Urrea Cardenas Johan

Johan Urrea Cardenas, BSc MSc

University assistant (prae doc)
PhD student
3. floor, room 316
t: +43 1 4277 540 61
m: johan.esteban.urrea.cardenas@univie.ac.at

Title of the Doctoral Thesis

The geographic mosaic of pollination and fruit dispersal as source of diversity in Pyxidantheae (Melastomataceae)

Research interests

Plant systematics, evolution, morphology, and biogeography, mainly focused in Melastomataceae
Flower and fruit evolution and diversity
Pollination biology in Neotropical Melastomataceae
Population biology and ecology
Biodiversity conservation

Blakea — Blakea princeps cultivated in Bogotá, Colombia © Urrea Cardenas

Blakea watsonii — Front view of Blakea watsonii from Boyacá, Colombia © Urrea Cardenas

Blakea sp. — Front view of Blakea sp. nov from Santander, Colombia © Urrea Cardenas

Curriculum Vitae

Current position

2024– University assistent (prae doc)

Education and scientific career

2024– PhD in Biology, University of Vienna
2023–2024 MSc in Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2018–2023 BSc in Biology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
2011–2017 Secondary School, Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia

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