Liliana M. Dávalos, Professor

Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004

Phylogenetics, tropical deforestation

Office: LS630

Phone: (631) 632-1554

Research Summary:

I’m an evolutionary biologist interested in the ancient history of biodiversity and its conservation. At my lab, for our vision, we aspire to foster an interdisciplinary natural history lab that prepares the next generation of scientists. As mission, we exist to understand what makes biodiversity unique and implications thereof. Our scientific objectives encompass three questions. First, how does biodiversity change in space and time? Second, what biological processes fuel biodiversity? Third, how do social factors and environment interact?