Luiz A. Rocha

Luiz A. Rocha
Born Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Fields Biology
Evolutionary biology
Ichthyology
Institutions California Academy of Sciences
Alma mater University of Florida
Federal University of Paraiba

Luiz Rocha is an Associate Curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences.[1] He is also an adjunct professor at the University of California Santa Cruz[2] and San Francisco State University.[3]

Education

Rocha has obtained a PhD in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences from the University of Florida, and a BS in Biology and Masters in Zoology from the Federal University of Paraiba in Brazil. He also conducted post-doctoral work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Hawaii.

Career

Rocha has authored one book[4] and more than 100 scientific articles.[5] He is best known for his work in speciation in coral reef fishes[6] using advanced genomic methodologies,[7] and recently has been actively exploring the diversity of deep coral reefs throughout the tropics.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Luiz A. Rocha". 2016.
  2. ↑ "Adjunct & Affiliated Faculty". www.eeb.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  3. ↑ "CAS Research Professors | SFSU Department of Biology". biology.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. ↑ Kells, Valerie A.; Rocha, Luiz A.; Allen, Larry G. (2016-01-22). A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 9781421418322.
  5. ↑ "Luiz A. Rocha - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  6. ↑ Rocha, Luiz A.; Robertson, D. Ross; Roman, Joe; Bowen, Brian W. (2005-03-22). "Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 272 (1563): 573–579. doi:10.1098/2004.3005. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 1564072Freely accessible. PMID 15817431.
  7. ↑ Gaither, Michelle R.; Bernal, Moisés A.; Coleman, Richard R.; Bowen, Brian W.; Jones, Shelley A.; Simison, W. Brian; Rocha, Luiz A. (2015-04-01). "Genomic signatures of geographic isolation and natural selection in coral reef fishes". Molecular Ecology. 24 (7): 1543–1557. doi:10.1111/mec.13129. ISSN 1365-294X.
  8. ↑ "I've Spent More Than 300 Hours in the Deep-Sea Twilight Zone | VICE | United States". VICE. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
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