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Award for the best Nature video documentary which I scripted, produced, and directed.
Latin American Institute of Social Research.
Award to the best scientific research work.
CONICIT (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas)
Annual award for the best job in science journalism in Spain.
Spanish Association for Advancement of Science, Madrid, Spain.
University Educator/Researcher
01 July 2016 - 01 January 2021
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
01 July 2016 - 01 June 2020
University Educator/Researcher
01 July 2009 - 01 June 2016
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
01 July 2009 - 01 December 2014
Aldemaro Romero Jr. is a public intellectual and a college professor with experience in higher education leadership. He received his bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami, Florida. He has published more than 1,100 pieces, including more than 30 books and monographs. He has developed a significant number of outreach programs that include, but are not limited to, the use of traditional media and emerging electronic, social ones. He has produced/directed/written/hosted hundreds of TV and radio shows while writing hundreds of non-academic pieces in the form of regular newspaper columns and magazine articles. His academic interests range from environmental and evolutionary biology to history and philosophy of science, science communication, and higher education. He has been awarded numerous grants as well as prizes for his research and science communication work.
Ramón Margalef proposed in 1968 that ecosystems could be better understood if they were viewed as cybernetic systems. I tested this hypothesis in the case of hypogean ecosystems using available pieces of evidence. I looked on how information on feedbacks, stability, succession, organization, diversity, and energy flows in the hypogean environment fit the cybernetics hypothesis. The results were that there are convincing arguments that the application of the concept of cybernetics in biospeleology can be beneficial to broadening our understanding of cave biota in terms of their structure. I also make the case that this approach can provide more clarity about how cave biota has evolved through time and the implications for their conservation.
Aldemaro Romero. Hypogean Communities as Cybernetic Systems: Implications for the Evolution of Cave Biotas. Diversity 2020, 12, 413 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Hypogean Communities as Cybernetic Systems: Implications for the Evolution of Cave Biotas. Diversity. 2020; 12 (11):413.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2020. "Hypogean Communities as Cybernetic Systems: Implications for the Evolution of Cave Biotas." Diversity 12, no. 11: 413.
Aldemaro Romero. Herbert L. Needleman (1927-2017). Environmental Research 2018, 165, 507 -509.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Herbert L. Needleman (1927-2017). Environmental Research. 2018; 165 ():507-509.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2018. "Herbert L. Needleman (1927-2017)." Environmental Research 165, no. : 507-509.
Environmental academic programs in U.S. institutions of higher education have traditionally lacked definition of their nature and unifying principles. In order to ascertain how these programs are presently constituted in U.S. institutions of higher education, we surveyed 1050 environmental programs/departments between November 2013 and March of 2014. The states with the highest number of those programs/departments were New York (100), Pennsylvania (92), California (76), Ohio (56), Massachusetts (54), while those with the lowest numbers are Oklahoma, and Utah (4), Delaware (3), Arkansas, Hawaii, South Dakota, and Wyoming (2), North Dakota (1), and Idaho (0). However, when the state population is taken into account and the number of programs per 1,000,000 inhabitants is calculated, the results vary greatly for the ones that were at the top in absolute numbers but remain basically the same for those that were at the bottom in absolute number. Thus, the states with the highest number of programs/departments per 1,000,000 inhabitants are Vermont (30.364), Montana (15.160), Maine (15.056), the District of Columbia (14.957), Alaska (14.080), and Rhode Island (10.451), and at the bottom we find Idaho (0), Arkansas (0.686), Oklahoma (1.066), Texas (1.352), Florida (1.436), Utah (1.447), Hawaii (1.470), and North Dakota (1.487). The names Environmental Science and Environmental Studies are, by far, the most common ones being applied to these programs, accounting for 52.40% of the programs in our study. Environmental programs are also housed in departments of Biology/Ecology/Conservation (9.93%), Policy/Analysis/Planning (7.19%), and Geology (4.79%). Between 1900 (the year of the first program was created) and 1958, only 14 programs were established. For the period 1959-1999, there is a dramatic increase in the number of programs. There are two big "waves" in the creation of programs: one between 1965 and 1976 (with a high peak in 1970) and another starting 1988 and, probably, continuing to this date, with a peak in 1997. Representatives of the programs surveyed cited students and faculty demand and job market opportunities as the most common reasons behind the creation of these programs. The high diversity of names and emphases found in this study is consistent with the premise that Environmental Studies is a field where there is a lack of unifying principles and clarity of what environmental studies programs should be.
Aldemaro Romero; Michael Nate. Not All Are Created Equal. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 2016, 4, 92 -108.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero, Michael Nate. Not All Are Created Equal. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research. 2016; 4 (5):92-108.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero; Michael Nate. 2016. "Not All Are Created Equal." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 4, no. 5: 92-108.
Aldemaro Romero; Aldemaro Romero. Living in obscurity: Danté Fenolio— life in the dark. Environmental Biology of Fishes 2016, 99, 509 -511.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero, Aldemaro Romero. Living in obscurity: Danté Fenolio— life in the dark. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 2016; 99 (5):509-511.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero; Aldemaro Romero. 2016. "Living in obscurity: Danté Fenolio— life in the dark." Environmental Biology of Fishes 99, no. 5: 509-511.
The influence of religion on science: the case of the idea of predestination in biospeleolog
Aldemaro Romero Jr.. The influence of religion on science: the case of the idea of predestination in biospeleology. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2016, 2, e9015 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero Jr.. The influence of religion on science: the case of the idea of predestination in biospeleology. Research Ideas and Outcomes. 2016; 2 ():e9015.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero Jr.. 2016. "The influence of religion on science: the case of the idea of predestination in biospeleology." Research Ideas and Outcomes 2, no. : e9015.
Aldemaro Romero. Cave biology: It's not a job, it's an adventure. Cave biology: It's not a job, it's an adventure 2013, 1 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Cave biology: It's not a job, it's an adventure. Cave biology: It's not a job, it's an adventure. 2013; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2013. "Cave biology: It's not a job, it's an adventure." Cave biology: It's not a job, it's an adventure , no. : 1.
Aldemaro Romero. Nobody's Dolphins. Nobody's Dolphins 2013, 1 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Nobody's Dolphins. Nobody's Dolphins. 2013; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2013. "Nobody's Dolphins." Nobody's Dolphins , no. : 1.
When Whales Became Mammals: The Scientific Journey of Cetaceans From Fish to Mammals in the History of Science | InTechOpen, Published on: 2012-11-07. Authors: Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero. When Whales Became Mammals: The Scientific Journey of Cetaceans From Fish to Mammals in the History of Science. New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals 2012, 1 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. When Whales Became Mammals: The Scientific Journey of Cetaceans From Fish to Mammals in the History of Science. New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals. 2012; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2012. "When Whales Became Mammals: The Scientific Journey of Cetaceans From Fish to Mammals in the History of Science." New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals , no. : 1.
Aldemaro Romero; Susanna Priest. National Academies, U.S. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication 2012, 1 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero, Susanna Priest. National Academies, U.S. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication. 2012; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero; Susanna Priest. 2012. "National Academies, U.S." Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication , no. : 1.
Aldemaro Romero; Susanna Priest. National Science Foundation, U.S. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication 2012, 1 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero, Susanna Priest. National Science Foundation, U.S. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication. 2012; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero; Susanna Priest. 2012. "National Science Foundation, U.S." Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication , no. : 1.
Aldemaro Romero. Nobody’s Dolphins. Adventures in the Wild 2012, 11 -20.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Nobody’s Dolphins. Adventures in the Wild. 2012; ():11-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2012. "Nobody’s Dolphins." Adventures in the Wild , no. : 11-20.
Aldemaro Romero; Joy Trauth. Cave Biology:. Adventures in the Wild 2012, 123 -134.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero, Joy Trauth. Cave Biology:. Adventures in the Wild. 2012; ():123-134.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero; Joy Trauth. 2012. "Cave Biology:." Adventures in the Wild , no. : 123-134.
Joy Trauth; Aldemaro Romero. Back Matter. Adventures in the Wild 2012, 185 -185.
AMA StyleJoy Trauth, Aldemaro Romero. Back Matter. Adventures in the Wild. 2012; ():185-185.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoy Trauth; Aldemaro Romero. 2012. "Back Matter." Adventures in the Wild , no. : 185-185.
Joy Trauth; Aldemaro Romero. About the Authors. Adventures in the Wild 2012, 169 -174.
AMA StyleJoy Trauth, Aldemaro Romero. About the Authors. Adventures in the Wild. 2012; ():169-174.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoy Trauth; Aldemaro Romero. 2012. "About the Authors." Adventures in the Wild , no. : 169-174.
Joy Trauth; Aldemaro Romero. Front Matter. Adventures in the Wild 2012, 1 .
AMA StyleJoy Trauth, Aldemaro Romero. Front Matter. Adventures in the Wild. 2012; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoy Trauth; Aldemaro Romero. 2012. "Front Matter." Adventures in the Wild , no. : 1.
Aldemaro Romero. Medusoid cnidarians from the montral-alcover lagerstätten (Triassic), Northeastern Spain. 2011, 1 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Medusoid cnidarians from the montral-alcover lagerstätten (Triassic), Northeastern Spain. . 2011; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2011. "Medusoid cnidarians from the montral-alcover lagerstätten (Triassic), Northeastern Spain." , no. : 1.
Aldemaro Romero. The Evolution of Cave Life. American Scientist 2011, 99, 1 .
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. The Evolution of Cave Life. American Scientist. 2011; 99 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2011. "The Evolution of Cave Life." American Scientist 99, no. 2: 1.
Aldemaro Romero; Joel E. Creswell. Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I.~!2009-07-26~!2010-01-01~!2010-04-06~! The Open Conservation Biology Journal 2010, 4, 19 -27.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero, Joel E. Creswell. Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I.~!2009-07-26~!2010-01-01~!2010-04-06~! The Open Conservation Biology Journal. 2010; 4 (1):19-27.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero; Joel E. Creswell. 2010. "Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I.~!2009-07-26~!2010-01-01~!2010-04-06~!" The Open Conservation Biology Journal 4, no. 1: 19-27.
Aldemaro Romero. Cave conservation and management. Cave Biology 2009, 182 -208.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Cave conservation and management. Cave Biology. 2009; ():182-208.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2009. "Cave conservation and management." Cave Biology , no. : 182-208.
Aldemaro Romero. Epilogue. Cave Biology 2009, 209 -215.
AMA StyleAldemaro Romero. Epilogue. Cave Biology. 2009; ():209-215.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAldemaro Romero. 2009. "Epilogue." Cave Biology , no. : 209-215.