Students

Eng. M.Sc. Santiago Daniel Piedra Burgos. Doctorate in Water Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Universität Rostock, Germany. In progress.

Doctoral dissertation title: Understanding a Trickling Filter in a High Altitude City.

Advisor: Dr. Jens Tränckner, Co-Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya

Ph.D. (c) Nayibe Enix Pérez Aguliera. Postgraduate Program in Ecology (Doctorate). Centro de Estudios Avanzados, IVIC, Venezuela. In progress.

Doctoral dissertation title: Trophic structure of the aquatic communities of Apurito Island, Apure River, Venezuela; with emphasis on carbon sources and curito (Hoplosternum littorale) fishery production.

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya, Co-advisor: Dr. Ángel Viloria (IVIC)

Ing. Mary Carmen Pérez Cañizares. Postgraduate Program in Ecology (Master). Centro de Estudios Avanzados, IVIC, Venezuela. In progress.

Master thesis title: Limnological characterization of Petaquire Reservoir, a tropical eutrophic lake in a montane agricultural basin.

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya

MSc. Margenny Coromoto Barrios Gómez. Postgraduate Program in Ecology (Master). Centro de Estudios Avanzados, IVIC, Venezuela. 2018.

Master thesis title: Feeding preference, ecological stoichiometry and effect of forest substitution by coffee crops (Coffea arabica) on the larvae of Phylloicus sp. (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae) in a stream of the Cordillera de la Costa, Venezuela.

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya (IVIC)

M.Sc. Massiel Yseira Pinto Guerra. Postgraduate Program in Ecology (Master). Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela. 2017. 

Master thesis title: Characterization of the spatio-temporal distribution and colonization of the meiofauna of the sandy beaches of the Apurito Island (Apure River, Venezuela).

Advisor:  Dr. José V. Montoya (IVIC)

M.Sc. María Teresa del Carmen Moreno Carrascal. Postgraduate Program in Ecology (Master). Centro de Estudios Avanzados, IVIC, Venezuela. 2016.

Master thesis title: Reproductive biology of two semi-terrestrial sympatric crabs: Armases roberti and Armases americanum (Decapoda: Sesarmidae), in the San Miguel River, Aragua State, Venezuela.

Advisor:  Dr. José V. Montoya (IVIC)

M.Sc. Leidys Evelin Molina Corona. Postgraduate Program in Ecology (Master). Centro de Estudios Avanzados, IVIC, Venezuela. 2014.

Master thesis title: Composition and structure of chironomid larval assemblages (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) and their relationships with local and regional environmental factors in rivers of the northern slope of the coastal mountain range, Aragua State, Venezuela.

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya (IVIC), Co-advisor: Dr. Ángel Viloria (IVIC)

Lic. Paola V. Díaz Yordy.  Postgraduate Program in Ecology (Master). Centro de Estudios Avanzados, IVIC, Venezuela. Unfinished.

Master thesis title: Migration patterns of amphidromous decapod crustaceans in the freshwater-estuary-sea corridor in the San Miguel River, Turiamo Bay, Aragua State.

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya (IVIC)

Ing. Valeria Cabrera, Ing. Daniel Zambrano, and Ing. Dayanna Jiménez. Environmental Engineering Program, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador. 2021.

Undergraduate thesis: Ecophysiology of Torrentaria aquatica and Fissidens rigidulus (Bryophyta) in Andean agricultural streams and their potential use as a functional indicator of ecological quality.

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya (UDLA)

Ing. Maleny D. Armas Chuquimarca. Environmental Engineering Program, Universidad de Las Américas, Ecuador. 2020.

Undergraduate thesis: Effects of nutrient enrichment and temperature changes on nitrification rates using biofilms in the Upper Guayllabamba River Basin, Ecuador.

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya (UDLA)

Lic. Eber A. Pérez Moreno. Biology Program, Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela. 2010.

Undergraduate thesis: Effect of leaflitter chemical composition and exclusion of benthic macroinvertebrates on the loss of litter biomass in the San Miguel River (Aragua State, Venezuela).

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya (IVIC); Co-advisor: Dra. Mariela Contreras (Universidad de Carabobo)

Lic. María Daniela Mendoza Benavides. Biology Program, Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela. 2010. 

Undergraduate thesis: Diel variation of benthic macroinvertebrate and organic matter drift in the San Miguel River (Aragua State, Henri Pittier National Park).

Advisor: Dr. José V. Montoya (IVIC); Co-advisor: Dra. Belkys Pérez (Universidad de Carabobo)