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'''Robert Desharnais''' (born March 29, 1955) is an [[United States|American]] [[evolutionary biologist]]. His research area is [[population biology]], with a focus on applying mathematical modeling to [[ecology]].
'''Robert Desharnais''' (born March 29, 1955) is an [[United States|American]] [[evolutionary biologist]]. His research area is [[population biology]], with a focus on applying mathematical modeling to [[ecology]]. His doctoral adviser was the [[population genetics|population geneticist]] Robert F. Constantino.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

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Robert Desharnais

Robert Desharnais
Born
Robert Anthony Desharnais

(1955-03-29) March 29, 1955 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston
University of Rhode Island
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
InstitutionsCalifornia State University, Los Angeles

Robert Desharnais (born March 29, 1955) is an American evolutionary biologist. His research area is population biology, with a focus on applying mathematical modeling to ecology. His doctoral adviser was the population geneticist Robert F. Constantino.

Early life and education

Desharnais was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston 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.

Career

After finishing his graduate studies, from 1982 to 1983 Desharnais was a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University.

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