Meet the team

German Vargas Gutiérrez

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

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