Biography

New Zealand botanist Mary Kalin Arroyo studied at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch where she gained her honours degree in 1967. She moved to the U.S.A. and gained a PhD in botany from the University of California, Berkley (1971), and the following year undertook postdoctoral studies at the New York Botanical Garden with Dr. Peter Raven. Between 1974 and 1977 she worked in Venezuela as a researcher and teacher at the Central University.

In 1978 Arroyo moved to Chile with her husband Manuel Patricio and her son, where she began to work in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Chile as an associate professor, and later a full professor (1984). Her most recent role is as director of the Institute of Ecology and Research in Biodiversity, a Millennium Science Institute with headquarters at the same institution.

Arroyo's fields of study primarily lie in the reproductive biology of plants, specifically the evolution of reproductive systems and pollination in high mountain ecosystems. She has studied the relationships between altitude, availability of pollinators, rate of pollination, flora composition and reproductive systems in a phylogenetic context, using the genus Chaetanthera as a model. She has also worked in the fields of biogeography, studying distribution of plants with altitude, and in conservation, evaluating the success of conservation in 16 central Chilean protected areas, which contributed to the designation of central Chile as a Biodiversity Hotspot. This has led her to make extensive botanical collections in the Chilean Andes.

Throughout her career Arroyo has been a dedicated teacher and supervisor, involved in gaining a large number of grants for students in Latin America which she obtained through the Latin American Botanical Network as its first president between 1988 and 1992. Arroyo has undertaken a large number of administrative roles besides this one, including president of the Chilean Botanical Society (1992-1994), founder and president of the Independent Scientific Committee of the Project Río Cóndor (C.C.I.) (1994-1999) and a founding member of the 'Southern Connection', an association of scientists linking the countries Chile, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. She is current Co-chair of the ICSU-LAC Science Planning Group on Biodiversity. Outside of her role as a scientist she is also the vice-president of the Chile-New Zealand Cultural Foundation. She has published some 150 articles including five books and has been awarded a number of honours by associations around the world, including a Guggenheim fellowship (1984), fellowship of the Linnaean Society of London (1989), an Honorary Membership of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1998), Foreign Membership of the US Academy of Sciences (1999) and corresponding membership of the Chilean Academy of Sciences (2003). She was awarded the BBVA Prize in Conservation Biology in 2004 and the Volvo Environmental Prize in 2005.

Sources:
Personal communication
Anon. "Breve Reseña de la Carrera de la Dra. Mary T. Kalin Hurley (Mary T. Kalin Arroyo) ":
http://www2.udec.cl/~botanica/rese%F1a.htm
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (I.E.B.):
http://www.ieb-chile.cl/focus/people_focus1/MaryKalin.php.

Biography

New Zealand botanist Mary Kalin Arroyo studied at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch where she gained her honours degree in 1967. She moved to the U.S.A. and gained a PhD in botany from the University of California, Berkley (1971), and the following year undertook postdoctoral studies at the New York Botanical Garden with Dr. Peter Raven. Between 1974 and 1977 she worked in Venezuela as a researcher and teacher at the Central University.

In 1978 Arroyo moved to Chile with her husband Manuel Patricio and her son, where she began to work in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Chile as an associate professor, and later a full professor (1984). Her most recent role is as director of the Institute of Ecology and Research in Biodiversity, a Millennium Science Institute with headquarters at the same institution.

Arroyo's fields of study primarily lie in the reproductive biology of plants, specifically the evolution of reproductive systems and pollination in high mountain ecosystems. She has studied the relationships between altitude, availability of pollinators, rate of pollination, flora composition and reproductive systems in a phylogenetic context, using the genus Chaetanthera as a model. She has also worked in the fields of biogeography, studying distribution of plants with altitude, and in conservation, evaluating the success of conservation in 16 central Chilean protected areas, which contributed to the designation of central Chile as a Biodiversity Hotspot. This has led her to make extensive botanical collections in the Chilean Andes.

Throughout her career Arroyo has been a dedicated teacher and supervisor, involved in gaining a large number of grants for students in Latin America which she obtained through the Latin American Botanical Network as its first president between 1988 and 1992. Arroyo has undertaken a large number of administrative roles besides this one, including president of the Chilean Botanical Society (1992-1994), founder and president of the Independent Scientific Committee of the Project Río Cóndor (C.C.I.) (1994-1999) and a founding member of the 'Southern Connection', an association of scientists linking the countries Chile, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. She is current Co-chair of the ICSU-LAC Science Planning Group on Biodiversity. Outside of her role as a scientist she is also the vice-president of the Chile-New Zealand Cultural Foundation. She has published some 150 articles including five books and has been awarded a number of honours by associations around the world, including a Guggenheim fellowship (1984), fellowship of the Linnaean Society of London (1989), an Honorary Membership of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1998), Foreign Membership of the US Academy of Sciences (1999) and corresponding membership of the Chilean Academy of Sciences (2003). She was awarded the BBVA Prize in Conservation Biology in 2004 and the Volvo Environmental Prize in 2005.

Sources:
Personal communication
Anon. "Breve Reseña de la Carrera de la Dra. Mary T. Kalin Hurley (Mary T. Kalin Arroyo) ":
http://www2.udec.cl/~botanica/rese%F1a.htm
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (I.E.B.):
http://www.ieb-chile.cl/focus/people_focus1/MaryKalin.php.

Biography

New Zealand botanist Mary Kalin Arroyo studied at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch where she gained her honours degree in 1967. She moved to the U.S.A. and gained a PhD in botany from the University of California, Berkley (1971), and the following year undertook postdoctoral studies at the New York Botanical Garden with Dr. Peter Raven. Between 1974 and 1977 she worked in Venezuela as a researcher and teacher at the Central University.

In 1978 Arroyo moved to Chile with her husband Manuel Patricio and her son, where she began to work in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Chile as an associate professor, and later a full professor (1984). Her most recent role is as director of the Institute of Ecology and Research in Biodiversity, a Millennium Science Institute with headquarters at the same institution.

Arroyo's fields of study primarily lie in the reproductive biology of plants, specifically the evolution of reproductive systems and pollination in high mountain ecosystems. She has studied the relationships between altitude, availability of pollinators, rate of pollination, flora composition and reproductive systems in a phylogenetic context, using the genus Chaetanthera as a model. She has also worked in the fields of biogeography, studying distribution of plants with altitude, and in conservation, evaluating the success of conservation in 16 central Chilean protected areas, which contributed to the designation of central Chile as a Biodiversity Hotspot. This has led her to make extensive botanical collections in the Chilean Andes.

Throughout her career Arroyo has been a dedicated teacher and supervisor, involved in gaining a large number of grants for students in Latin America which she obtained through the Latin American Botanical Network as its first president between 1988 and 1992. Arroyo has undertaken a large number of administrative roles besides this one, including president of the Chilean Botanical Society (1992-1994), founder and president of the Independent Scientific Committee of the Project Río Cóndor (C.C.I.) (1994-1999) and a founding member of the 'Southern Connection', an association of scientists linking the countries Chile, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. She is current Co-chair of the ICSU-LAC Science Planning Group on Biodiversity. Outside of her role as a scientist she is also the vice-president of the Chile-New Zealand Cultural Foundation. She has published some 150 articles including five books and has been awarded a number of honours by associations around the world, including a Guggenheim fellowship (1984), fellowship of the Linnaean Society of London (1989), an Honorary Membership of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1998), Foreign Membership of the US Academy of Sciences (1999) and corresponding membership of the Chilean Academy of Sciences (2003). She was awarded the BBVA Prize in Conservation Biology in 2004 and the Volvo Environmental Prize in 2005.

Sources:
Personal communication
Anon. "Breve Reseña de la Carrera de la Dra. Mary T. Kalin Hurley (Mary T. Kalin Arroyo) ":
http://www2.udec.cl/~botanica/rese%F1a.htm
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (I.E.B.):
http://www.ieb-chile.cl/focus/people_focus1/MaryKalin.php.