Brian D. Farrell

Brian Dorsey Farrell is a professor of biology and curator in entomology at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. As of 2014, Farrell is also Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.

Brian D. Farrell
BornVermont
Spouse(s)Irina Ferreras
Children2
Academic background
EducationBA., University of Vermont
MS., PhD, University of Maryland
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Harvard University
Main interestsInteraction between insects and plants, specifically the interplay of adaptation and historical contingency in ecological and taxonomic diversification.

Early life and education

Farrell was one of eight children born to a United States born mother and Lebanese-descendent father.[1] He earned his BA in zoology and botany from the University of Vermont and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.[2]

Career

Farrell accepted a position at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he had his first child. In 1995, he returned to the East Coast to accept a position at Harvard University as a Professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.[1] In 2014, Farrell was named Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. He also received a grant to study insect fossils in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.[3] In 2018, he was named Faculty Dean of Leverett House.[2]

Personal life

Farrell and his wife Irina Ferreras have two children, who also enrolled in Harvard.[4]

References
  1. "Brian Farrell". leverett.harvard.edu. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  2. Goldman, Aaron (March 21, 2018). "New faculty deans for Leverett House". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  3. Kim, Jessica (February 25, 2015). "Lab Rat of the Week: Brian D. Farrell". thecrimson.com. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  4. "Brian D. Farrell". alumni.harvard.edu. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
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