Faculty
Lorena Silva
Assistant Research Scientist
Horn Point Laboratory
Bio
I am a limnologist with a Ph.D. in Ecology and a strong interest in reservoir ecology, water quality, phytoplankton-zooplankton interface, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship, functional traits, mesocosm experiments, analytical chemistry, habitat monitoring, aquatic ecosystem management and conservation, and programming languages. Next to research, I enjoy teaching and have given graduate-level courses on Statistical Data Analysis in R covering a range of simple and complex applications of R in ecology.
Areas of Expertise
- Limnology
- Water Quality
- Plankton Ecology
- Ecosystem Ecology
- Greenhouse gas flux
- Human-related impacts: Eutrophication, Biological Invasion, Land-use change, Wildfire
Education
- Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2021, Ph.D., Department of Ecology and Zoology
- Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, 2014, M.S., Department of Zoology
- Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, 2013, B.S., Biology