Alessandro Catenazzi—Conservation Biologist Earns Prestigious Title and Research Support

He’s usually the one doing the naming, having identified 65 previously unknown species. Now Alessandro Catenazzi has been named himself as the Half-Earth Chair.The foundation granted Catenazzi $120,000 over four years for his research in the Amazonian Andes and $60,000 more to support young scientists he chooses to mentor. He plans to select those already working on projects in the “Neotropical” region of Central America, South America and the Caribbean, which has a variety of climates, from tropical to temperate, and habitats, such as lakes, wetlands, rivers and floodplains.