Lucía Pombo Ayora

Ph.D. Students

​Ph.D. Student

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Research Interests

Lucia is interested in understanding how biodiversity is liked to ecosystem functions. She is in love with Red Sea fish biodiversity, and their ecological roles on coral reef maintenance.

Selected Publications

  • Morphological and ecological trait diversity reveal sensitivity of herbivorous fish assemblages to coral reef benth... 
    Lucía Pombo-Ayora, Darren J. Coker, Susana Carvalho, George Short, Michael L. Berumen
    Marine Environmental Research 162, 105102, (2020)

Education

  • ​M.Sc., Marine Science, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2019
  • B.Sc., Biology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 2016

Professional Profile

  • 2019-Present: Ph.D. student, Red Sea Research Center, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
  • Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE)

Research Interests Keywords

Marine ecology Ecosystem functions Fish ecology