Biography

Lúcia Lohmann is interested in understanding the origin, evolution, and distribution of Tropical Biodiversity. She conducts broad scale analyses of entire biotas such as the Amazon, as well as focused work in the plant family Bignoniaceae. Her research is highly integrative combining components of systematics, ecology, evolution, geology, and paleontology. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, of the São Paulo Academy of Sciences, and a Corresponding Member of the Botanical Society of America.