JungleBiology Alumni (in no particular order)
Dr. Riley Fortier
Degree: Ph.D. (2020-2025)
Dissertation: Tropical Forests in a Changing World: Lessons from Botanical Inventories Across Environmental Gradients and Through Time
Dr. Kullberg is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Biodiversity Data at the Missouri Botanical Garden
Read more about Riley HERE.
Dr. Alyssa Kullberg
Degree: Ph.D. (2019-2024)
Dissertation: Acclimation of Trees to Elevated Growing Temperatures: From Concrete Jungles to Boiling Rivers
Dr. Kullberg is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Plant Ecology Research Lab at EPFL Switzerland.
Read more about Alyssa HERE.
Dr. Cleber Chaves
Visiting Post-doctoral researcher in the Feeley Lab, 2024 - 2015
Dr. Chaves is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Learn more about Cleber at: https://cleberchaves.wixsite.com/website
Dr. Manuel Bernal Escobar
Degree: Ph.D. (2018-2024)
Dissertation: Evaluating Tree Growth Rates with Dendrochronology Throughout the 20th Century: Effects of Climate and Anthropogenic Disturbances
Learn more at: https://sites.google.com/view/manuelbernalescobar
Dr. Olga Tserej Vazquez
Degree: Ph.D. (2018-2024)
Dissertation: Leaf Thermal Properties of Tropical Trees: Insights from Research and Educational Perspectives
Dr. Tserej is the Education and Outreach Manager with Blue Missions
Laís Lautenschlager Rodrigues
Degree: Ph.D. (2010-2025)
Dissertation Topic: Dietary Ecological Functioning of a Large Herbivore in a Tropical Forest
Dr. Lautenschlager is a Professional Consultant with the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative. learn more about Lais at: https://laislrodrigues.github.io/
Dr. Catherine Bravo A.
Degree: Ph.D. (2014-2021)
Dissertation Topic: The role of drought in determining the current and future distributions of Andean plant species
Dr. Bravo is currently working as a project manager for a Peruvian environmental consulting company and a Spanish Development Aid Agency.
Lauren Coombs
BSc Biology (2018-2022)
Lauren is a Research Associate in the UM Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Belen Fadrique
Degree: Ph.D. (2014-2020)
Dissertation Topic: The functional ecology and climatic tolerances of neotropical bamboos
Dr. Fadrique is currently conducting a postdoc at Leeds University. Check out Belen’s website.
Dr. Tyeen Taylor
Post-doctoral researcher in the Feeley Lab, 2018 - 2019
Dr. Taylor is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan. Check out Ty’s Google Scholar profile.
Christine Pardo
Degree: M.S. (2017-2022)
Dissertation Topic: The ecological and social affects of an invasive ginger in southern Costa Rica.
Dr. Richard Tito
Post-doctoral researcher in the Feeley Lab, 2017 - 2019
Richard is a Professor at San Marcos University in Lima Peru.
Check out Richard’s website.
Dr. Tim Perez
Degree: Ph.D. (2014-2019)
Dissertation Topic: The thermal ecology of neotropical woody plant species
Dr. Perez is the Lead Carbon Scientist at Living Carbon. Check out Tim’s webpage.
Dr. James T. Stroud
Degree: Ph.D. (2013 - 2018)
Dissertation Topic: Using Introduced Species of Anolis Lizards to Test Adaptive Radiation Theory
Dr. Stroud is currently an Assistant Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Visit his website!
Dr. Rachel Hillyer
Post-doctoral researcher in the Feeley Lab, 2016 - 2017.
Rachel is currently an assistant professor at Brevard College. Check out Rachel’s website.
Dr. Evan M Rehm
Degree: Ph.D. (2010 - 2015)
Dissertation Topic: Factors affecting current and future treeline locations and dynamics in the Peruvian Andes
Dr. Rehm is a Research Ecologist with the US Forest Service Northern Research Station. For more information, check out Evan’s website.
Dr. Paulo C Olivas
NSF Post-doctoral researcher in the Feeley lab (2013 - 2015)
Dr. Olivas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University.
Dr. Brian Machovina
Degree: Ph.D. (2010 - 2015)
Dissertation Topic: Sustainability of tropical agricultural systems under climate change
Dr. Machovina is currently a post-doctoral researcher at Florida International University and is the founder of Yonanas Inc.