of Bocas del Toro, Panama, first as a volunteer in the Sea
Turtle Conservation Program; then along with
Gabriela Alonso (CSI Fellow) developing and coordinating an
environmental education program, which has been funded by the
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). In August 2004, Leonor
was awarded with an student paper award (1st price oral presentation in
ethology) in the 16th International Congress of Arachnology, held in
Ghent, Belgium. In 2005, Leonor collaborated with ECOSUR, as an invited
professor of the “Regional Development” M.S. program on-line course.
In Melbourne, Leonor is part of the Animal Bahaviour
and Evolution group at the
Department of Zoology. Research in this group examines behavior and
evolution at several levels, ranging from cells to populations. Leonor’s
research is conducted under the supervision of Prof. Mark A. Elgar, who
is an extensive expertise on the reproductive behavior of spiders.
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Leonor mouth-feeding one of the
golden orb web spiders (Nephila edulis) that she keeps in
a laboratory in the Department of Zoology at The University of
Melbourne. This is part of her PhD research project. |
Leonor Ceballos
Meraz actualmente estudia el Doctorado en la
Universidad de Melbourne,
Australia. La investigacion de Leonor se centra en el estudio del
comportamiento sexual de aranas tejedoras de redes orbiculares.
Apartir del 2002, Leonor ha centrado su interes en el comportamiento de
estos aracnidos, cuando comenzo su Maestria en Ciencias
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR).
Desde 1998, Leonor ha participado como asistente de
investigacion en varios proyectos que incluyen una amplia variedad de
temas, desde escarabajos (bruquidos), hasta tortugas marinas, pasando
por hormigas, avispas parasitoides, aranas y ranas. Desde 1999, Leonor
ha colaborado con el Institute
for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (ITEC), en la
Provincia de Bocas del Toro, Panama, primero como voluntaria en el
proyecto de conservacion de tortugas marinas. Depues, junto con Gabriela
Alonso (CSI Fellow), desarrollando y coordinando un programa de
educacion ambiental, financiado por
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). En agosto de 2004,
Leonor obtuvo el primer lugar en presentacion oral en la categoria
estudiantil en el 16o Congreso Internacional de Aracnologia, en Ghent,
Belgica. En 2005, Leonor participo como profesora invitada para impartir
el curso de “Desarrollo Regional” en linea, como parte del programa de
posgrado de ECOSUR.
En Melbourne, Leonor forma parte
del grupo de Comportamiento Animal y Evolucion del
Departamento de Zoologia.
El interes principal de este grupo de investigacion es examinar el
comportamiento y la evolucion a varios niveles, desde celulas hasta
poblaciones. Leonor lleva a cabo sus estudios de doctorado bajo la
supervsion del Dr. Mark A. Elgar, quien es un reconocido investigador en
el area y tiene amplia experiencia en el comportamiento reproductor de
aranas.
Email:
l.ceballos@conservationinstitute.org
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Leonor climbing a 40 m
tree at Bocas del Toro, Panama. This is an optional outdoor
activity provided for the elementary schools involved with
the environmental education program funded by CEPF and ITEC
and coordinated along with Gabriela Alonso (CSI Fellow). |
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