Cathucia Andriamihaja

Mrs. Cathucia Andriamihaja

University of Reunion Island
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Biography

I am a young Malagasy researcher passionate in biodiversity conservation. My technical areas of work include environmental education, agronomy, silviculture, genetic and ecology. In 2015, I received my engineering diploma on forestry and environment in Madagascar. My prior work experience was in community development manager for one year (2016) for the NGO Impact Madagascar. During this first experience, I formed farmers on agricultural technic. Then, I was worked as a consultant for the NGO SAGE Madagascar where I performed forest inventory to renew the forest management plan of four protected area in Madagascar. I hold also a masters in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution from the University of Reunion in 2017. Now, I am currently a PhD candidate working on aphyllous Vanilla species from Madagascar at University of Reunion. I am also a founding member of the association Grow based in Madagascar working for rural development and forest conservation.

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Honors and Awards

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Young Fellow Award

23rd World Orchid Conference

The Young Fellow Award aims to support youths and early career scholars who study or conduct research in the institutions around the world to participate in the WOC 2020 in Taiwan and to shape them as future leaders in orchid conservation and research. https://www.woc23.com/speaks

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Third best poster of the day

3rd congress on Island Biology

The poster was presented on Friday, 12 July 2019 at the Island Biology conference

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Bourse d'excellence (Scholarship)

University of Reunion Island

This scholarship programme allows students from Madagascar with an excellent academic background to follow a year of Master 2 at the University of Reunion Island. https://www.univ-reunion.fr/international/venir-etudier-a-la-reunion/bourse-dexcellence-1

Experience

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