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Jaime Chaves Cevallos
Profesor Visitante
Investigador Asociado COCIBA
(+593 2) 297-1700
Career
Member
External Institution
Biology Department, San Francisco State University (Estados Unidos), California Academy of Sciences, Ornithology and Mammalogy (Estados Unidos), Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Estados Unidos).
Expertise area
- Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, US.
- M.A., Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, US.
- Degree in Biology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Professional Profile
Jaime Chaves, Ph.D., earned his doctoral degree in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology from the University of California (United States). Additionally, he holds a Master's degree in Conservation Biology and has undertaken two Postdoctoral positions in Evolution, Systematics, and Genetics. Dr. Chaves is a distinguished researcher at the University of San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador), a faculty member at San Francisco State University (United States), and holds a position as a Research Associate of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences (United States). His research centers on unraveling the evolutionary processes driving species diversity in the Tropics, with a particular focus on the Galápagos Islands. Employing genetic techniques, he formulates hypotheses regarding species origin and adaptation in natural systems, exploring the impact of urbanization on Darwin's finches. Dr. Chaves is an accomplished author and co-author of scientific articles featured in esteemed journals such as Climate Change Biology, Molecular Ecology, and Science.
Interests
Bird photography, Scientific illustration, Running.