María Antonieta López
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35733
Fax: +49 (0) 641 99-35709
Fields of interest/focus of work
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Combined effects of ocean warm and microplastics on coral reef
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Coral immune response and recovery
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Coral reef biochemistry
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Coral reef ecotoxicology
Scientific career
- since 2021: Ph.D. student at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
- 2018: Postgraduate student (MSc in Biological Sciences), Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela; thesis: “Detoxification in healthy corals, disease and zooxanthellae during and after stress by xenobiotics”
- 2012: Undergraduate student (BSc Biology), Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela; thesis: "Characterization of colonies of Montastraea sp. for infrared spectroscopy (FTIR - ATR)"
Scholarships
- Ph.D. scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD (since 2021)