SPECIATION IN PATAGONIA: Establishing Sustainable International Collaborations in Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology

Principal Investigators


		Dr. Jerald B. Johnson, Director Dr. Keith A. Crandall Dr. Jack W. Sites, Jr. Dr. Leigh A. Johnson Dr. Guillermo Ortí Dr. Pedro Victoriano Dr. Evelyn Habit Dr. Carlos Baeza Dr. Eduardo Ruiz Dr. Carlos Jara Dr. José Nuñez Dr. Luciano Ávila Dr. Mariana Morando Dr. Raúl Pozner Dr. Victor Cussac Dr. Daniel Ruzzante Dr. Sandra Walde Dr. Alicia Sérsic Dr. Andrea Cocucci


		Fishes Lizards Frogs Crabs Plants


		General Aquatic Terrestrial


		Brigham Young University, USA George Washington University, USA Universidad de Concepción, Chile Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile Centro Nacional Patagónico, Argentina Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, Argentina Universidad de Comahue, Argentina Dalhousie University, Canada Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina


		Christine Simon Eldredge (Biff) Bermingham


		Concepción, Chile (Jan '06) Provo, UT (Jun '06) Puerto Madryn, Argentina (Aug '07) Snowbird, UT (Jun '08) Evolution Meetings ('09) PERC, Chile ('10) - Final Symposium


		NSF Proposal Summary (pdf) NSF Project Description (pdf) NSF Web Page - Proj. Abstract NSF PIRE Program Information


		Undergraduate Graduate Postdoctorate


		Undergraduate Students Graduate Students Postdoctorate Investigators

Dr. Eduardo A. Ruiz, PhD

Address: U. de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile
Phone: 56 (41) 204418
E-mail: eruiz@udec.cl

Biologist (’82) Department of Botany, University of Concepción, Chile
MS (’88) University of Concepción, Chile
PhD (’00) University of Concepción, Chile
PostDoc (’01) Mecesup Proyecto, University of Viena, Austria
Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Concepción, Casilla, Concepción, Chile (’02–present)

Born in Chile, in 1959.