Post-Doctoral Associates
Guilherme Fererreira. 2022 – Present. Monitoring Mammals and Fire in the Cerrado. University of Brasilia, Brazil.
Takuya Iwamura. 2012 – 2015. Simulation modeling. Stanford University, CA, USA.
Jennifer Gervais. 2013 – 2014. Ecology. Stanford University, CA, USA.
Jean Huffman. 2014 – 2015. Ecology. Stanford University, CA, USA.
Maria del Mar Sobral Bernal. 2014 – 2015. Ecology. Stanford University, CA, USA.
Johannes P.M. Overman. 2014. Community Engagement. Stanford University, CA, USA.
Erin Kurten. 2011 – 2013. Ecology. Stanford University, CA, USA.
Kimberly Epps. 2010-2011. Vegetation, soils and plant biomass in Guyana. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jeffery B. Luzar. 2007 – 2011. Anthropology. Stanford University, CA and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, NY, USA.
Johannes P.M. Overman. 2008 – 2011. Ecology. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, NY, USA.
Oskar Burger. 2009 – 2010. Mathematical Modeling. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, NY, USA.
Josiefien Demmer. 2009 – 2010. Zoology. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, NY, USA.
Christopher Carrico. 2006 – 2007. Cultural Anthropology. Botany Department, University of Hawaii.
Selene Siqueira da Cunha Nogueira. 2005 – 2006. Animal Behavior. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, at the University of Hawaii. Honolulu, HI.
Sérgio Luiz Gama Nogueira-Filho. 2005 – 2006. Wildlife Management. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, at the University of Hawaii. Honolulu, HI.
John Polisar. 2001. Ecology. Tropical Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Biology Department, Florida Atlantic University.
Students
Lais Brasileiro (PhD) 2021 Co-Advisor. Department of Ecology, Federal University of Brasilia, Brazil.
Alexander Arévalo (PhD) 2021 Co-Advisor, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.
Dayse S. S. Ferreira (PhD) 2021 Co-Advisor, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.
Enzo Aliaga-Rossel, (PhD) Bolivia, 2011 The cascading effect of mammal species defaunation on seed and seedling survivorship as a result of hunting: Testing the empty and half-empty forest hypothesis. University of Hawaii-Manoa, HI. USA.
Sean Giery, M.S. (USA, 2008). Vertebrate ecology in the Amazon. University of Hawaii-Manoa, HI. USA
Malia Kipapa, M.S. (Hawai’i, co-advisor, 2008). Conservation implications of exotic sheep diet on Hawai’i Island. University of Hawaii-Manoa, HI. USA.
Joel Strong, M.S. (USA, 2005). Tortoise ecology, movements and seed dispersal in Amazonia. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA
Melanie Antonik, M.S. (USA, 2005). Population dynamics of Mauritia flexuosa: measuring the impact of white-lipped peccary foraging on plant community structure in a tropical forest. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA
Kristy Markowitz, B.S., (Peru & USA, B.S. thesis 2005). Ants on inaja palm fruits in an Amazonian forest in Brazil. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, N.Y.
Enzo Aliaga-Rossel, M.S. (Bolivia 2004). The movements and ecology of agoutis
on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA.
Nuria Bernal, M.S. (Bolivia; co-advisor, 2004). Habitat fragmentation and conservation of small mammal communities. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, NY, USA.
Lindsay Cray, B.S., (USA, 2004). Preferred habitat characteristics of Tapirus bairdii on Barro Colorado Island. SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, N.Y., USA.
Karim Ledesma, MS. (Peru, 2003, with a co-advisor). Small mammal community of bamboo forests in the Peruvian Amazon. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
April Huffman, M.S. (USA, 2001). Crawfish as a biological indicator of the health of aquatic systems in the Florida Everglades. Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA.
Students mentored by José and Supported Financially by his Projects
Anthony Ravindra Cummings, Ph.D. (Guyana, 2008-2014). For logs, for traditional purposes and for food: Identification of multiple-use plant species of northern Amazonia and an assessment of factors associated with their distribution. Syracuse University, NY, USA.
Mayaan Gadisman, Post B.S. (USA, 2011) Wild animals of the Rupununi, Guyana. University of California-Santa Cruz / Stanford University, CA, USA.
Emily C. Kachorek, M.S. (USA, 2010). An analysis of the integrated conservation and development paradigm: A case study from Guyana. California State University-Sacramento, CA, USA.
Bertie Xavier, Post B.S. (Guyana, 2009). Outreach for a biodiversity assessment in the Rupununi, Guyana. North Rupununi Development Board, Guyana.
Marla J. Torrado M.S. (Puerto Rico, 2007). Road Construction and Makushi Communities Of Southern Guyana: Impacts and Consequences. Syracuse University, NY, USA.
Amy M. Ortiz, B.S. (USA, 2008). A Guide to the Wild fruits of the Rupununi. New College of Florida, FL, USA.
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