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

vargasgg@oregonstate.edu

Dr. Justine C. Rojas

Postdoctoral Scholar

I am an ecophysiologist, focusing on how climate change affects the physiological responses and ecological performance of organisms.

Forest Ecology | Ecophysiology | Temperate Rainforest

rojasjus@oregonstate.edu

MSc. Sofía Hernández-Cortez

PhD Student

I am a Colombian ecophysiologist interested in understanding how plants from different ecosystems respond to abiotic stress.

Plant physiology | Climate change | Ecology | Evolution

Haley Sotelo

MSc Student

I am studying forest pathology and ecophysiology. I am interested in drought tolerance and pathogen susceptibility, and the broader implications of these interactions within the context of climate change and ecosystem resilience.

Ecophysiology | Forest Pathology | Ecology | Environmental Science

Maddie DelaCruz

MSc Student

I am studying forest ecophysiology and am interested in investigating the relationships among water use, physiology, climate, and anthropogenic changes in different ecosystems.

Forest Ecology | Ecophysiology | Plant-Water Relations

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

Madison Crump

Undergraduate Student

I am a second-year undergraduate double-majoring in BioResource Research and Natural Resources with a minor in Chemistry. I am interested in how conifers modify their vascular tissue and hydraulics in the context of environmental stress.

Ecophysiology | Plant Hydraulics | Wood Anatomy