Category Archives: Featured Researchers

Chase Brownstein is an incoming graduate student at Yale University. He is a evolutionary biologist and paleontologist primarily interested on how the biogeography of extinct species can inform ideas about contingency and determinism in evolutionary theory. Here, Chase shares his recent work on the biogeography of extant lungfishes. Personal links. Twitter | GoogleScholar Institute. YaleContinue reading “ECR feature: Chase Doran Brownstein”

João Capurucho is a postdoc at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA. He is a biogeographer and ecologist with a strong focus on Amazonian birds. Here, João shares his recent work on the evolutionary history of white-sand ecosystem birds. João Capurucho during field work in Amazonia in 2022. Personal links. Twitter |Continue reading “ECR feature: João Marcos Guimarães Capurucho”

Arlo Hinckley is a postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Universidad de Sevilla. He is an evolutionary biologist with a focus on the origin, maintenance, and distribution of mammalian diversity. Here, Arlo shares his recent work on the evolutionary history and divergence patterns of Asian squirrels. Picture of Arlo HinckleyContinue reading “ECR feature: Arlo Hinckley”

André Luís Luza is a postdoc at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil. He is an ecologist with special focus on community ecology, macroecology, and macroevolution. Here, André shares his recent work on functional diversity patterns of reef fish, corals and algae. André Luís Luza is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Universidade Federal deContinue reading “ECR feature: André Luís Luza”

Anne is a postdoc at the Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, CNRS, France. She is an ecologist studying at the intersection of phylogenetics, biogeography, and climate change. Both in prose and verse, Anne shares the history of New Zealand’s largest plant radiation. Anne hugging a hebe in the subalpine tussock grassland of the Rock and Pillar rangeContinue reading “ECR feature: Anne Thomas”

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”