James S. Albert is a professor of Biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.[1] Dr. Albert is an author of over 100 scientific papers on the evolution and diversity of fishes,[2] and is an expert in the systematics and biodiversity of Neotropical electric fishes (Gymnotiformes). Dr. Albert and his colleagues to date have described 50 new species.
Albert received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987, and went on to earn a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Michigan.[3]
Dr. Albert is co-editor with Roberto E. Reis of the book Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes,[4] which explores the evolutionary forces underlying the formation of the Amazon and Neotropical fish faunas. Dr. Albert is also co-editor with Peter van der Sleen of the book Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas,[5] which provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit the Amazon basin and other regions of tropical South America.[6]