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Meet the Team
Staff

Rebecca J. Cole, Ph.D.
Director, Co-founder

Stefanie Muñoz
Research Technician

Gerald Quirós Cedeño
Graduate Student

Johannes Köhler
Volunteer

Samuel Gomez Villa
Program Coordinator

Jose Castro
Maintenance and Research

Juan Manuel Ley
Graduate Student

Stella Tandhika
Science Communications

Juan Abel Rosales
Lead Research Technician

Alexander Jimenez
Maintenance

Carlos Leyton Rotella
Research Technician
Board of Directors and Advisory Council

Rakan (Zak) Zahawi, Ph.D.
Board of Directors
Executive Director, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos

Karen D. Holl, Ph.D.
Advisory Council
Distinguished Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz

Marina Mansilla Herman
Advisory Council
Global Optimism

Carl Schmitt, Ph.D.
Board of Directors
Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Lilly Briggs, Ph.D.
Advisory Council
Director, Finca Cantaros Environmental Association

Laura Toro, Ph.D.
Advisory Council
Research Scientist, Missouri Botanical Garden

Leland K. Werden, Ph.D.
Board of Directors
Lead Scientist
ETH Zurich

J. Edgardo Arevalo, Ph.D.
Advisory Council
Professor, University of Costa Rica

David Rodriguez
Advisory Council
Finca Cantaros Environmental Association
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