Gabriel Laufer
Associate Researcher, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural; member of Vida Silvestre Uruguay
Focus regions: Neotropical
Dr. Gabriel Laufer is an associate researcher at the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Montevideo) and a member of Vida Silvestre Uruguay. His work focuses on amphibian ecology and conservation, with a particular emphasis on biological invasions and their impacts on biodiversity. Since 2005 he has coordinated the Bullfrog Project in Uruguay, a long-term initiative dedicated to monitoring and studying the invasion of the American bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeiana) and its effects on aquatic ecosystems and native amphibians.