Larry Jimenez Ferbans

Larry Jimenez-Ferbans earned his Ph.D. from the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL) in Mexico, where his doctoral research focused on the phylogenetic relationships of passalid beetles. Over the course of his career, Larry has led extensive field-based biodiversity inventories and conservation initiatives across northern South America, particularly in the Caribbean region of Colombia. As a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Oregon State University (OSU), he applied genomic approaches to investigate colony relatedness and gene flow in tropical beetles. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Insect Biodiversity and Evolution Lab.

Ph.D. 2014. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), Mexico. 
M.S. 2008. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 
B.S. 2005. Universidad del Magdalena, Colombia.