The Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution

The Academy’s Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution houses one of the world’s top natural history collections, with over 19 million specimens of plants and animals from around the world. These collections represent a veritable library of life on earth and are of international significance. Scientists in the Center conduct research into biodiversity, ecology, evolution, molecular systematics, and paleontology. Curators actively add to the collections each year and loan out thousands of specimens to assist scientists in their world around the world.

Executive Director of the Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution: Mariangeles Arce H., PhD

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Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is a leading natural history museum dedicated to understanding the natural world and inspiring everyone to care for it.

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Executive Director of the Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution: Mariangeles Arce H., PhD

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