Brian D. Farrell
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Harvard University
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Brian Dorsey Farrell is a professor of biology and curator in entomology at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. {{As of|2014}}, Farrell is also Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.
Early life and education
Farrell was one of eight children born to a United States born mother and Lebanese-descendent father. He earned his BA in zoology and botany from the University of Vermont and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.{{cite news |last1=Goldman |first1=Aaron |title=New faculty deans for Leverett House |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/03/new-faculty-deans-for-harvards-leverett-house/ |accessdate=November 4, 2019 |publisher=Harvard Gazette |date=March 21, 2018}}
Career
Farrell accepted a position at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he had his first child. In 1995, he returned to the East Coast to accept a position at Harvard University as a Professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.{{cite web |title=Brian Farrell |url=https://leverett.harvard.edu/people/brian-farrell |website=leverett.harvard.edu |accessdate=November 4, 2019}}
In 2014, Farrell was named Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. He also received a grant to study insect fossils in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Jessica |title=Lab Rat of the Week: Brian D. Farrell |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/2/25/brian-farrell-biology-feature/ |website=thecrimson.com |accessdate=November 4, 2019 |date=February 25, 2015}} In 2018, he was named Faculty Dean of Leverett House.
Personal life
Farrell and his wife Irina Ferreras have two children, who also enrolled in Harvard.{{cite web |title=Brian D. Farrell |url=https://alumni.harvard.edu/travel/leaders/brian-d-farrell |website=alumni.harvard.edu |accessdate=November 4, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041018221932/http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/farrell/ Lab homepage] at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fABXPQQAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]
- [https://www.seas.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/bdfarrell_cv.pdf CV]
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Category:21st-century American zoologists