 José H. Leal, Ph.D., was hired as director of The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum in February
1996. His area of specialization is systematics of marine mollusks. Dr. Leal
received his B.S. in Marine Biology and M.S. in Invertebrate Zoology both from
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. in Marine
Biology and Fisheries from the University of Miami. Dr. Leal was a Visiting
Professor at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, in Paris, and
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural
History. Dr. Leal holds honorary faculty positions at the University of Miami,
Florida Gulf Coast University, and University of Alabama. He is also a Past-president (2003–2004) of the American Malacological Society and editor of The Nautilus.
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