Buermann, W., S. Saatchi, T.B. Smith, B.R. Zutta, J.A. Chaves, B. Milá, and C.H. Graham (2008) "Predicting species distributions across the Amazonian and Andean regions using remote sensing techniques" Journal of Biogeography

Chaves, J.A., John P. Pollinger, Thomas B. Smith, Gretchen LeBuhn (2007) "The Role of Geography and ecology in Shaping the Phylogeography of the Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) in Ecuador" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 795-807

Freile, J.F. and J. A. Chaves (2004) "Interesting distributional records and notes on the biology of bird species from a cloud forest reserve in north-west Ecuador" Bulletin of the Brithish Ornithologists' Club 124: 6-16

2007: UCLA Lida Scott Brown Summer Fellowship

2006: UCLA Most Outstanding Graduate Poster Presentation at the Ninth Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium

2006: Miguel Velez Scholarship Endowment, Univeristy of California Office of the President

2002: Fulbright Scholarship

2001   Universidad Catolica del Ecuador   Licenciatura    Biology

2002   San Francisco State University   MA    Systematic Biology and Evolution