Dr. Jonathan Losos is the  Curator of Herpetology at the Museum of Comparative Zoologya and a Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Professor Losos’s research has focused on studying patterns of adaptive radiation and evolutionary diversification in lizards. The recipient of several awards including the prestigious Theodosius Dobzhansky and David Jordan Prizes for outstanding young evolutionary biologists, he has published more than 100 scientific articles.