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In 2010 I graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.Sc. in Botany. Following graduation, I spent four years exploring my interests in experiential education, horticulture, and participated in an array field projects. In those four years, I lived and worked throughout the United States and Peru. The diversity of work and cultures I experienced at home and abroad inspired me to pursue research at the graduate level. As of Fall of 2014, I enrolled at FIU under the tutelage of Dr. Kenneth Feeley to study tropical ecology and conservation. As of January 2017, the Feeley lab relocated to the University of Miami. As a graduate student, my goals are to develop as scientist by researching broad-scale patterns in tropical ecology that can be used to influence conservation policy and preserve our natural resources, inspire students that are disenchanted with traditional education to pursue science as a career, and educate diverse audiences about the importance and protection of tropical ecosystems. My research focusses on the long and short-term responses of tropical forests to climate change.

Timothy M. Perez collecting Pipers in Costa Rica