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Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina

Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina
Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina
Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina

Honorary Research Fellow

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School of Biological Sciences
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Biography

I am mostly interested in exploring the processes driving the changes in accumulation and spatial distribution of species over time. In particular I look at how phylogenetic trees inform us about those processes. To answer some of my research questions, I develop the necessary computing tools. These approaches are based either on likelihood calculations or forward simulations. All realms of life are fascinating to me: my research interests includes birds, bats, palm trees, archeobacteria, butterflies, damselflies, amphipods, cichlids, and water beetles. I have a growing interest in building and programming electronics to collect data or tackle problems in our communities.

External Memberships

Lecturer/Assistant professor in Bioinformatics. School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences. University of Galway, Ireland.

Editorial Board Member at BMC Ecology and Evolution (formerly known as BMC Evolutionary Biology)

Editorial Board Member at Scientific Reports

Latest Publications

  • Body elongation, lateral shape, and body size do not show a consistent effect on diversification rates of ray-finned fishes at broad phylogenetic scale

    Herrera-Pérez, J., Carvajal-Quintero, J. D., Tedesco, P. A., Herrera-Alsina, L., Ochoa-Sanz, D. M., Espinosa de los Monteros, A., Villalobos, F.
    Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 40, 31
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evolutionary and environmental drivers of dry-season deciduousness in a legume genus

    Cássia-Silva, C., Cavender-Bares, J., Simon, M. F., Herrera-Alsina, L., Marcilio-Silva, V., Gagnon, E., Oliveira, R. S., Pinto-Ledezma, J. N.
    New Phytologist
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High-quality genome assembly and linkage map for a rapidly evolving plant species: Silene uniflora is potentially suitable

    Osborne, O. G., Wood, D. P., Dobreva, M. P., Dunning, L. T., Tucker, R., Coates, S. E. R., Pellicer, J., Holmberg, J., Algar, A. C., Bocedi, G., Gubry-Rangin, C., Herrera Alsina, L., Juliandi, B., Lancaster, L., Touzet, P., Travis, J., Papadopulos, A.
    G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics Mission, vol. 16, no. 3, jkag002
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Why Are Magnoliaceae So Diverse in the Tropics? Disentangling the Roles of Diversification and Time-for-Speciation Effects

    Xie, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Li, Y., Cheng, R., Liang, X., Shrestha, N., Herrera Alsina, L., Chang, H., Wong, K. M., Yang, K., Chen, X., Jorge Trad, R., Neves, D., Dimitrov, D., Zhao, P., Xu, X., Lu, J.
    Journal of Systematics and Evolution
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Novel phylogenomic and biogeographic insights into Palaquium and tribe Isonandreae (Sapotaceae)

    Phang, A. S. L., Niissalo, M., Herrera Alsina, L., Pezzini, F., Hollands, R., Burslem, D., Ruhsam, M. .., Middleton, D., Wilkie, P., Khew, G.
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 212, 108403
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Prizes and Awards

Outstanding Research Award: Early-career researcher in STEM. University of Aberdeen

Research

Supervision

I am currently co-supervising two PhD students at the University of Aberdeen and one more at the Sichuan University (China).

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