Maria Dornelas | |
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Education | BSc University of Lisbon, PhD James Cook University, post doctoral fellowship University of St. Andrews |
Occupation(s) | researcher and professor |
Employer | University of St. Andrews School of Biology |
Known for | research into biodiversity changes on coral reefs and global ecosystems; macroecology |
Maria Dornelas FRSE is a researcher in biodiversity and professor of biology based at St. Andrew's University. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021. Her research into biodiversity change[1] has challenged previous views, on the growth and decline of coral reefs[2] to understanding global biodiversity with data analysis on how species or ecosystems are changing in the Anthropocene.[3]