Education:

2003:  University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Master of Science (Natural Resources). Emphasis on grazing disturbance on the structure of the Chiliotrichum diffusum scrub in Patagonia.

 

1981:  University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. Bachelor of Science (Agronomy).

Professional Experience:

2004— Present:  Research assistant.  Southeast Environmental Research Center,  Florida International University, Miami, FL.

1992 — 2002:  Assistant Research Scientist CONICET. Sheep grazing effects on Magellan steppe grasslands and scrublands in Patagonia. Productivity studies in Pampean grasslands, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

 

1987 — 1992:  CONICET. Scholarship. Floristic description of Spartina argentinensis grasslands in the Chaco region, Argentina, and its relationship with environment.

 

1986:  Research Assistant. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Assisted Prof. Laszlo Orloci analyzing and synthesizing vegetation data using multivariate techniques. Development of a taxon-free scheme to compare communities, which occupy the same kind of environment but are geographically apart.

 

1983 — 1985:  CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research) Scholarship. Vegetation surveys in the Chaco and Pampean region, Argentina: Floristic community descriptions and their relationship to the environment.

Susana L. Stofella, M.S.

Research Assistant

 

Phone: 305-348-3066

E-mail: stofella@fiu.edu

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