Luis Fernando De León is a Panamanian evolutionary biologist. He is an assistant professor of biology and evolutionary biology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, research associate at the Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología de Panamá (INDICASAT), and level I member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) in Panama.[1]
Luis Fernando De León | |
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| Alma mater | University of Panama (B.S.) McGill University (Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary Ecology, Adaptive radiation |
| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrew Hendry |
| Website | www |
Education
editLuis completed a B.Sc. in Biology at University of Panama in 2002.[2] He earned a Ph.D. from McGill University in 2011.[2]
Research
editLuis Fernando De León has published over 40 peer-reviewed scientific papers which together have received over 700 citations.[3] His research focuses on adaptive divergence and speciation, human impacts on evolution, eco-evolutionary dynamics. His lab works primarily on Darwin's finches and weakly-electric fishes in the order Gymnotiformes.[2] He was invited to be the Saul Speaker at Middlebury College in 2020.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Panama SNI". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ a b c "UMass Boston Faculty Profile". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Middlebury College Biology News". Retrieved 2020-04-21.