Rodolfo dirzo biography
- I teach ecology, natural history, conservation biology, and biocultural diversity at undergraduate and graduate levels at Stanford.
- Rodolfo Dirzo Minjarez (Cuernavaca, México, 18 de junio de 1951) es un profesor de biología, conservacionista, ecologista, divulgador de la ciencia.
- Rodolfo Dirzo is a professor, conservationist, and tropical ecologist.
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The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology category goes, in the sixteenth edition, to Gerardo Ceballos and Rodolfo Dirzo for their work linking empirical and theoretical ecological research in some of the most biodiverse habitats on Earth.
Their work has documented high rates of species loss across Latin America and Africa, establishing that current species extinction rates in many groups of organisms are much higher than throughout the preceding two million years. They have thus helped describe the sixth global extinction crisis, an especially rapid period of species loss occurring globally and across all groups of organisms, and the first to be tied directly to the impacts of a single species; namely, us. Their efforts extend beyond research to influencing conservation policy and practice.
Professors Ceballos and Dirzo have effectively extended previous experimental work with small food webs to highly diverse tropical ecosystems. Their results revealed cascading effects through which the loss of a single species could lead to t
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Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo is a professor, conservationist, and tropical ecologist. He is a Bing Professor in environmental science at Stanford and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.[1] His research interests mainly focus on plant-animal interactions, evolutionary ecology, and defaunation in the tropics of Latin America, Africa, and the Central Pacific.[2] He was a member of the Committee on A Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards, co-authoring the framework in 2012, and continues to educate local communities and young people about science and environmental issues.[1][3]
Early life and education
Dirzo was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.[4] He received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 1972, where he did thesis work on vegetation mapping of a watershed north of Mexico City.[5] After receiving his bachelor's degree, Dirzo worked in the lab of Professor José Sarukhán, a ren
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Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Minjarez (Cuernavaca, México, 18 de junio de 1951)[1] es un profesor de biología, conservacionista, ecologista, divulgador de la ciencia, investigador mexicano
Trayectoria
[editar]Nacido en Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. En la preparatoria descubrió que la biología le apasionaba y la posibilidad de estar en la naturaleza le atraía muchísimo. Fue en su último año de la carrera cuando cursó botánica IV, en la que se estudian las plantas desde la perspectiva de la ecología y la evolución, lo que lo llevó a desarrollar su vida académica hacía el área de las plantas.[2]
Vida académica y docencia
[editar]Es egresado de la licenciatura de biología de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, dónde elaboró su tesis de licenciatura bajo la supervisión del botánico mexicano Francisco González Medrano, en la que analizó el estado de conservación de los bosques de la Cuenca del río Balsas. Obtuvo su título universitario en 1972. Al finalizar su licenciatura se introdujo, como técnico académico, al laboratorio del Dr. José Sarukhá
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