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Funding Year 2025


Project: 25/1
Investigating host-associated and environmental microbiome roles in mercury detoxification strategies of French Guiana caimans.
Student:
Mason Scarpa (Austria)

Institution(s): University of Vienna
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/2
Physiological-molecular responses in Caiman latirostris to thermal stress: Adaptation strategies to climate change.
Student:
Ramiro Nicolas Ortiz (Argentina)
Institution(s): Laboratorio de Ecologia Molecular Aplicade (LEMA), Insituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/3 Endoparasites of Crocodylia in the Encrucijada Bioshphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico.
Student:
Stephany Reyes (Mexico)
Institution(s): Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/4 Nesting ecology and hatching success of Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) in Ghodaghodi Lake Complex, Nepal.
Student:
Aabhash Kaphle (Nepal)
Institution(s): Tribhuvan University
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/5 Evaluation of head shape of crocodiles in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Student:
Raziel Saez Euan (Mexico)
Institution(s): Universidad Autonoma de Campeche
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/6
Evaluating post-release success of head-started American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) in Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic.
Student:
Bobby Greco (USA)

Institution(s): Clemson University
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/7
Egg-hatchling size ratio of Crocodylus acutus from a wild population in a nature reserve in Izabal, Guatemala.
Student:
Abril Tinoco (Guatemala)

Institution(s): Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/8
Investigating genetic diversity and connectivity in West African crocodile (Crocodylus suchus) populations.
Student:
Cristian Pizzigalli (Portugal)

Institution(s): Biodeserts-Cibio/Biopolis
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/9
Sri Lankan human-crocodile conflict mitigation.
Student:
Trevor Proctor (USA)

Institution(s): University of Hawaii at Manoa
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/10 Nesting ecology of Crocodylus moreletii as an ecohydrological indicator in Catazaja Lagoon, Chiapas.
Student:
Jorge Alberto Lopez Hernandez (Mexico)
Institution(s): El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/11
Abundance and characterisation of habitat of Crocodylus acutus and Caiman crocodilus fuscus in the lower sub-basis of the Bogota River, Cundinamarca.
Student:
Brayan Andre Perez Ortiz (Colombia)
Institution(s): Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/12 Hematological/biochemical reference intervals and morphological blood cell characterization of Crocodylus acutus in Colombian captive populations.
Student:
Jose Santiago Perez-Galvis (Colombia)
Institution(s): Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/13 Influence of urbanization on the distribution of broad-snouted caimans (Caiman latirostris) in Pernambuco, Brazil.
Student:
Gabriel Brandao de Mello Netto (Brazil)
Institution(s): Federal University of Pernambuco
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/14 Occupation patterns of two sympatric crocodilian species on the Chiapas coast. 
Student:
Jose Rodolfo Manon Gonzalez  (Mexico)
Institution(s): Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas 
Status: Ongoing

Project: 25/15 Effects of water pollution on the immune system of subadult and adult Crocodylus moreletii in rivers in Belize. 
Student:
Andrea Torzone (USA)
Institution(s): Michigan State University
Status: Ongoing