Pablo Allen

Pablo Allen is a Costa Rican evolutionary ecologist whose research interests include sexual selection, animal weapons, and phenotypic plasticity. Since rejoining CIEE in 2019, he has become increasingly interested in conservation and wildlife ecology, including the consequences of habitat fragmentation. Pablo holds a BSc and an MSc in Biology from the University of Costa Rica and earned a PhD in Entomology from the University of Florida in 2017. His doctoral research involved fieldwork in Florida, Panamá, and the desert of the southwestern United States, and along the way he supervised many undergraduate researchers. First as academic director and now as center director, one of his main goals has been to strengthen course delivery through more experiential, learning-by-doing approaches.