Luis E. Escobar

About

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Research topics

• Medicine
• Political Science
• Engineering
• Computer Science
• Ecology
• Biology
• Geography
• Virology
• Economics
• Waste management

Selected publications

• The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises

  The Lancet · 2020 · 1851 citations

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• The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels

  The Lancet · 2022 · 1575 citations

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• The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

  The Lancet · 2021 · 1503 citations

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• Linking Mosquito Ecology, Traits, Behavior, and Disease Transmission

  Trends in Parasitology · 2020 · 96 citations

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• Synergistic China–US Ecological Research is Essential for Global Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedness

  EcoHealth · 2020 · 41 citations

  The risk of a zoonotic pandemic disease threatens hundreds of millions of people. Emerging infectious diseases also threaten livestock and wildlife populations around the world and can lead to devastating economic damages. China and the USA-due to their unparalleled resources, widespread engagement in activities driving emerging infectious diseases and national as well as geopolitical imperatives to contribute to global health security-play an essential role in our understanding of pandemic thre…

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Recent grants

• CAREER: Marshaling NEON Resources to Understand Wildlife Disease Transmission

  NSF · $582k · 2023–2028

• Examining the Geography of Pathogen Spillover

  NSF · $358k · 2021–2025

Frequent coauthors

• Huijie Qiao

  98 shared

• A. Townsend Peterson

  University of Kansas

  75 shared

• Jorge Soberón

  University of Kansas

  55 shared

• Monica Papeş

  National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis

  52 shared

• Xiao Feng

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  50 shared

• Gengping Zhu

  50 shared

• Kris A. Murray

  MRC Unit the Gambia

  37 shared

• Daniel Romero-Álvarez

  Universidad Internacional SEK

  34 shared

Education

• PhD in Conservation Medicine, Ecology and Natural Resources

  Universidad Andrés Bello

  2014

• MSc. Veterinary Science, Ecology and Natural Resocurces

  Universidad Andrés Bello

  2012

• MSc. Wildlife Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

  Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

  2011

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary

  Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

  2009

Awards & honors

• Virginia Tech Faculty of Health Sciences, Ph.D. Program on T…
• Associate Graduate Faculty (Honorary), Graduate Faculty, Min…
• Honorary Faculty, PhD Program in Agrosciences, University La…

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