Eviatar Nevo short CV – 2020 Professor Nevo is one of the leaders of evolutionary biology, and among the founders of modern evolutionary theory (Citation from Israel Prize of Life Sciences 2016). He is a Professor of Evolutionary biology in the University of Haifa, Israel. He established and directed the Institute of Evolution (IOE, 1973-2008) and the International Graduate Center of Evolution,( IGSE) (2004-2008). Both the IOE and IGSE are world unique. His scientific career involved interdisciplinary studies of biodiversity evolution, adaptation, and speciation across life based on the science he advanced of Evolutionary Functional Ecological Genetics and Genomics across life from viruses and bacteria through fungi, plants, animals and humans. Nevo published ~ 1500 scientific papers, 1000+ peer reviewed, and 35 books, he was cited 52,812 times with an H index of 107 and i10 index of 812. He contributed substantially to the understanding of genetic diversity, correlates and predictors of genetic diversity in nature, under diverse environmental stresses (chemical, climatic, thermal, biotic, and atomic). His studies involve genes, genomes, phenomes, populations, species, and ecosystems of bacteria, fungi, plants, animals, and humans focusing on the structure, function, and causation of genetic diversity in nature at local, regional and global scales. His major models of biodiversity evolution include: Evolution of blind subterranean mammals (1948-ongoing).