Valeria Fárez-Román

Contact/ Address

Valeria Fárez-Román
PhD student

Department of Lake Research
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany

valeria.farez@ufz.de

Valeria Fárez-Román

Research interests

  • Phytoplankton ecology and biogeochemistry in lakes
  • Winter limnology
  • IWRM

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2021

PhD candidate at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Lake Research.
Topic: Winter diatom blooms and their effect on lake ecosystems.

2016 - 2020

Assistant professor at bachelor’s and master’s level at PUCE and UTPL - Ecuador.
Subjects: Hydroinformatics, Ecotoxicology, Hydrology.

2013 - 2015

Erasmus Mundus Master in Ecohydrology, CAU - Germany, ULodz - Poland, UFES - Brazil.
Research topic: soil-water relations and hydrological infrastructures in agricultural terraces, Madeira Island.

2012 - 2013

Consultant in environmental education and sustainability projects in NGO’s - Ecuador.

2006 - 2012

Bachelor in Environmental Engineering, UPS - Ecuador.

Projects

DIABLO (DFG funded) Winter diatom blooms and their effect on lake ecosystems
UTPL Potential of marsupial frogs as a bioindicator of eutrophication in Andean ecosystems