Melissa Cristina Márquez

Melissa Cristina Márquez ƙwararriyar masaniyar halittu ce a fannin ruwa ta Puerto Rica kuma mai sadarwa da kimiyya . Tana nazarin kifayen chondrichthyan, gami da manyan kifayen fari . 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Márquez ta sami kwarin gwiwa wajen nazarin sharks lokacin da ta fara ganin wani babban kifin shark a shirin Discovery Channel na Shark Week lokacin da ta ƙaura daga Mexico zuwa Amurka .  Ta kammala digirinta na farko a Kwalejin New Florida da ke Sarasota, Florida, da kuma digiri na biyu daga Jami'ar Victoria ta Wellington da ke New Zealand .    Márquez a halin yanzu tana karatun digirin digirgir a Jami'ar Curtin da ke Ostiraliya, inda take amfani da dabarun gano abubuwa daga nesa don tantance tasirin muhalli kan tsarin da rarraba elasmobranchs . 

 Bincike da aiki 
Márquez tana da hannu a fannoni daban-daban na hulɗa da jama'a. Ta ƙaddamar da Shirin Fins United don samar da "kayayyaki masu inganci da kuma buɗewa (kyauta) ga masu ilimi a duk duniya", wanda ya haɗa da albarkatun harsuna biyu ga masu ilimi. [1] [2] [3] Tana tare da ConCiencia Azul, wani shirin podcast wanda ke yin hira da masu bincike masu magana da Sifaniyanci game da batutuwa masu alaƙa da teku da ƙalubale na musamman da ake fuskanta a ƙasashen Hispanic. [2] [3] A lokacin bazara na 2021, Márquez ta rubuta jerin littattafan yara, mai taken Wild Survival!, bisa ga haɗuwarta da dabbobi. [2] A shekarar 2023, ta buga wani littafin hotuna na yara mai suna Uwar Sharks . [4] Ita ma mai ba da gudummawa ce ga sashen kimiyya na Forbes . [5]

A shekarar 2018, a lokacin da ake ɗaukar fim ɗin Shark Week, wani kada ya kai wa Márquez hari yayin da yake nutsewa a cikin kifin shark.   

An riga an amince da Márquez a matsayin memba na jerin Badass 50 na InStyle na watan Fabrairun 2021, kuma a matsayin memba na Forbes 30 na shekara-shekara a ƙarƙashin 30 - Jerin Kimiyya (2021).   Ta yi magana game da binciken da ta yi wa kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban, ciki har da NPR, National Geographic, da BBC .      An sanya mata suna zuwa Fuse Media's Future Hispanic History Class na 2021. 

An nada Márquez a matsayin Tauraron STEM na 2025–26 ta Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Ostiraliya . 

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