Andrew Gonzalez

Dr. Andrew Gonzalez is Professor in the Department of Biology, McGill University, and the founding Director of the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science. He spent four years as an assistant professor at the University of Paris VI, before moving to McGill University in 2003 as a Canada Research Chair.  He now holds the Liber Ero Chair in Conservation Biology. His research is focused on the causes and consequences of biodiversity change. Major research foci include: 1) global change impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, 2) rapid evolution and the maintenance of biodiversity, and 3) applying network science to the design of ecosystem networks for urban sustainability. He recently spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the sixth mass extinction and resilient ecosystems for urban sustainability.