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Luis Fernando De León
Alma materUniversity of Panama (B.S.)
McGill University (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary Ecology, Adaptive radiation
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
Doctoral advisorAndrew Hendry
Websitewww.deleonlab.com

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].

Education

Luis 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

Luis 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

  1. ^ "Panama SNI". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  2. ^ a b c "UMass Boston Faculty Profile". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. ^ "Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. ^ "Middlebury College Biology News". Retrieved 2020-04-21.

Lab Website

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