Eduardo Aguirre Mazzi

Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Current advisor: Juan Sebastian Tello, PhD

Undergraduate university: Universidad Mayor de San Andres, 2015

Enrollment year: 2021

Research summary
I study the evolutionary, ecological, and biogeographic processes shaping Andean biodiversity, focusing on Weinmannia and related clades to understand diversification, reticulate evolution, and species–environment interactions.

My research explores the evolutionary and ecological processes that generate and maintain biodiversity in the Neotropics, with a particular focus on the Andes. I investigate how historical biogeography, reticulate evolution, and environmental gradients shape species diversity, using Weinmannia and other Andean clades as model systems. By integrating genomic data, systematics, and species delimitation approaches, I aim to uncover the evolutionary history and genetic structure of these groups. Additionally, I study how functional traits mediate species’ responses to environmental variation and influence the demographic performance of Andean trees, linking evolutionary patterns with ecological dynamics.

Graduate publications
Segovia RA, Aguirre-Mazzi E, Edwards CE, Linan AG, Fuentes A, Chaspuengal A, Dexter KG, Fajardo-Gutiérrez F, Farfan-Rios W, Oleas NH, Penagos Zuluaga JC, Tello JS. 2025 Phylogeny of Weinmannia (Cunoniaceae) reveals the contribution of the southern extratropics to tropical Andean biodiversity. Mol Phylogenet Evol, 211():108399. PMCID:

Aguirre-Mazzi E, Maldonado C, Cayala L, Fuentes AF, Isabel Laza M, Edwards CE, Sebastian Tello J. 2025 Functional traits mediate the effect of environmental conditions on tree growth of common Andean trees. For Ecol Manag, 594():. PMCID: