Luís Valente
I am an island biologist and evolutionary biologist interested in the origins of biodiversity in a geographical context.
I am currently a Group Leader of the Biodiversity Hotspots group at Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands).
I am an Associate Editor of the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society. Former editor of Journal of Biogeography (2014-2023).
Brief CV
2019 - Present Senior Researcher, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Associate Professor, University of Groningen
2016 - 2019 Research Associate, DFG German Research Foundation, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
2013-2016 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Potsdam. Project “Understanding the dynamics of assembly of oceanic island biotas over evolutionary timescales".
2011-2013 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College London. Project BIRDISLAND “Ecological and genomic approaches to speciation in island birds”. Host: Professor Vincent Savolainen.
2010 PhD (Evolutionary biology), Royal Botanic Gardens Madrid. “Contrasting evolutionary patterns between Mediterranean floristic regions”. PhD supervisors: Dr. Pablo Vargas and Prof Vincent Savolainen.
2006 MSc in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Imperial College London. Dissertation conducted at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
2005 BSc in Biology, University College London.