Achievements and Awards

We are pleased to acknowledge the academic, professional, and creative achievements of members of our community. If you have received a recognition or reached an important milestone, we invite you to complete the form below and share this information with us.

Selected to join the prestigious “Young Scientist Program” of the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science

Blga. Sheyla Cevallos

Date: June 4, 2025

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Participation in the “National Meeting for the Right to Healthy and Sustainable Food for Ecuadorian Children and Adolescents”
Topic: “Unmasking digital marketing and misleading advertising of products and beverages”
Luz Valencia, M.Sc.
Date: June 20, 2025
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Participation in the “VIII National Congress of Enteral, Parenteral, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism & IV Congress of Pediatric Nutrition”
Dr. Sara Ordoñez / Jestin Quiroz, M.Sc. / Carolina Herrera, M.Sc. / Marcela Chaug, M.Sc. / Gabriela Cucalón, M.Sc.
Date: June 12, 2025
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Participation in the “V Congress of Clinical Nutrition and I Community Educational Food Fair”
Alfonso Silva, M.Sc. / Gabriela Cucalón, M.Sc. / Carlos Ordoñez, M.Sc.
Date: May 16, 2025
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Participation in the “GCBC Research Symposium” in London, United Kingdom
Julie Nieto, Ph.D.
Topic: “Biodiversity for Climate and Social Resilience: Empowerment of Coastal Communities in Sustainable Production Practices in Ecuador”
Date: March 2025
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Participation in the “III International Symposium on Forest Sciences”
Edwin Jiménez, M.Sc.
Topic: “Biodiversity and the role of women in protecting biodiversity in agroforestry systems”
Date: February 3, 2025
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Students:

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Biologist María Mercedes Gómez
Project: “Reconstructing Reef Shark Communities in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Over Millennia”
Date: February 6, 2024
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Faculty Members:

Best Research Project Award by Secuencia Ecuador
Fernanda Betuccez, Ph.D. / Diana Carvajal, Ph.D. / Carlos Ordoñez, M.Sc.
Project: “Omics technologies applied to the study of B-cell lymphoma for the discovery of biomarkers associated with diagnosis and prognosis”
Date: 2024
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