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Staff

Project Manager
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Tatiana Barreto Vélez 
USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Tatiana 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 in charge of some equipment maintenance and repair, and general monitoring of the project.
Environmental Equipment Technician
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Deyaneira A. Ortiz Iglesias 
USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Deyaneira is industrial biotechnologist, responsible for the day-to-day operations, instrument maintenance, and
data collection and organization for TRACE.
Field Technician
Laura Rubio
Laura C. Rubio Lebrón
USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Laura has a double major, in environmental geosciences and women, gender and sexuality studies. At TRACE she is responsible for the minirhizotron image collection and organization; also assisting  in general project sample collection and processing. 
Affiliated Technicians
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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.
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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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