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Results for Population Biology. 7 records matched your search request.



Areas of expertise: Conservation, Disease and Immunity, Ecology, Mathematical Modeling, Population Biology, Population Dynamics, Biomedical Sciences, Endangered Species


Biography, Education and Training

B.A. Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles 1995 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles  1995 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1997 Ph.D. Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 2003 Senior Research Scientist, Ecohealth Alliance (Consortium for Conservation Medicine) 2003-2008 Assistant Professor, UCSC 2008-2013 Associate Professor, UCSC 2014-2018 Professor, UCSC 2019-present


Areas of expertise: Ecology, Plant Biology, Conservation, Land Management, Evolution, Population Biology


Biography, Education and Training

A.B., University of Chicago Ph.D., University of Washington Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

Lars Fehren-Schmitz

Lars Fehren-Schmitz

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Director of the UCSC Genomics Institute

Anthropology Department

Areas of expertise: Ancient DNA, Archaeology, Human Biology, Population Biology, Molecular Evolution, Ecology, Anthropology, Evolution


Biography, Education and Training

MA in Biological Anthropology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and in Archaeology, University of Goettingen, Germany PhD (Dr. rer. nat) in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Goettingen, Germany PostDoc in Anthropology & EEB, Yale University, USA  


Areas of expertise: Genomics, Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Population Biology, Genetics, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

BA, Mathematics and Biology, Brown University (2003)PhD, Genome Sciences, University of Washington (2008)Postdoc, Human Genetics, University of Chicago (2008-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)


Areas of expertise: Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, Population Biology, Microbiology


Biography, Education and Training

BS, Biology, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela (2000)MS, Ecology and Population Biology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela  (2004)PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University (2009) Postdoc, Genetics, Cornell University (2009-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)

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