Melanie Stiassny

About

Melanie Stiassny is a Professor and Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in the United States. Her research focuses on the evolutionary biology of cichlid fishes and the impacts of climatic changes on biodiversity, with recent studies exploring the speciation and genomic adaptations of various fish species in the Congo River. She has contributed significantly to the understanding of phylogenomics and the morphological diversity of African fishes.