Leilton Willians Ribeiro Luna, Postdoctoral Associate  

Leilton Willians Ribeiro Luna

Dr. Leilton Luna is an evolutionary biologist and currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Lipshutz Lab at Duke University. His research focus is understanding how species adapt and persist in response to recent human-driven environmental changes. Dr. Luna addresses these questions using a combination of genomic and ecological approaches, particularly focusing on endangered bird species. He enjoys communicating how advances in genetic technology and animal monitoring inform biodiversity conservation programs and was awarded as a BioOne Ambassador in 2023.

Office Phone: (919) 660-7372
Email Address: leilton.luna@duke.edu
Web Page: https://leiltonluna.com/

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Silva, FE; Luna, LW; Batista, R; Röhe, F; Gubili, C; Farias, IP; Hrbek, T; Valsecchi, J; Ribas, CC; McDevitt, AD; Dellicour, S; Flot, JF; Boubli, JP, Impact of Quaternary Amazonian river dynamics on the diversification of uakari monkeys (genus Cacajao), Journal of Biogeography, vol. 51 no. 8 (August, 2024), pp. 1505-1517, Wiley [doi]  [abs].
  2. Luna, LW; Williams, LM; Duren, K; Tyl, R; Toews, DPL; Avery, JD, Whole genome assessment of a declining game bird reveals cryptic genetic structure and insights for population management., Molecular ecology, vol. 32 no. 20 (October, 2023), pp. 5498-5513 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Luna, L; Williams, L; Duren, K; Tyl, R; Toews, D; Avery, J, Genomic assessment of a declining game bird reveals cryptic genetic structure and insights for population management, in Authorea, Inc. (March, 2023) [doi] .
  4. Luna, LW; Naka, LN; Thom, G; Knowles, LL; Sawakuchi, AO; Aleixo, A; Ribas, CC, Late Pleistocene landscape changes and habitat specialization as promoters of population genomic divergence in Amazonian floodplain birds., Molecular ecology, vol. 32 no. 1 (January, 2023), pp. 214-228 [doi]  [abs].
  5. Elizangela dos Santos Barbosa, W; Ferreira, M; de Deus Schultz, E; Willians Luna, L; Orsi Laranjeiras, T; Aleixo, A; Cherem Ribas, C, Habitat association constrains population history in two sympatric ovenbirds along Amazonian floodplains, Journal of Biogeography., vol. 49 no. 9 (September, 2022), pp. 1683-1695 [doi]  [abs].