{"id":262,"date":"2022-05-05T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/biosmartamazonia\/people-grid\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T14:28:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:28:53","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/biosmartamazonia\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][people_grid][\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;287&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080\">UK TEAM<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;293&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Dr Mar\u00eda Paula Escobar<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Bristol<br \/>\nmaria.escobar@bristol.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am a cultural and environmental geographer with a background in Political Science and History. My research focuses on environmental governance, livestock farming and environmental politics. I interrogate notions of sustainability and study farming practices around water, conservation and antimicrobial resistance. My research is interdisciplinary and international: from dairy farms in Somerset to subsistence rural economies in Colombia\u2019s p\u00e1ramos (highland wetlands), intensive livestock farming in Argentina and agri-environmental initiatives in Colombia\u2019s Amazonian region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;294&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Professor Andrew Barnes<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Co-Investigator<\/strong><br \/>\nScotland\u2019s Rural College<br \/>\nandrew.barnes@sruc.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am an economist whose main interest is around understanding and modelling behaviours for sustainable production. I have conducted a number of studies in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa working with natural scientists to understand the barriers to uptake and the supply-chain constraints around adoption of technologies and techniques.<br \/>\nMy main role in BioSmart is working with Ignacio to understand the determinants of adoption for farmers across the Colombian Amazon. This involves examining questionnaire data (working with CIAT), modelling behaviours and conducting economic experiments on risk preferences of our silvopastoral farmers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;2&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;295&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Dr Mike Garratt<\/span><\/h4>\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Co-Investigator<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Reading<br \/>\nm.p.garratt@reading.ac.uk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p>I am a Principal Research Fellow based at the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research in the School of Agriculture at the University of Reading. My research focuses on invertebrate ecology in the agri-environment and primarily the impacts of farming practices and land management on invertebrates and the ecosystem services they provide focusing on pest control and pollination. I have worked in many farming systems around the world, in both temperate and tropical regions, and my research is applied to the challenge of establishing more sustainable farming approaches. In the BioSmart project we are investigating the role of silvopasture systems and forests in supporting invertebrate biodiversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;296&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1588780699252_56428\" class=\"sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image sqs-text-ready\" data-block-type=\"5\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1651770535865_131\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<figure id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1651770535865_130\" class=\"sqs-block-image-figure image-block-outer-wrapper image-block-v2 design-layout-collage combination-animation-site-default individual-animation-site-default individual-text-animation-site-default image-position-left sqs-text-ready animation-loaded\" data-scrolled=\"\" data-test=\"image-block-v2-outer-wrapper\"><figcaption class=\"image-card-wrapper\" data-width-ratio=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-card sqs-dynamic-text-container\">\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceh.ac.uk\/staff\/jill-thompson\">Dr Jill Thompson<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Co-Investigator<\/strong><br \/>\nUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology<br \/>\njiom@ceh.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am leading the plant biodiversity and plant ecology part of the BioSmart project. My main research focus is plant community dynamics and factors that influence plant distribution and biodiversity, particularly in tropical forest. I have broad interests covering many aspects of conservation and plant ecology, including ecophysiology, ecosystem processes, and the effect of human and natural disturbances, such as hurricanes and drought.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1588780699252_98447\" class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\" data-block-type=\"47\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;297&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoisKinneen\">Dr Lois Kinneen<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Reading<br \/>\nl.kinneen@reading.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\">I am a tropical ecologist with a background in botany, invertebrate ecology and conservation biology. I have been lucky enough to carry out extended fieldwork in a number of highly diverse and exciting places and through research and travel I have developed a strong interest in the relationship between people and biodiversity.<br \/>\nI joined the BioSmarties to work with Dr Mike Garratt at the University of Reading, to assess the conservation value and ecological impacts of silvopastoral systems using invertebrates as indicator taxa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;298&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ceh.ac.uk\/staff\/cristina-rosique-esplugas\">Dr Cristina Rosique-Esplugas<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\"><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\">UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology<br \/>\ncrisiq@ceh.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I joined BioSmart as part of the Biodiversity team, to assess plant biodiversity with Dr Jill Thompson in UK CEH. I am a trained botanist and have previously worked as a tropical botanist and community ecologist in Belize, working with University College London and the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;299&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Ignacio Sep\u00falveda MSc.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><br \/>\nScotland\u2019s Rural University College<br \/>\nignacio.sepulveda@sruc.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am an engineer with a masters in environmental science from the University of Edinburgh. I have worked in difference companies and areas in recent years, from industries to agri companies and universities.<br \/>\nMy main interest nowadays is data science and building prediction models, particularly relating to the the environment.<br \/>\nAlong with Andrew, my role in BioSmart will be focused on data analysis from behavioural studies and agricultural data, in order to create models that allow further understanding of silvopastoral systems at different scales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;300&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Louisa Knocker<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><br \/>\nScotland\u2019s Rural University College<br \/>\nlouisa.knocker@sruc.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am an environmental economic modeller with a Masters in Environmental Science. I am particularly interested in climate change, biodiversity and land use &#8211; and how food systems affect these core topics. My background is in Biological Sciences, and I have\u00a0several years&#8217; experience within sustainability consultancy, working with global brands to reduce their environmental impacts.\u00a0Within the BioSmart team, I am working with Andrew to carry out a life cycle analysis of\u00a0beef \/ dairy production systems to investigate the effects of introducing\u00a0silvopastoral systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;301&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Dr Adriana Suarez-Delucchi<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Bristol<br \/>\nadriana.suarez@bristol.ac.uk<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am based at the University of Bristol and work as a Research Associate in Human Geography with Dr Escobar-Tello. I have a MSc in Environmental Management and a PhD in Environment, Energy and Resilience. I\u2019m interested in activist, interdisciplinary and collaborative research to promote sustainable and just decision-making for communities and their environments. My work is informed by Institutional Ethnography a feminist sociology that investigates how everyday experiences are coordinated by work done with texts in organisations. I have experience working in rural areas in Chile, Colombia, the UK and Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;white&#8221; style=&#8221;shadow&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080\">COLOMBIAN TEAM<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;302&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Dr Marcela Quintero<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Alliance Bioversity-CIAT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Marcela Quintero is the Research Director for the Multifunctional Landscapes Lever of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Marcela brings almost two decades of experience to this position and was most recently the leader of the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes research area at CIAT. Marcela\u2019s work combines ecological approaches and agronomy principles to make landscapes more sustainable. Her research has focused on economic and financial incentives, watershed management, environmental impact assessments and design and implementation of sustainable land-use strategies. Marcela has worked as well for development organizations including GIZ, CONDESAN and Forest Trends. Marcela is Ecologist from Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and holds a Ph.D. in agronomy from the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;303&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Miguel Romero Sanchez<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Alliance Bioversity-CIAT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Miguel Romero is Associate Researcher of Multifunctional Landscapes Research Area of the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT. Miguel has professional experience in environmental impacts of the agricultural sector. Experience on identification, formulation and validation of sustainable production practices. Quantification of water footprint and carbon footprint. Technical Secretary of the National Agreement for Zero Deforestation and Paramos Protection in the dairy value chain in Colombia. Miguel is agronomist engineer and has master degree in Agricultural Sciences from the National University of Colombia, and he is PhD Student on Crop Production at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;306&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Profesor Edwin Trujillo<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">Lecturer at the Universidad de la Amazonia<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\">Agroecology engineer<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I teach botany at the University of Amazonia and I am a researcher with experience in plant taxonomy (specialised in the Araceae family), biodiversity, ethnobotany, management and sustainable use of natural resources, integrated management of hydrographic basins, environmental impact studies and alternative agricultural systems. I joined the BioSmart project in 2018 as a botanical expert for the collection and identification of the floral diversity of the pastures and forests sampled in the study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;304&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Profesor Yardany Ramos Pastrana<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Lecturer at the Universidad de la Amazonia<\/strong><br \/>\nEntomologist<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am a Biologist, interested in the study of insects, mainly the Neotropical ones. I specialise in both their taxonomy and ecological aspects. I also have knowledge and experience in the area of forensic entomology. I lead the Grupo de Investigaci\u00f3n en Entomolog\u00eda at the Universidad de la Amazonia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;317&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Felipe Arcos-Valencia<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad de la Amazonia<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I joined the BioSmart project to collaborate with Dr Mike Garratt and Dr Lois Kinneen on the invertebrate team.<br \/>\nI am a researcher in tropical insects and spiders, with an emphasis on the Colombian Amazon in order to strengthen scientific knowledge in the country from the Entomology Laboratory at the University of the Amazon- LEUA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;308&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Luis_Miguel_Hernandez_Mahecha\">Luis Hernandez MSc.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong><br \/>\nTropical Forage Program &#8211; Alliance Bioversity-CIAT<br \/>\nl.hernandez@cgiar.org<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I have a Master of Science in Agronomical Sciences with expertise in biological control and plant resistance to arthropods. I joined the BioSmart project to work with Dr Lois Kinneen and Dr Mike Garratt, sampling invertebrates across different livestock systems in order to understand how plant diversification promotes invertebrate diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;307&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">C\u00e9sar Augusto N\u00fa\u00f1ez Cano<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad de la Amazonia<br \/>\ncesar.cano117@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I joined the BioSmart team to support the botanical work. I helped establish survey transects, assisted with the collection of tree specimens in the forest and processed and preserved the collections. I also helped with species identification. I am very passionate about botany but my interests also extend to the different livestock systems present in the Colombian department of Caquet\u00e1. Their interactions with the environment and the ecosystem benefits of tropical forest., in turn, the local knowledge of rural families on environmental issues and the uptake of new technologies to improve the quality of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;310&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Cristian Narv\u00e1ez-Guzm\u00e1n<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad de la Amazonia<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I joined as support for the plant biodiversity team. I am an engineer in Agro-ecology, and an MSc. candidate focused on soil science. I have worked evaluating the biochemistry properties of Amazonian soils in the Amazonian Institute of Scientific Research (SINCHI), and as a field technician on a research project investigating the microbial diversity in tropical forests with the Universidad de la Amazonia, where I had the opportunity to carry out floristic surveys.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_hoverbox image=&#8221;305&#8243; primary_title=&#8221;&#8221; hover_title=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-title sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Alejandro Lizcano<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-subtitle-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-subtitle sqs-dynamic-text\" data-width-percentage=\"30.2\">\n<p class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversidad de la Amazonia<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I am studying Agriecological Engineering at the Unviersity of the Amazonia in Florencia, in the department of Caquet\u00e1, Colombia. There, I work with my lecturer Edwin Trujillo. 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