Robert A. Desharnais is an American evolutionary biologist who is an emeritus professor of biology at California State University, Los Angeles. His research area is population biology and ecology.[1]
Robert Desharnais | |
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| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Rhode Island |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary biology, ecology |
| Institutions | California State University, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | Population Dynamics and the Tribolium Model: Genetics and Demography (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert F. Constantino |
Life
editDesharnais studied biology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. At the University of Rhode Island, in 1979, he earned a Master of Science degree in zoology, and in 1982 he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in zoology.[2] His doctoral advisor was the population geneticist Robert F. Constantino.[3][4]
After finishing his graduate studies, from 1982 to 1983, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University. From 1985 to 1987, he was a research associate at Rockefeller University, and from 1987 to 1988, he was an assistant professor] In 1988, he moved to Los Angeles, California to work as an assistant professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and in 1997, there he became full professor.[5] He is an emeritus professor of biology.[6] Some of his research interests are theoretical biology, nonlinear population dynamics, chaos theory in population ecology, and the role of natural selection in population dynamics.[6]
Selected works
editReferences
edit- ^ CSULA Biology Professor Robert Desharnais. interview. October 22, 2010.
- ^ "Robert A. Desharnais, Ph.D. - General|access". February 8, 2013. Archived from the original on November 8, 2002.
- ^ "Robert Desharnais reveals the process behind BiologyLabs On-Line.|access". February 8, 2013.
- ^ "Costantino Homepage|access". February 8, 2013. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
- ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE: Robert A. Desharnais" (PDF). February 25, 2014.
- ^ a b "Robert A. Desharnais | Cal State LA". Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ Population Dynamics and the Tribolium Model: Genetics and Demography, with Robert F. Costantino, Springer, Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics 13, 1991. Reviews:
- ^ Chaos in Ecology: Experimental Nonlinear Dynamics, with J. M. Cushing, R. F. Costantino, Brian Dennis, and Shandelle Henson, Academic Press, Theoretical Ecology Series, 2003. Reviews:
- Hal Caswell (2003), "Models, experiments, and chaos", Ecology, JSTOR 3450124
- John Vandermeer (2004), The Quarterly Review of Biology, doi:10.1086/421667, JSTOR 10.1086/421667
- István Scheuring (2005), Community Ecology, JSTOR 24113409
- Linda J. S. Allen (2007), Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, doi:10.1080/10236190601008851