معرفی
Barnabas Daru is an Assistant Professor of Biology and Center Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. His research focuses on plant ecology and biogeography across ecological scales, biodiversity conservation, and the impacts of climate change on plant communities.
Education:
- Postdoctoral, Harvard University, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (2018)
- PhD, University of Johannesburg, Botany (2015)
Research interests center on understanding plant distributions through phylogenetics, herbarium specimen analysis, and conservation biogeography. His work addresses biodiversity conservation strategies, climate change impacts on floristic regions, and developing computational tools for biogeographic analysis.
Recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on biodiversity informatics, climate change impacts on ecosystems, and biogeographic regionalization. Key themes include herbarium specimen utilization, conservation prioritization, and developing global biodiversity databases.
Scientific awards:
- Sloan Research Fellow (2025)
- Fellow of Linnean Society of London (2025)
- New Phytologist Poster Prize (2015)
- TBA Field Course Award (2008)
Advises doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in biodiversity informatics and conservation biology. Current students include Desire Nalukwago, Andrea Nebhut, Collin Gross, Rong Liu, Joe Kesler, Paul Markley, and Lauren Puleo.
Leads the Daru Lab at Stanford University, which develops computational tools like phyloregion and GreenMaps for biogeographic analysis and conservation planning.
