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Personal details. Cuban, female, year of birth 1942.

Qualifications. Graduate degree: Licenciatura (Biological Sciences), 1971, Havana University; PhD (Biological Sciences), 1989, Havana University; appointed Assistant Professor, 1977, Havana University.

Current position. Scientific researcher in the Mycological Laboratory of the National Botanical Garden since 1972 (Head of Laboratory, 1980-1995).

Expertise. Mycology; identification of ascomycetes; expert in systematics of Ascomycetes, Xylariaceae; teaching Mycology, Algology and Botany in the Faculty of Biology (1972-2002); supervision of postgraduate students. Curator of the collection of fungal living cultures (1974-1991). Experience of data-entry for computerized biological recording. Scientific member in the following projects: Fungi of the Caribbean (Darwin Initiative, 1997-2000); Fungal Diversity at the Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve, Cuba; Electronic Distribution Maps of Caribbean Fungi (British Council, 2001-2003); Biodiversity Conservation in Cuba (Darwin Initiative, 2001-2004); Diversidad Fúngica en la Reserva Ecológia "Alturas de Banao", Escambray, Cuba (2002-2004); Fungal Diversity in Ecological Reserve "Alturas de Banao", Escambray, Cuba (2002-2004).

Scientific events. Active participation in many different scientific events, attendance to more than 15 international and national congresses, including IX National Simposium of Criptogamic Botany (Spain, 1991); First, Second, Third and Fourth Latin-American Mycological Congresses (La Habana, 1993; La Habana, 1996; Caracas, 1999; Xalapa, 2002); Symposium of Tropical Mycology (Liverpool, 2000). Many publications (more than 10 in Cuba).

Experience overseas. Various study periods in the following institutions: Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany (1983, 1985); Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (1998); Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK (1998).