Julian Monge Najera

Julián Monge-Nájera
Julian Monge-Najera, Costa Rican ecologist
Born (1960-06-06) 6 June 1960 (age 64)
San José, Costa Rica
Alma materUniversidad de Costa Rica
Known forScientific Adviser to the BBC (Sir David Attemborough's Trials of Life and Life in the Undergrowth)[1] and the National Geographic Society,[2] Member, Biogeography Society, Paris, Director University of Costa Rica Press.
Scientific career
FieldsEcologist, Evolutionary biology, History of Science, Distance Education, Art Photography

Julián Monge-Nájera (born June 6, 1960)[3] is a Costa Rican ecologist, scientific editor, educator and photographer. He has done research with the following institutions: Universidad de Costa Rica, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Universidad Estatal a Distancia. His scientific work has been featured by The New York Times;[4] National Geographic;[5] the BBC; Wired;[6] IFLoveScience;[7] The Independent (London) and Reader's Digest, among others. He is a member of the expert panel that sets the environmental Doomsday Clock; Onychophora curator in the Encyclopedia of Life; and team member of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

  1. ^ Monge-Nájera, Víctor y Julián Monge-Nájera. 2003. Costa Rica, Historia Natural. Editorial UNED, San José, Costa Rica. 320 páginas.
  2. ^ Monge-Nájera, Víctor y Julián Monge-Nájera. 2003. Costa Rica, Historia Natural. Editorial UNED, San José, Costa Rica. 320 páginas.
  3. ^ Monge-Nájera, Víctor y Julián Monge-Nájera. 2003. Costa Rica, Historia Natural. Editorial UNED, San José, Costa Rica. 320 páginas.
  4. ^ Gorman, James (30 March 2015). "Velvet Worms, Squirting Slime". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2015-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Woo, Marcus. "How the Velvet Worm Pulls off Its Bizarre Slime Attack". Wired.
  7. ^ "Velvet Worm Slimes Prey in Wild Spray Attack".