Dr. Vanesa Luna Celino is the 2024 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award

UF Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD) is pleased to announce that Dr. Vanesa Luna Celino is the 2024 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award, given by TCD, Center for Latin American Studies. 

Dr. Luna completed her dissertation in Interdisciplinary Ecology in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment in May 2024 under the supervision of Dr. Karen Kainer (advisor) and Dr. Bette Loiselle (co-advisor). Her dissertation was entitled “Fire in the Peruvian Andes: Agricultural burns, changes in community-based management, and key actor perceptions.”

To read the full article, published by the Tropical Conservation & Development Program, go to:

https://mailchi.mp/latam/tcd-listserv-sep-9-14177347?e=acd526b023