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First Puerto Rican woman to be named president of Mycological Society of America

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Dr. Sharon A. Cantrell became the first Puerto Rican woman to be appointed to the presidency of the Mycologycal Society of America, an organization that brings together scientists dedicated to the study of fungi and which was founded in 1932. Dr. Cantrell is a professor at the School of Natural Sciences and Technology of the Universidad del Turabo in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. She obtained her baccalaureate (Biology) and masters (Biology / Mycology) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. In 1996 she completed his PhD in Phytopathology - Mycology at the University of Georgia in Athens. Currently her research is directed to fungal ecology, climate change, extreme environments, taxonomy and systematics.

Greetchen Díaz: ponceña even in the moon

Submitted on 30 October 2013 - 1:48pm

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Sandra Torres Guzmán

Greetchen Díaz-Muñoz, is a scientist postdoc associate that studies HPV at Nebraska University and also volunters at Ciencia Puerto Rico. This article features her story from her beginnings at Playa de Ponce until become a role model and advocate for sciences in Puerto Rico.

 

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