Awards

Fulbright Degree Program

2021 Grantee from Peru.

P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship

2023 & 2024 Grantee.

Botanical Society of America

2022 recipient of the BSA Graduate Research Grant.

American Society of Plant Taxonomists

2022 recipient of the ASPT Graduate Student Research Grant.

Joven Conservacionista

2022 Recipient of the Premio a la Conservación Carlos Ponce del Prado.

The Carpentries

Certified Carpentry Instructor

Lessons I can teach (en/es): dc/r & swc/r.

Skills

Molecular biology analysis

Sanger sequencing and NGS-based hybrid capture methods .

Botanical Illustration

Pen and ink scientific illustration.

Outreach

Citizen science initiatives.

The Carpentries instructor

Data and software carpentry lessons in R.

Botanicall Illustration

RBGE Certificate in Botanical Illustration (CBI)

Trained in fundamental skills such as 3d modelling, colour mixing, painting techniques and composition.

RBGE Certificate in Botanical Illustration (CBI)

Pear.

Vanilla cameroniana Damián

Line drawing of Vanilla cameroniana based on the French Guiana holotype. A. Habit. B. Leaf adaxial surface. C. Inflorescence. D. Flower, E. Dissected perianth. F. Lip. G. Pubescent detail at the base of the lip. H. Penicillate callus. I. Detail of the lip apex. J. Anther. K. Column with and without anther. Drawing by N. Mitidieri based on A, D (iNaturalist record), and B, C, E–K Sabatier D. & Prevost M.-F 4912 (SEL).

Vanilla andina Damián & H. Garzón

Line drawing of Vanilla andina based on the Peruvian holotype. A. Habit, B. Inflorescence, C. Flower in lateral view, D. Dissected perianth. E. Lip and column, lateral view. F. Column, ventral (right) and lateral view (left). G. Anther cap in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) view. Drawing by N. Mitidieri.

Ficus sirensis Mitidieri & Pederneiras

Ficus sirensis. A. Leafy twig. B. Syconium, apical view, lateral view, and internal view in horizontal section (Drawn by N. Mitidieri; based on J.G. Graham 5257, MOL).

Ficus macrosyce Pittier

Ficus macrosyce. A. Leafy twig. B. Detail of exfoliating petiole and stem. C. Lateral view of the syconium (Drawn by N. Mitidieri; based on R. Rojas & G. Ortiz 5814, HOXA).