Wladimir Jimenez Alonso

I started my research career on the evolution of biological complexity and altruism, and later performed field and lab studies on ecology and animal behavior. I've been working in global health where I pioneered the analyses of latitudinal gradients of seasonal parameters of diseases (later adopted by the US Center for Disease Control and other institutions) and the analyses that revealed that the annual vaccination of influenza is administered at the wrong time in the tropics. I also teach workshops on data visualization and time-series analysis to audiences of epidemiologists, biologists, physicians and public health professionals around the world. I enjoy empowering individuals to understand complexity through data visualization and developing friendly analytical tools (e.g. www.epipoi.info). I published papers on topics such as evolution of biological altruism, vaccination policies, catastrophe preparedness, evolution of colors in animals and history of science. On top of my previous activities, I am working now on cognitive evolution and animal welfare.