Category Archives: Featured Researchers

Victoria Glynn is a PhD candidate at McGill University, Canada. She is an ecologist & science educator with a special focus on coral adaptation to environmental stressors. Here, Victoria shares her recent work on the factors structuring coral-algal symbioses. The PhD candidate Victoria Glynn Personal links. Personal Site | Instagram Institute. McGill University, Montréal, CanadaContinue reading “ECR feature: Victoria Glynn”

Ella is a PhD student at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is broadly interested in species interactions and plant ecology and evolution, and is currently studying urban eco-evolutionary dynamics. Here, Ella shares her perspective about the study of global patterns while living a global pandemic. Ella, at her desk at home in April 2020.Continue reading “ECR feature: Ella Martin and studying global biodiversity patterns during pandemics”

Daubian Santos is a postdoc at the Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on biogeography of craneflies. Here, Daubian presents SAMBA, a method for revealing shared patterns of biotic distribution. Dr. Daubian Santos, postdoc at Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil Personal links. Twitter | Instagram | Personal SiteContinue reading “ECR feature: Daubian Santos”

Julian G. de Aledo is a PhD candidate at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. She is a ecologist with special focus on biodiversity of tropical plants. Here, Julia shares her recent work on plant diversity and distribution in the western Amazonia. PhD candidate Julia G. de Aledo Personal links. Twitter | GitHub Institute. UniversidadContinue reading “ECR feature: Julia de Aledo”

Yago Barros-Souza is a PhD candidate at the the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on biogeography and diversification of neotropical plants. Here, Yago shares his recent work on spatial and evolutionary processes that drive plant community assembly. The PhD candidate Yago Barros-Souza Personal links. Twitter Institute. UniversidadeContinue reading “ECR feature: Yago Barros-Souza”

Marco is a PhD student at the Monash University, Australia. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on biogeography and ecomorphological evolution of lizards. Here, Marco shares his recent work on biogeographic patterns of limb reduction in skinks. The evolutionary biologist Marco Camaiti Personal links. Twitter Institute. Monash University Academic life stage. PhD studentContinue reading “ECR feature: Marco Camaiti”

Kyle is a PhD candidate at the Arizona State University, U.S.A. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on natural history, biogeography and evolution of ants. Here, Kyle shares his recent work on global biogeography of ant social parasites. Kyle enjoys collecting ants in beautiful places such as Bishop, California, U.S.A. Personal links. WebsiteContinue reading “ECR feature: Kyle William Gray”

André is a PhD student at the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Portugal. He is an ecologist with special focus on biogeography, for which he combines historical and conservation perspectives. Here, André shares his recent work on the evolution of lizards inhabiting the most arid habitats of the Sahara Desert. André during hisContinue reading “ECR feature: André Vicente Liz on lizard diversity across the hyper-arid Sahara Desert.”

Jeff Stallman is a PhD candidate at the Purdue University. He is particularly interested in the taxonomy, systematics, and biogeography of macro-fungi, with an emphasis on the Hawaiian Islands. Here, Jeff shares his recent work on mushrooms endemic to oceanic islands and how they fit in with the theory of island biogeography. On a collectingContinue reading “ECR feature: Jeff Stallman on mushrooms and the theory of island biogeography”