Associated projects
Building the basis for automated species
identification of tropical plants from hyperspectral data
In collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and NASA's JPL, I helped build a library of high spectral resolution reflectance data of flowers, conspicuous leaves, barks, and fruits of tree and liana species on Barro Colorado Island. The main purpose of this product is to serve as a training dataset for species classification algorithms. The principal investigator for this project is PhD. Helene Muller-Landau.
1-ha Forest plot at the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
In collaboration with the Cartagena Botanical Garden, the University of Miami and ProAves, I helped establish a 1-ha forest plot near Cerro Kennedy in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. The principal investigators for this project are PhD. Riley Fortier and MHort. Maria Paula Contreras.
Saving endangered Caribbean flora from extinction
In collaboration with the Cartagena Botanical Garden and the Franklinia Foundation, I worked to execute some of the activities of a project that strengthened the populations of threatened tree species in the Colombian Caribbean region through propagation and planting. The principal investigators for this project are MHort. Maria Paula Contreras and PhD. Santiago Madriñan.
Spatial aggregation and resting places of Apteronotus galvisi
For my undergraduate thesis, I tracked and continuously monitored the resting places of Apteronotus galvisi —An endemic species of electric fish—in a stream within the greater Orinoco basin. My data supports a skewed sex ratio, a clustered pattern of spatial distribution of resting sites, and males with fixed territories. My advisor for this project was Dr.rer.nat. Jorge Molina.
Building the basis for automated species
identification of tropical plants from hyperspectral data
In collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and NASA's JPL, I helped build a library of high spectral resolution reflectance data of flowers, conspicuous leaves, barks, and fruits of tree and liana species on Barro Colorado Island. The main purpose of this product is to serve as a training dataset for species classification algorithms. The principal investigator for this project is PhD. Helene Muller-Landau.
1-ha Forest plot at the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
In collaboration with the Cartagena Botanical Garden, the University of Miami and ProAves, I helped establish a 1-ha forest plot near Cerro Kennedy in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. The principal investigators for this project are PhD. Riley Fortier and MHort. Maria Paula Contreras.
Saving endangered Caribbean flora from extinction
In collaboration with the Cartagena Botanical Garden and the Franklinia Foundation, I worked to execute some of the activities of a project that strengthened the populations of threatened tree species in the Colombian Caribbean region through propagation and planting. The principal investigators for this project are MHort. Maria Paula Contreras and PhD. Santiago Madriñan.
Spatial aggregation and resting places of Apteronotus galvisi
For my undergraduate thesis, I tracked and continuously monitored the resting places of Apteronotus galvisi —An endemic species of electric fish—in a stream within the greater Orinoco basin. My data supports a skewed sex ratio, a clustered pattern of spatial distribution of resting sites, and males with fixed territories. My advisor for this project was Dr.rer.nat. Jorge Molina.