I am a Professor at Stony Brook University’s Department of Ecology and Evolution. 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? See more in the online resumé.
Interests
- Molecular Evolution
- Phylogenetics
- Environmental Science
Education
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Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution,and Environmental Biology, 2004
Columbia University
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Certificate in Environmental Policy Studies, 2001
Columbia University
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B.Sc. in Biology, 1997
Universidad del Valle
Recent Experience
Professor
- Research group leader and instructor
- External fundraising: >$7.4M, >$3.3M as lead principal investigator
- Internal team management: >10-person team of scientists ranging from undergraduate to postdoctoral researchers
- Generate, coordinate, and lead global collaborations
Editor-in-Chief
- Make first and last editorial decisions
- Provide editorial oversight across multiple disciplines in biology
- Promote the highest publication standards
- Maintain relevance after 100 continuous years of publication
Awards Director
- Convened and organized judging panels for three annual awards
- Allocated $150K in merit-based research awards, primarily to graduate students
- Generated instructions and rubrics to level playing field for applicants
- Coordinated and conducted surveys in support for diversity, inclusion, and equity
Consultant
- Designed data collection and conducted analyses
- Synthesized literature on main deforestation drivers in the Amazon
- Designed, interpreted, and visualized Bayesian geostatistical models
- Coordinated and co-wrote the report
Awards and Honors
Glaser Visiting Professor
The Glaser Professorship is supported by an endowment to bring internationally renowned biologists to Miami for one week, during which time they give a series of five academic seminars and one public seminar, in addition to meeting with students and faculty at FIU.
Award for Excellence in Assessment
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching congratulates recipients of the Celebration of Teaching Awards.
Scott A. Margolin ‘99 Lecture in Environmental Affairs
This annual lecture, like the Environmental Studies Program, takes an interdisciplinary approach to the natural environment and human interaction with it.
Teaching Excellence Award
For outstanding teaching and true caring for students.
Kavli Frontiers of Science Israeli-American Fellow
Symposia bring together outstanding young scientists to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in a broad range of disciplines.
Media Profiles
Highlights through the years
Captivity and seasons alter shrew brains
SBU’s Liliana Dávalos’ lab finds
To change policies, insert yourself in them
Q&A with biologist Liliana Dávalos
Why Are Bats Disease Vectors?
Tonight we are speaking with W/ Drs. Angelique Corthals, Liliana Davalos, & Diana Moreno Santillán
Bats, museums, and viruses collide
a scientific love story
Gene Genius
Researcher and BCI science advisory committee member unveils new knowledge about bat genomes
La carretera es un boquete para explotar de manera desaforada el Amazonas
La culminación de una vía que atraviesa el Amazonas desde Brasil hasta Perú acelerará la transformación de esta selva, frágil y vital. Liliana Dávalos, investigadora de la Universidad de Stony Brook, habla sobre las opciones para mitigar su impacto.
Cocaine is bad for Colombia’s forests but big farming is worse
When deforestation linked to cocaine production pales next to the harm caused by soya and oil palm, something is seriously wrong, says biologist Liliana Dávalos
Birds of Prey
Within the instructive story of four American adventurers gone to Colombia on vacation, we encounter dozens of armed rebels, several ransom demands, one daring escape, many hard feelings, and a single elusive, slightly drab, certainly-not-worth-risking-your-life-over bird
Education
Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution,and Environmental Biology
Dissertation on historical biogeography.
Certificate in Environmental Policy Studies
Team project on access to genetic resources.
B.Sc. in Biology (with an emphasis on Genetics)
Thesis on virus resistance in rice.
Contact information
- firstname.lastname@stonybrook.edu
- + 1 631 632 1554
- Enter Life Sciences Building and take the lift to Office 630 on Floor 6
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- Book an appointment