I am a highly motivated woman who thoroughly enjoys aquatic research both outdoors and indoors. I am looking for a research position to continue working with ecological issues pertaining to aquatic organisms. Although I would prefer to continue my work on food webs using chemical markers, I am very flexible and would enjoy answering any ecological question relating to aquatic organisms, both in oceans and inland waters. I currently live in Spain but could move if required. I am a Peruvian citizen with a Spanish residency.
EDUCATION
Fordham University, Bronx, NY (USA)
Ph.D. in Ecology 2007
Dissertation: “Trophic relationships in Northeastern stream ecosystems. Importance of
fatty acids for macroinvertebrates”
Fordham University, Bronx, NY (USA)
M.S. in Biology 2003
Cayetano Heredia University, Lima (Peru)
B.S. in Biology 1997
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant: Limnology Laboratory, The Louis Calder Center, Fordham University, NY (2005-2006)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fordham University, Bronx, NY (USA)
Teaching Fellow – 2005
Teaching Assistant – 1999 – 2005
Villa Caritas High School, Lima (Peru)
Teacher – 6th to 10th grade Biology, Chemistry and Physics 1999
TECHNICAL SKILLS
•Limnological sampling techniques
•Gas chromatography
•Analysis of nitrates and phosphates in water
•Analysis of Carbon and Nitrogen isotopes in biological samples
•Multivariate Statistics
Excellent computer skills: Word, Excel, Power Point, Sigma Plot, Systat
LANGUAGES
•Spanish – native language
•English – fluent speech, and reads/writes with high proficiency
•German – speaks, reads, and writes with basic competence
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
• Torres-Ruiz, M., Wehr, J. and A. Perrone. 2007. Trophic relationships in a stream food web: the importance of fatty acids for macroinvertebrate consumers. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(3): In print.
• Torres-Ruiz, M. and J. Wehr. 2007. Comparison of two stream food webs examined using fatty acids, stable isotopes and nutrient stoichiometry. In preparation.
•Torres-Ruiz, M. Wehr, J. and A. Perrone. 2006. How do stream dwelling hydropsychid caddisflies respond to changes in the essential fatty acid content of their food? Poster. ASLO international summer meeting, Victoria, Canada.
•Wehr, J., Truhn, K., Torres-Ruiz, M. and A. Perrone. 2006. Algal biodiversity – Ecosystem function relationships in streams of southern New York. Poster. ASLO international summer meeting, Victoria, Canada.
•Torres, M., Wehr, J. and A. Perrone. 2005. Essential fatty acid dynamics in a stream food web. Oral presentation. ASLO international summer meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
•Wehr, J., Torres, M. and A. Perrone. 2005. Biodiversity of benthic algal communities in streams and their predicted ecosystem services. Poster. 44th Northeast Algal Symposium, Maine, US.
REFERENCES
Dr. John D. Wehr
Director
The Louis Calder Center of Fordham University, NY
Phone: 1 (914) 273 – 3078 x 11
Email: wehr@fordham.edu
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