Dr. Monica Andrea Garcia Otalora

Dr.  Monica Andrea Garcia Otalora

Dr. Monica Andrea Garcia Otalora

Lecturer at the Department of Biology

ETH Zürich

Gruppe Biosystematik

CHN G 23

Universitätstrasse 16

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

  • Taxonomy of rust fungi on Solanaceae an other plant plant-pathogenic fungi. 
  • Taxonomy and evolution of lichen-forming Ascomycetes with emphasis on Collemataceae family.
  • Molecular phylogeny and population genetics of lichen-forming fungi. 

 

Since 2016 I have been working on the “Deep Digitization of Fungi” program. The program was created in order to digitalize the plant-pathogenic fungus holdings of the Fungarium Z+ZT. It comprises (i) the nomenclature update and taxonomic interpretation of the vouchers, (ii) registration of label information in the online fungarium database, (iii) the imaging of specimen labels, (iv) uncovering type specimens and produce macro and micrographs of the type to provide images of the most relevant micromorphological characters. 

 

As a sub-project within of the “Deep Digitization of Fungi” program a picture catalogue exclusively for the rust fungi on the nightshade plant family (Solanaceae) was created and published.Thecatalogueoffers the singular opportunity to study and compare all important morphological characters of these rust fungi by some 1400 macro photos and light-micrographs.

 

For access to fungarium records visit the database of the of thenatural history collections of the ETH Zurich.

 

Professional Experience 

2016 – now     Scientific assistant at Fungarium (Z+ZT), Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2011 2013     Postdoctoral researcher, Cryptogamic Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

2009 – 2011     Postdoctoral fellowship, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Education

2005 – 2008    PhD thesis in Biology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

2004                Master in Botany, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

1994 1999    Undergraduate Microbiologist (BSc), Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

 

Course Catalogue

Spring Semester 2024

Number Unit
551-0216-00L Field Course in Mycology

 


Course Catalogue


Publications

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