Meet the team
German Vargas Gutiérrez
Assistant Professor
I am a plant ecophysiologist interested in understanding how plants and ecosystems respond to climate change.
Tropical Ecology | Ecophysiology | Ecological Forecasting | Legumes
Colin Pannikat
Undergraduate Student
I am a third-year Computer Science student with minors in Math and Economics, passionate about using my computational and analytical skills to address environmental challenges and foster sustainable, data-driven solutions.
Data-Driven Solutions | Environmental Sustainability | Modeling | Artificial Intelligence
Cooper Parkins
Undergraduate Student
I am a second-year student studying Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife Conservation. I am interested in studying how ecosystem stressors affect plant physiology.
Natural Resources | Environmental Research | Fish & Wildlife Biology
José D. Vargas-Murillo
Field Scientist
Tropical biologist interested in functional ecology and plant ecophysiology, focusing on how tropical and high-mountain ecosystems respond to climate change.
Sustainability | Ecophysiology | Tropics | Environmental Monitoring