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Membership Meeting: What makes cichlids so special
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Melanie Stiassny is the Axelrod Research Curator in the Department of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), and Professor in the Museum's Graduate School. She studies the evolution and conservation of fishes in tropical freshwater systems, and for the past decade she has worked together with an international team of research scientists focusing on the poorly documented Congo Basin in central Africa. In this region fishes play a central role in aquatic ecosystems and, as a source of food, are of considerable social and economic importance. By studying the systematics, phylogeography, and population biology of these fishes her research seeks to discover and document fish diversity, and address critical issues in conservation planning throughout the basin.
Dr. Stiassny has served as a scientific advisor to various scientific and conservation organization including the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, Conservation International, the World Resources Institute, the International Foundation for Science, and the National Geographic Society's Conservation Trust. She has authored numerous scientific papers, books, and articles and in the course of her career has described one new fish family, 3 new genera, and over 70 species new to science.
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