Name: Diego Santiago Alarcón or Diego Santiago-Alarcon
E-mail: onca77@gmail.com
santiagoalarcon@usf.edu
Current Position:
Assistant Professor - 2021 to date
University of South Florida
Department of Integrative Biology
Tampa, Fl 33620, USA.
Past Position:
Investigador Titular B (Staff Scientist) - 2011 to 2021
Sistema Nacional de Investigadores – SNI 2
Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
Red de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados
Carretera antigua a Coatepec No. 351, El Haya, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, México.
Languages: Spanish (mother language), English (Fluent), German (Level B1)
Education:
Bachelor of Science. División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas (2000) Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Tabasco, Mexico. Honors thesis: Bird community structure and composition in lowland forests of Haematoxylon campechianum of Centla wetlands Biosphere Reserve. Advisor: Dr. Stefan L. Arriaga Weiss.
Master of Science. University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dept of Biology (2003) Thesis: Population genetic structure and morphological variation of endemic Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) populations. Advisors: Dr. Patricia G. Parker and Dr. Robert E. Ricklefs.
Ph.D. University of Missouri-St.Louis. Dept. of Biology (2008). Dissertation: Evolutionary ecology of haemosporidian parasites infecting New World doves: with emphasis on parasites of the endemic Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis). Advisors: Dr. Patricia G. Parker and Dr. Robert E. Ricklefs.
Post-doc. University of Freiburg.(2009-2011). Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow University of Freiburg, Biology I, Hauptstraße 1. D-79104. Freiburg, Germany. Project: Diversification and interaction networks of Haemosporida parasites infecting birds in a migratory divide in southern Germany. Advisor: Dr. H. Martin Schaefer.
