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Jesus Maldonado
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
185 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Preprint Author 35
Reviewer 15

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Biogeography
Ecology
Zoology
Conservation Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Genomics

Jesus E Maldonado

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Jesus Maldonado has been a research geneticist at the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) since 1998. His research applies molecular genetics tools to answer basic and applied questions in conservation and evolutionary biology in mammals. Much of his research involves assessment of genetic variation within and among populations and species to document levels of inbreeding and determine units of evolutionary, taxonomic and conservation significance. He has a long list of Smithsonian collaborators and has established partnerships with several researchers in Latin American, India and Africa. This allowed him to design a strong conservation genetics program that is international in scope. Beyond theoretical aspects of his research, outcomes from many studies have direct applications to helping address critical conservation issues in a variety of threatened and endangered mammals. He is also interested in studying micro-evolutionary processes that shape genetic variation and evolutionary trajectories, as well as landscape genetics and genomics. During the last 16 years, he has developed and utilized non-invasive genetic techniques and ancient DNA technologies for obtaining reliable information to study many elusive endangered mammal species. Maldonado has served in the editorial board of several journals including the Journal of Mammalogy, Conservation Genetics, PLos ONE, Zookeys and Therya.

Conservation Biology Evolutionary Studies Genetics Genomics

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
July 8, 2024
Unraveling genomic features and phylogenomics through the analysis of three Mexican endemic Myotis genomes
Edgar G. Gutiérrez, Jesus E. Maldonado, Gabriela Castellanos-Morales, Luis E. Eguiarte, Norberto Martínez-Méndez, Jorge Ortega
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17651 PubMed 38993980
October 8, 2019
Endemism and diversity of small mammals along two neighboring Bornean mountains
Miguel Camacho-Sanchez, Melissa T.R. Hawkins, Fred Tuh Yit Yu, Jesus E. Maldonado, Jennifer A. Leonard
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7858 PubMed 31608182
February 15, 2018 - Version: 1
Small mammal diversity along two neighboring Bornean mountains
Melissa T. R. Hawkins, Miguel Camacho-Sanchez, Fred Tuh Yit Yuh, Jesus E Maldonado, Jennifer A Leonard
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26523v1