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Staff
Project Manager
Iana is an environmental scientist, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the field warming project, collecting data both in the laboratory and in the field, general administration, management of volunteers and interns, social media, and educational outreach. She is also the primary liaison for communications regarding TRACE.
General Field Technician
William F. Mejía-García
USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
William is a biologist responsible for routine sample collection, field measurements, site inspections; sample processing, and data organization. He also assists the project manager with day-to-day equipment maintenance and database organization.
Data manager
Megan E. Berberich
Michigan Technological University
Megan is responsible for the project's data publications. She organizes and performs quality control tests on our largest datasets to ensure high-quality data is available for our project and the general community.
General Technician
Alberto Pastor Ibáñez
USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Alberto is responsible for the day-to-day operations instrument maintenance, and
data collection and organization for TRACE.
Environmental Equipment Techinician
Deyaneira A. Ortiz Iglesias
USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Deyaneira is responsible for the day-to-day operations instrument maintenance, and
data collection and organization for TRACE.
Research Technicians
Robin Reibold
U.S. Geological Survey
Robin is a biogeochemist with the USGS in Moab UT who is responsible for processing and analyzing many of the soil and plant samples collected from the plots.
Armin Howell
U.S. Geological Survey
Armin is a biologist with the USGS in Moab UT who assists with a number of different areas of the project; especially root cleaning and scanning, Li-Cor troubleshooting, and environmental sensor installation and operation
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