Johan Urrea Cardenas, BSc MSc
University assistent (prae-doc)
PhD student
3. floor, room 316
t: +43 1 4277 540 63
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 princeps cultivated in Bogotá, Colombia © Urrea Cardenas
Front view of Blakea watsonii from Boyacá, Colombia © Urrea Cardenas
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
Selected publications
- Urrea, J., Mendoza-Cifuentes, H., García, N. (2023). Novedades taxonómicas y sinopsis del género Blakea (Melastomataceae, Pyxidantheae) en la Cordillera Oriental, Colombia. Acta Botánica Mexicana, 130(e172), 1–27.
doi.org/10.21829/abm128.2021.1924