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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 J. 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