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LILIAN FERRUFINO
ACOSTA
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
Honduras
Escuela de Biología
Lab. Histología Vegetal y Etnobotánica, Edificio J1 (antes CB)
Tel.: 0504-33370950
[email protected]
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Lilian Ferrufino
Nationality: Honduran
Date of Birth: 04. March 1976
Place of Birth: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
2006-2010
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Doctor of Natural Sciences
Botanical Garden and Botanic Museum
Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universitaet.
Thesis: Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogenetics and Divergences Patterns of the Genus Smilax (L.) Smilacaceae.
2000-2003 —
Master in Biology with emphasis in Botany
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)
Thesis: Morphology, phenology, and phylogeny of Smilax L.
(Smilacaceae) in Costa Rica, with systematic implications.
1994-1998 —
Bachelor in Biology with emphasis in Botany
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH)
Monograph: Ethnoecology and commercialization of Smilax
L. in the Paz Departmento, Honduras.
HIGH SCHOOL
1991-1993 —
Escuela Normal Mixta del Sur, Choluteca
Teacher of Elementary School
1988-1990 —
Instituto José Cecilio del Valle, Choluteca
WORK EXPERIENCE
Professor— At present
Botanic, Seed biology, General biology, Vegetal Physiology and Vegetal anatomy (Signature) UNAH, Honduras
Curator—At present
Herbario Paul Standley, Escuela Agricola Panamericana El Zamorano (EAP)
Research assistant — 2009-2010
Botanical Garden and Botanic Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universitaet.
Teaching assistant and coordinator of the ecotourism career — 2005
Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras (UMH). Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Teaching assistant — 2004-2005
Biology and Botanic (Signature), UNAH, Honduras
Assistant of tropical field botany — Mar-Jun, 2004
Educational Abroad Program (EAP), Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica.
Research assistant — 2001-2002
Herbarium of the University of Costa Rica (USJ). Costa Rica.
Teaching assistant — Aug-Dec, 1999
Environmental Education (Signature) UNAH, Honduras
Teaching assistant — Feb-Jun, 1999
General Botany and Plant Anatomy (Laboratory), UNAH, Honduras
Research assistant — 1998-1999
Elaboration of a database of Medicinal Plants of Honduras in Microsoft Access
with base in the surveys carried out for the book of Medicinal Plants Common of
Honduras. UNAH/OPS.
Research assistant — 1997-1999
Laboratorio de Histología, Vegetal y Etnobotánica, UNAH, Honduras
PUBLICATIONS
Paul House, Iris Rodríguez y Lilian Ferrufino. Rescatando el conocimiento en
una base de datos de plantas medicinales de Honduras. Ciencia y Tecnología.
Publicación semestral de la Dirección de Investigación Científica de la UNAH.
Mayo 1999-No 4.
Ferrufino L. F., Gómez-Laurito, J. 2004. Estudio morfológico de Smilax L. (Smilacaceae) en Costa Rica, con implicaciones sistemáticas. Lankesteriana 4 (1): 536.
Ferrufino L. F. Tratamiento de Smilax L. (Smilacaceae) para la lista de la Flora
Vascular de Antioquia, Colombia. Missouri Botanical Garden (MO). 2004.
Ferrufino, L. A. & W. Greuter. 2010. La Familia Smilacaceae. In: Greuter, W.
(ed.), Flora de la República de Cuba, serie A, plantas vasculares. Fascículo 16
(5): 3-22.
Ferrufino, L. A. & W. Greuter. 2010. Typification of the name Smilax lanceolata L.
Taxon 59 (1):287-288.
Ferrufino, L. A. & W. Greuter. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the genus Smilax L.
(Smilacaceae) in Central America and the Caribbean Islands. Willdenowia 40 (2):
227-280.
Ferrufino, L.A. & T. Borsch. 2011. Molecular Phylogenetics and Divergences Patterns of the Genus Smilax (L.) Smilacaceae (in prep.)
FELLOWSHIPS
1. Scholarship of German Service of Academic Exchange (DAAD). Ph.D degree.
2. Research fellowship Program “Synthesis of Systematics Resources”, FR-TAF.
France, European Union. Aug 2008.
3. Research Fellowship Program “Organization for Tropical Studies”, Costa Rica,
Sept 2007.
4. Scholarship of German Service of Academic Exchange (DAAD). Master degree. University of Costa Rica (UCR). 2000-2003.
5. Research fellowship “Elizabeth Bascom.” Missouri Botanical Garden. Nov,
2002-Enero 2003.
ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED & PRESENTATIONS IN CONGRESES
Ferrufino, L. & J. Gómez-Laurito. 2006. Estudio morfológico de Smilax L. (Smilacacae) en Costa Rica, con implicaciones sistemáticas. IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica. Santo Domingo, Dominic Republic.
Ferrufino, L. & B. Gemeinholzer. 2006. Phylogeny of Smilax L. (Section Micrathae) in Mesoamerica. Nees Institute. Bonn University. Bonn. Germany.
Ferrufino, L. F. & J. Gómez-Laurito. 2007. Useful taxonomic characters in Smilax of Costa Rica. 9 Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologiche Systematik.
Vienna, Austria.
Ferrufino, L., B. Gemeinholzer. 2008. Smilax, a paraphyletic group in Central
America?. Systematics 2008, Gottingen Universität, Göttingen, Germany.
Ferrufino, L. 2008. Participation. Latinoamerican Symposium “Biodiversity in
Change”. Bonn, Germany.
Ferrufino, L. 2010. Participation. Tools for identifying biodiversity: progress and
problems. Paris, France.
Ferrufino, L. 2011. Presentation and participation. II Congreso Centroamericano
de Investigación de la Red CADAN:R. León Nicaragua.
Ferrufino, L. 2011. Presentation and participation. 5to Congreso de Investigación Científica “Investigación Científica, Desarrollo Tecnológico y Políticas Públicas: tendencias Internacionales”. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Ferrufino, L. 2011. Presentation and participation. I Congreso de Investigación
Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre de Honduras (CONIFOR), Siguatepeque, Honduras