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Canada:
University of Alberta
- Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, TROPI-DRY Principal Investigator
- Dr. John Gamon, Remote sensing and ecology working groups
- Dr. Benoit Rivard, Remote sensing working group
United States of America
University of Virginia
- Dr. Debora Lawrence, Remote sensing and ecology working groups
Columbia University
- Dr. Alex Pfaff, Social Science working group
University of Minnesota
- Dr. Jennifer Powers, Ecology working group
Mexico:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (CIECO)
- Dr. Alicia Castillo, Social science working group
- Dr. Mauricio Quesada, Ecology working group, Mexico National Coordinator
- Dr. Kathryn E. Stoner, Ecology working group
Universidad Michoacana de Miguel de Hidalgo
- Dr. Pablo Cuevas, Ecology working group
Costa Rica:
Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
- Dr. Julio Calvo, Ecology and social science working group
- Dr. Ruperto Quesada, Ecology working group
Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza
- Dr. Juan Andres Robalino, Social science working group
Venezuela:
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC)
- Dr. Jafet Nassar, Ecology working group
- Dr. Jon Paul Rodriguez, Ecology and remote sensing working groups
- Dr. Eliezer Arias, Social Science working group
Brazil:
Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais
- Dr. Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Ecology working group, Brazil National Coordinator
Universidad de Oro Preto, Minas Gerais
- Dr. Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro, Ecology working group
- Dr. Maria Cristina Sanches, Ecology working group
Universidad Stadual de Montes Claros (UNIMONTES)
- Dr. Mario M. do Espiritu Santo, Ecology working group & Minas Gerais, Coordinator
- Dr. Marcilio Fagundes, Ecology working group & Minas Gerais, Co-Coordinator
- Dr. Lemuel Olívio Leite, Ecology working group
- M.Sc. Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Ecology working group
- M.Sc.Bruno Gini Madeira, Ecology working group
- M.Sc. Felisa Cançado Anaya, Social science working group
- Afrânio Farias de Melo Júnior, Ecology working group
- Henrique Maia Valério, Ecology working group
- Santos D’ângelo, Ecology working group
- Dr. Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes, Ecology working group
- Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso, Ecology working group
- Dr. Rômulo Barbosa, Social science working group
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa)
Sweden
Malmö University
- Dr. Per Jönsson, Remote sensing working group
Lund University
- Dr. Lars Eklundh, Remote sensing working group
Colombia
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
- Dr. Jorge Ruiz, Remote sensing working group
Cuba
Instituto de Ecologia y Sistematica
- Dr. Rene Capote, Remote sensing working group
Germany
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
- Dr. Jörg Matschullat , Remote sensing working group
TROPI-DRY Graduate Students:
Canada:
University of Alberta - Current Students
- Dr. Gilberto Zonta-Pastorello, Jr., Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Dr. Yumi Oki, Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Michael Hesketh, Ph.D. Candidate
- Sandra Duran, Ph.D. Candidate
- Virginia Garcia-Millan, Ph.D. Candidate
- Payri Yamarte, M.Sc. Candidate
- Mauricio Yamanaka, M.Sc. Candidate
- Aaron Ball, M.Sc. Candidate
- Cassidy Rankine, M.Sc. Candidate
University of Alberta - Past Students
Mexico:
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (CIECO)
- M.Sc. Mariana Alvarez Añorve, Ph.D Candidate
- M.Sc. Luis Daniel Avila-Cabadilla, Ph.D Candidate
- M. Sc. Victor Rosas Guerrero, Ph.D. Candidate
- B.Sc. Paola Fernandez Hernandez, Undergraduate
- Adriana Pérez-Tovar, Undergraduate
- Alejandro Badillo-Oseguera, Undergraduate
- Andrea Tovar Bonilla, Licenciatura
- Arre Yunuen García-Rojas, Undergraduate
- Octavio Sánchez-Lieja, Ph.D. Candidate
- Claudia Galicia-Castillo, M.Sc. Candidate
- Yurixi Maldonado-Lopez, M.Sc. Candidate
- Lucero Ríos-Díaz, Undergraduate
- Selene Maldonado López, M.Sc. Candidate
- Natalia Carrillo-Reyna, Undergraduate
Brazil:
Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)
- Afrânio Farias de Melo Júnior, Ph.D Candidate
Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (Unimontes)
- M.Sc. Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Ph.D Candidate
- M.Sc. Bruno Gini Madeira, Ph.D Candidate
- Reinaldo Duque Landulfo Teixeira, M.Sc. Candidate
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
- M.Sc. Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Ph.D Candidate
- M.Sc. Bruno Gini Madeira, Ph.D Candidate
- Flavia Fonseca Pezzini, M.Sc. Candidate
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
- Adriana Chávez, Bachiller Candidate
- Roselyn Jiménez, Bachiller Candidate
- Pablo Carrillo, Undergraduate
- Paula Loiza, Undergraduate
- Cristina Baltodano, Undergraduate
Venezuela:
Universidad Central de Venezuela
- Noelia Di Paoli, Undergraduate
La Universidad del Zulia
- Mariana Hernández, Licenciatura
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
- Carla Aranguren, M. Sc Candidate
- Laurie Fajardo, Ph.D. Candidate
- Sergio Zambrano, M. Sc Candidate (Jon Paul Rodríguez Supervisor)


