| Robert Desharnais | |
| Fields: | Evolutionary biology, ecology |
| Workplaces: | California State University, Los Angeles |
| Alma Mater: | University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Rhode Island |
| Thesis Title: | Population Dynamics and the Tribolium Model: Genetics and Demography |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.springer.com/life+sciences/animal+sciences/book/978-1-4612-7823-8 |
| Thesis Year: | 1982 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Robert F. Constantino |
Robert A. Desharnais is an American evolutionary biologist who is an emeritus professor of biology at California State University, Los Angeles. His research area is population biology and ecology.[1]
Desharnais studied biology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. At the University of Rhode Island, in 1979, he earned a Master of Science degree in zoology, and in 1982 he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in zoology.[2] His doctoral advisor was the population geneticist Robert F. Constantino.[3] [4]
After finishing his graduate studies, from 1982 to 1983, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University. From 1985 to 1987, he was a research associate at Rockefeller University, and from 1987 to 1988, he was an assistant professor] In 1988, he moved to Los Angeles, California to work as an assistant professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and in 1997, there he became full professor.[5] He is an emeritus professor of biology.[6] Some of his research interests are theoretical biology, nonlinear population dynamics, chaos theory in population ecology, and the role of natural selection in population dynamics.