Rahanna Alicia Juman is an ecologist and author who specializes on the wetlands of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

Education and awards

Juman has a PhD in Zoology from

The University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the Tertiary education, higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking Country, cou ...

. She has been awarded several post-doctoral fellowships, including the University of Washington's Hubert H. Humphrey fellowship 2010 to 2011. In 2002, Juman was awarded a $10,000 prize from the

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards The L'Oréal-UNESCO ''For Women in Science'' International Awards, created in 1998, aim to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. The awards are a resu ...

Career

Juman researches seagrass beds and

mangrove forest Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangrove trees cannot withsta ...

s. Juman is Deputy Director, Research at the Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago.

Selected publications

* Juman, Rahanna A. ''Wetlands of Trinidad & Tobago'', 2010, Prospect Press, ISBN 9789769508262 * Juman, Rahanna A. ''The structure and productivity of the Thalassia testudinum community in Bon Accord Lagoon, Tobago.'' ''Revista de Biología Tropical'' 53 (2005): 219–227.Cortés, Jorge, et al. "The CARICOMP network of Caribbean Marine Laboratories (1985–2007): history, key findings, and lessons learned." ''Frontiers in Marine Science'' (2019): 519.

References

External links

Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
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