Meet Our Team

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    Catherine Hulshof, PhD

    PI. I study contemporary patterns of biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales, ranging from variation in species traits to gradients in the assembly and dynamics of ecological communities.

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    Pablo López Bustamante

    PhD Candidate - Plant functional trait variation in tropical dry forests

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    Perla Ortiz-Colín

    PhD Student - Climate change in the tropical dry forest - wet forest ecotone

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Lab Alumni

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    Cat Terry

    NSF REPS Researcher: Tropical plant and butterfly responses to changing climates

    PhD Student, Cornell Entomology

  • A woman crouching on a large rock by a flowing stream in a dense forest, surrounded by moss-covered boulders and lush green trees.

    Robyn Dudrick

    Senior Lab and Field Technician

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  • A woman standing in a lush, green rainforest next to a small, flowing creek. She is smiling and wearing a red jacket, black pants, and rubber boots.

    Megan Gaitan

    ALTA Project Manager

    Research Specialist, Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER

  • Four people standing outdoors on a trail, holding butterfly nets, smiling, surrounded by trees and bushes on a sunny day.

    Ramón Agosto Díaz

    Puerto Rico Field Manager

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    Emelia Obodum Kusi

    MSc. The effects of abiotic and biotic factors on species distribution models.

    PhD Student, University of Massachusetts

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    Allyson Richins

    MSc. Plant-pollinator networks in a serpentine savannah.

    Data analytics. Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico.

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    Claudia Gárnica Díaz

    MSc. Plant functional diversity across climatic and edaphic gradients in Puerto Rico.

    PhD Student, University of Florida Gainesville

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    Dayneris Aparicio Jiménez

    MSc. Effects of forest cover on the recovery of diurnal butterflies after Hurricane Maria.

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    Amelia Mateo Jiménez

    MSc. Phenology of tropical dry forests of the Caribbean.

    Instructor, UASD

All-Star Undergraduate Alumni

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    Eric Escobar-Chena

    Ecological Society of America SEEDS Inaugural Chapter President at VCU

    In the Bug Lab

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    Mariangeli Echevarría Ramos

    Phenotypic variation of the Puerto Rican monarch

  • Luis Velázquez Román

    Species distribution models of Puerto Rican butterflies and effects of future climate change

  • People at a science or technology exhibition booth displaying butterflies, a laptop with a color calibration chart, and informational signs about digitizing libraries of life.

    Oscar Ojeda Cana

    Digitization of Lepidoptera collections of Puerto Rico

  • A woman shopping for vegetables in a grocery store, looking at her notepad. She is standing in front of a display of packaged lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, and cabbage.

    Andrea Manzano Castro

    Origin and diversity of plant species in supermarkets of Puerto Rico