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Moisés Expósito-Alonso

Moisés Expósito-Alonso is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Moisés Expósito-Alonso rather than just read about it. In short: Moisés Expósito-Alonso (born 1990, Alicante) is a Spanish scientist and assistant professor of global change biology at the University of California, Berkeley, member of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and inaugural Freeman Hrabowski Scholar from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research includes the study of plants and how climate change affects their evolution.

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Reference excerpt

Moisés Expósito-Alonso (born 1990, Alicante) is a Spanish scientist and assistant professor of global change biology at the University of California, Berkeley, member of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and inaugural Freeman Hrabowski Scholar from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research includes the study of plants and how climate change affects their evolution.

Education Exposito-Alonso graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Seville, Spain, in 2013, where he worked at the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC). He completed his Master of Science in quantitative and population genetics from the University of Edinburgh in 2014. He conducted his doctorate in 2018 at the Max Planck Institute of Biology in Tübingen, Germany under Detlef Weigel. After his PhD, Exposito-Alonso conducted a postdoctoral position in 2019 at the University of California, Berkeley in the Integrative Biology department with Rasmus Nielsen.

Career and research Exposito-Alonso's research includes the study of genetic and phenotypic basis of plant local adaptation to different climates using Arabidopsis thaliana as model system. His research combines large-scale common garden experiments and genome sequencing and CRISPR/Cas9 to study the consequence of gene edits in Arabidopsis. His research has been published in journals such as Nature (journal), Science (journal), Cell (journal), Evolution (journal), the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America and independent news media such as The Scientist (magazine) and El País. Prior to joining the University of California, Berkeley, the Innovative Genomics Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 2024, Exposito-Alonso established his laboratory in 2019 as principal investigator in the Departments of Plant Biology and Global Ecology from the Carnegie Institution for Science and assistant professor at Stanford University.

Selected publications Exposito-Alonso M., Booker T.R., Czech .L, Gillespie L., Hateley S., Kyriazis, C.C., Lang, P., Leventhal, L., Nogues-Bravo, D., Pagowski, V., Ruffley, M., Spence, J.P., Arana, S.T., Weiß, C., Zess, E. (2021) Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene. Science 1001 Genomes Consortium§, (2016). 1,135 Genomes reveal the global pattern of polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cell Exposito-Alonso, M., Vasseur, F., Ding, W., Wang, G., Burbano, H.A., Weigel, D., (2018). Genomic basis and evolutionary potential for extreme drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Ecology and Evolution Exposito-Alonso, M., 500 Genomes Field Experiment Team., Burbano, H.A. et al. Natural selection on the Arabidopsis thaliana genome in the present and future climates. Nature

Awards and recognition 2019 Wilhelm Pfeffer Prize, German Society for Plant Sciences 2019 Leopoldina Prize for Junior Scientists, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 2020 Loftus-Hill Young Investigator Prize, American Society of Naturalists 2020 Director's Early Independence Award, National Institutes of Health 2020 Karl-Freudenberg Award, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2020 Director's Early Independence Award, National Institutes of Health 2020 Max Planck Society's Otto Hahn Medal 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science 2022 Tansley Medal, New Phytologist 2023 Early Career Faculty Award, American Society of Plant Biologists 2024 Premio Princesa de Girona, Fundación Princesa de Girona

References

External links Moisés Expósito-Alonso publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Moisés Expósito-Alonso

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Moisés Expósito-Alonso claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Moisés Expósito-Alonso before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Moisés Expósito-Alonso ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Moisés Expósito-Alonso

In research: Moisés Expósito-Alonso appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Moisés Expósito-Alonso in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Moisés Expósito-Alonso is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1990 births, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh College of Science and Engineering, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Moisés Expósito-Alonso outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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