Marisol Aguilera

Marisol Aguilera Meneses (born in La Asunción, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan biologist whose research involves the ecology of vertebrates.

Aguilera joined the Simón Bolívar University as an ordinary professor, but at this institution, along with her career as a scientific researcher, she also held other managerial positions such as director of the Renewable Natural Resources Institute, curator of theriology at the Museum of Natural Sciences, chief representative of the Department of Environmental Studies, and Biological Sciences Division director.

[2] In her career as a professor at Simón Bolívar University, Aguilera has been an advisor to 26 undergraduate and graduate students.

The central axis of her research is the cariology of mammals, the study of chromosomes as an approach to understand evolutionary processes, solve systematic problems, and contribute to the design of management and conservation strategies for wildlife and hunting.

[5] Aguilera is convinced that in Venezuela there is a lag in bioethics and she has expressed her concern about the issue.