Florencia Grattarola

I am a Uruguayan biologist with a PhD in Life Sciences (University of Lincoln, United Kingdom). During my academic development I have been naturally interested and passionate about several areas, from genetics, genomics and bioinformatics, to environmental education and citizen participation, and also macroecology and biodiversity informatics. My academic training and my personal interests in these fields have led me to develop Biodiversidata, a large, multidisciplinary and collaborative research initiative that nourishes from those interests, while providing a benefits for my country of origin (Uruguay), where the implemented systems for biodiversity monitoring are still in early condition.