The people who make it all happen:
| Costa Rican Personnel: | Senior Personnel: |
| Alfaro, Luis; Field Assistant | González, Eugenio; PI (formerly OTS) |
| Bedoya, Ricardo; Project Manager | Keough, Cindy, Programmer |
| Cascante, Flor; Research Assistant | Moore, John (CSU-NREL), collaborator |
| Cascante, Jose Luis; Field Assistant | Olk, Dan (USDA-ARS, National Soil Tilth Lab), collaborator |
| Chavarría, Dennes; Research Assistant | Parton, Bill (CSU-NREL), PI |
| Gómez, Róger; Research Assistant | Raich, Jim (ISU-EEOB), PI |
| Hernández, Marlon; Research Assistant | Russell, Ann (ISU-NREM), PI |
| Paniagua, Bernal; Research Assistant | Ryan, Mike (U.S. Forest Service, CSU-NREL), PI |
| Paniagua, Eduardo; Research Assistant | Wallenstein, Matt, collaborator |
| Villalobos, Manuel; Field Assistant | |
| Undergraduate Students | Graduate Students |
| Campbell, Brenda (Peninsula College) | Asao, Shinichi (CSU-NREL) |
| De Marree, Josh (Iowa State Univ.) | Valverde Barrantes, Oscar (ISU) |
| Donahey, James (Iowa State Univ.) | |
| Koerner, Cassandra (Montana State Univ.) | High School Teachers |
| Marek, Rachel (Grinnell College) | |
| Montero, Johan (Univ. Nacional Autonoma) | Melendez, Alejandro |
| O’Leary, Nathan (Iowa State Univ.) |
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Bedoya, Ricardo
Project Manager, OTS |
Hernández, Marlon
Research Assistant, OTS |
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Chavarría, Dennes
Research Assistant, OTS |
Buzano, Felix
Research Assistant, OTS |
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Róger Gómez
Research Assistant, OTS |
González, Eugenio
PI, OTS |
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Eduardo Paniagua
Research Assistant, OTS |
Marvin Paniagua
Research Assistant, OTS |
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Raich, Jim
PI, ISU |
Russell, Ann
PI, ISU |
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Dan Olk
USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Lab, Collaborator |
Cindy Keough
Programmer |
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DeMarree, Josh
Undergraduate student, Iowa State University |
Donahey, James
Undergraduate student, Iowa State University
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Koerner, Cassandra
Undergraduate student, University of Montana |
Marek, Rachel
Undergraduate student, Grinnell College |
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Montero, Johan
Undergraduate Student, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Costa Rica (UNA) |
O'Leary, Nathan
Undergraduate student, Iowa State University |
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Asao, Shinishi
Ph.D. Student, CSU-NREL |
Valverde, Oscar
Ph.D. student, ISU |
![]() Annual meeting, 2004 |
![]() Annual Meeting, 2005 |
![]() Annual Meeting 2009 |
![]() Tower Crew |
![]() Arrived at the site by bicycle |
![]() Lunch break on the Peje River |
![]() Cassie with a 17-year-old pine tree |
![]() James ground-truthing a pineapple plantation near Guapiles |
| We like to work hard, but we like to play even harder. | |
![]() After playing a tough game of soccer |
![]() Oscar and Ricardo playing some ping-pong |
![]() Eugenio, Ann, Johan and Jim relaxing on the porch |
![]() Oscar pointing out a huge gecko outside the lab |






























