Andia Chaves Fonnegra
NationalityColombian
Alma materUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Nova Southeastern University
Scientific career
Fieldsmarine biology
marine ecology
InstitutionsUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
INVEMAR
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Colombia)
Florida Atlantic University
ThesisIncreases of excavating sponges on Caribbean coral reefs : reproduction, dispersal and coral deterioration (2014)
Doctoral advisorJose V. Lopez

Andia Chaves Fonnegra is a Colombian marine biologist known for her research on the marine sponge Cliona delitrix.

Education and career

Chaves earned her bachelor's degree (2001) and her master's degree (2006) in marine biology from the National University of Colombia.[1] In 2007 she taught at Colombia's Universidad Pedagogic Nacional before moving to the University of Alberta where she worked from 2007 to 2008. In 2009 she moved to Florida and became a graduate student at Nova Southeastern University, where she graduated in 2014 with a PhD in oceanography and marine biology.[1][2] Fonnegra's dissertation was "Increase of Excavating Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Coral Deterioration".[3]

The excavating action of the sponge Cliona delitrix on the coral reefs is Andia Chaves' main line of research.

In 2018, Chavez became an assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University, where she works at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.[2] She is known for her research on the marine sponge Cliona delitrix,[4] an organism that grows between the calcium carbonate that forms the skeleton of coral reefs and that, through an excavating action, gradually deteriorates the coral.[5] In the Caribbean Sea the development of this sponge has accelerated in recent years, resulting in the gradual erosion of corals, altering the ecosystem.[6][7]

Awards and honors

  • 2002 – SIGMA XI Grant Award, Scientific Research Society[8]
  • 2006 – Meritorious Mention Master's Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • 2008 – Donald Ross Academic Merit, University of Alberta[9]
  • 2010 – NSU Chancellor´s Faculty Research and Development Grant, Nova Southeastern University[10]
  • 2011 – L'Oréal-UNESCO Scholarship for Women in Science[11][12][6]
  • 2014 – Student Life Achievement Award, Nova Southeastern University[13]
  • 2019 – Gulf Research Program’s Early-Career Research Fellowships of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.[14]
  • 2023 NSF Early Career Award, Florida Atlantic University[15]

Selected publications

  • Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia; Castellanos, Leonardo; Zea, Sven; Duque, Carmenza; Rodríguez, Jaime; Jiménez, Carlos (2008). "Clionapyrrolidine A—A Metabolite from the Encrusting and Excavating Sponge Cliona tenuis that Kills Coral Tissue upon Contact". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 34 (12): 1565–1574. doi:10.1007/s10886-008-9565-5. PMID 19023625. S2CID 21404694.
  • Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia; Zea, Sven (2011). "Coral colonization by the encrusting excavating Caribbean sponge Cliona delitrix". Marine Ecology. 32 (2): 162–173. Bibcode:2011MarEc..32..162C. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00416.x.
  • Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia; Maldonado, Manuel; Blackwelder, Patricia; Lopez, Jose V. (2015). "Asynchronous reproduction and multi-spawning in the coral-excavating sponge Cliona delitrix". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 96 (2): 515–528. doi:10.1017/S0025315415000636. hdl:10261/121387. ISSN 0025-3154. S2CID 52486029.
  • Chaves-Fonnegra, A. (2014). Increase of excavating sponges on Caribbean coral reefs: Reproduction, dispersal, and coral deterioration. Dissertation. Nova Southeastern University.
  • Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia; Feldheim, Kevin A.; Secord, Jesse; Lopez, Jose V. (2015). "Population structure and dispersal of the coral-excavating sponge Cliona delitrix". Molecular Ecology. 24 (7): 1447–1466. doi:10.1111/mec.13134. PMID 25732628. S2CID 4492547.
  • Brandt, Marilyn E.; Olinger, Lauren K.; Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia; Olson, Julie B.; Gochfeld, Deborah J. (2019). "Coral recruitment is impacted by the presence of a sponge community". Marine Biology. 166 (4). doi:10.1007/s00227-019-3493-5. S2CID 91626018.

References

  1. 1 2 Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Curricullum Vitae (in Spanish) Colciencias (colciencias.gov.co)
  2. 1 2 "Andia Chaves Fonnegra, Curriculum Vitae". Laboratory of Marine and Coastal Eclogy, Florida Atlantic University.
  3. ↑ Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia (2014-04-01). "Increase of Excavating Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Coral Deterioration". HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations.
  4. ↑ Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia; Zea, Sven (2011). "Coral colonization by the encrusting excavating Caribbean sponge Cliona delitrix". Marine Ecology. 32 (2): 162–173. Bibcode:2011MarEc..32..162C. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00416.x. ISSN 1439-0485.
  5. ↑ Kaye, Ken (February 21, 2014). "'Beautiful' sponge threatens reefs". South Florida Sun Sentinel.
  6. 1 2 Andia Chaves Fonnegra: científica colombiana ganadora de premio internacional Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Colciencias, 2 March 2011
  7. ↑ "La científica Andia Chaves explica la situación de los corales". El Tiempo. 23 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Grants in aid of research recipients" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-31.
  9. ↑ "A celebration of research and innovation" (PDF).
  10. ↑ NSU. "Reproduction and Spread of Cliona delitrix Excavating Sponge on Coral Reefs". NSU. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  11. ↑ "Outstanding women scientists to receive 2011 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards (3 March) and Fellowships (2 March)". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15.
  12. ↑ "Outstanding women scientists to receive 2011 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards and Fellowships". Geneva, Switzerland: UNESCO. 25 February 2011.
  13. ↑ "Student life achievement awards". Archived from the original on 2020-11-25.
  14. ↑ Galoustian, Gisele (September 30, 2019). "Faculty Receive National Academies' Early-Career Research Fellowships". Archived from the original on 2019-10-02.
  15. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award # 2238537 – CAREER: Integrating Ecological Principles of Sponge-Dominated Coral Reefs in the Education Curricula". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
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