Ana Luz Porzecanski
{{Short description|Uruguayan conservation biologist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ana Luz Porzecanski
| occupation = Director of the Center for Biodiversity & Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
| education = Universidad de la República (BSc), Columbia University (Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
}}
Ana Luz Porzecanski is a conservation biologist who serves as the Director of the Center for Biodiversity & Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History. Her work focuses on understanding biodiversity and fostering effective capacity development for conservation.
Early life and education
Porzecanski was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and grew up in Uruguay and Brazil in a family of European immigrants. Her father was an agronomist and her mother an architect.{{Cite web |last=Ossola |first=Alexandra |date=2014-12-01 |title=Scientist, Museum Director, Mother of Two |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/having-it-all-as-a-woman-in-science/383274/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}
She earned a biology degree from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay and pursued graduate degrees in Environmental Policy. In 2003, she earned her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Columbia University in New York, where she resides with her family.{{cite web |url=https://www.amnh.org/research/staff-directory/ana-luz-porzecanski |title=Ana Luz Porzecanski |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=2024-02-04}}
Career
Her career began with research assistant positions at the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University. Porzecanski has over 20 years of experience and leads a multidisciplinary staff in conservation research and capacity development initiatives globally.{{cite web |url=https://www.amnh.org/research/staff-directory/ana-luz-porzecanski |title=Ana Luz Porzecanski - Director, Center for Biodiversity & Conservation |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=2024-02-04}}
Porzecanski is involved in education and science communication, teaching courses on conservation biology, evolution, and global sustainability. She co-curated ¡Cuba!,{{Cite news |last=Stapinski |first=Helene |date=2016-09-02 |title=A Manhattan Museum Looks at Cuba's Exotic Fauna and Flora |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/nyregion/a-manhattan-museum-looks-at-cubas-exotic-fauna-and-flora.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Tugend |first=Alina |date=2016-10-24 |title=Cuba in All Its Natural Glory at the American Museum of Natural History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/arts/design/cuba-in-all-its-natural-glory-at-the-american-museum-of-natural-history.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} a binational, bilingual traveling museum exhibition on Cuba's nature and culture, which was the largest exhibition of its kind ever presented in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.amnh.org/research/staff-directory/ana-luz-porzecanski |title=Ana Luz Porzecanski Profile |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=2024-02-04}}
Selected publications
- {{cite journal | last1=Porzecanski | first1=Ana L. |authorlink1=Ana Luz Porzecanski | last2=Bravo | first2=Adriana | last3=Groom | first3=Martha J. | last4=Dávalos | first4=Liliana M. | last5=Bynum | first5=Nora | last6=Abraham | first6=Barbara J. | last7=Cigliano | first7=John A. | last8=Griffiths | first8=Carole | last9=Stokes | first9=David L. | last10=Cawthorn | first10=Michelle | last11=Fernandez | first11=Denny S. | last12=Freeman | first12=Laurie | last13=Leslie | first13=Timothy | last14=Theodose | first14=Theresa | last15=Vogler | first15=Donna | last16=Sterling | first16=Eleanor J. | title=Using Case Studies to Improve the Critical Thinking Skills of Undergraduate Conservation Biology Students | journal=Case Studies in the Environment | volume=5 | issue=1 | date=2021-11-03 | issn=2473-9510 | doi=10.1525/cse.2021.1536396 | doi-access=free |display-authors=4}}
- {{cite journal | last1=Almeida | first1=Francisca C | last2=Porzecanski | first2=Ana L |authorlink2=Ana Luz Porzecanski | last3=Cracraft | first3=Joel L | last4=Bertelli | first4=Sara | title=The evolution of tinamous (Palaeognathae: Tinamidae) in light of molecular and combined analyses | journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume=195 | issue=1 | date=2022-05-07 | issn=0024-4082 | doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab080 | pages=106–124}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/05/11/amanpour-biodiversity-conservation-climate-ana-luz-porzecanski.cnn Video: How the Amazon rainforest could become a savannah] (CNN), May 11, 2021
- [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-cuba-is-home-to-a-bounty-of-rare-species Video: Why Cuba is home to a bounty of rare species] (PBS Newshour), October 25, 2017
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Category:Conservation biologists
Category:21st-century Uruguayan scientists
Category:University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:People associated with the American Museum of Natural History
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)