Paul Efren

Hi! I’m a Paul Efren Santos Andrade. Plant Ecologist and data scientist. I am a Peruvian biologist from the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco - Peru

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Paul Efren Santos Andrade

Education

MSc., in Ecology & Environmental Management

Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad

Cusco, Peru

2018

B.S., Biology

Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad

Cusco, Peru

2012 - 2008

Research & Data Science Experience

Research Assistant

Universidad de Arizona
Universidad de Bergen

Cusco, Peru

2020 - 2019

  • Project:
    Roles of inter and intra specific variability in the composition and functional diversity of high Andean plants of the Puna in the Manu National Park

Research Assistant

University of Miami
Department of Biology

Cusco, Peru

2017 - 2016

  • Project:
    Vulnerability to forest drought dominated by Bamboo: Detection with remote sensing and functional adaptation of the plant community in the Amazon - Andean gradient compared to forest without bamboo

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
GEM Global Ecosystems Monitoring Network

Cusco, Peru

2016

  • Project:
    RAINFOR - GEM: A project to understand the carbon balance in the Andean and Amazonian forests

Research Assistant

The Open University
Department of Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space & Astronomical Research
CEPSAR

Cusco, Peru

2015

  • Project:
    Evaluate the contribution of tree- stem CH4 and N2O emissions to the total ecosystem emissions from a range of tropical rainforests on the south-eastern slopes of the Andes

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute
University of Leeds
James Cook University

Cairns QLD, Australia

2015

  • Project:
    T- Forces: Changes of tropical forests in the land system

Research Assistant

University of Miami
Department of Biology

Cusco, Peru

2015 - 2013

  • Project:
    Factors that influence the dynamics and location of the forest line between the forest and the Puna on Parque Nacional del Manu – Peru at Acjanaco, Qurqurpampa and Tres Cruces (4ta Period)

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute
University of Leeds

Oxapampa, Peru

2014

  • Project:
    T- Forces: Changes of tropical forests in the land system

Research Assistant

University of Aberdeen
Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Cusco, Peru

2013 - 2010

  • Project:
    Are tropical uplands regional hotspots of methane and nitrous oxide?

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza Territorio y Energía Renovables

Cusco, Peru

2013

  • CHAMBASA Project - CHallenging Attempt to Measure Biotic Attributes along the Slope of the Andes

Research Assistant

University of Edinburgh
School of Geo Sciences

Cusco, Peru

2012 - 2011

  • Project:
    Respiration of soil with the Multiplexer Licor along a gradient of elevation of the Andes to the Amazon





Teaching and Project Management

I have taught in higher education settings, using intuitive and data-driven instruction.

Introducción a la Programación con R Tidyverse

Online workshop

Remote

2021

  • Taught an introduction to R with Tidyverse.

Visualización de datos

Online workshop

Remote

2021

[Manipulacion de datos

dplyr - tidyr IntroduccIon al manejo de datos](https://manipulaciondatosunsaac.netlify.app/#1)

Museo De Historia Natural

Cusco, Peru

2019

Una introduccion a la visualizacion de datos

Museo De Historia Natural

Cusco, Peru

2019



Talks

Assesing long-term shifts in functional composition and impacts on carbon and water cycling in the southern Rocky Mountains

AGU Fall Meeting 2021

New Orleans, LA
Online Everywhere

2021

  • Julia Chacon-Labella, Cesar Hinojo Hinojo, Paul Efren Santos, Lindsay Backhaus, Sandra Milena Duran, Lorah Seltzer, Alex Brummer, Amanda Henderson, Charles F. Rick Williams, Nicola Falco, Haruko M Wainwright, Eoin Brodie, Susan S. Hubbard, Kenneth Hurst Williams, Vigdis Vandvik and Brian Joseph Enquist

Introducción a la Ecología Basada en Rasgos Funciónales

ZOE Asociación para la Investigación y Conservación

Remote

2020

Introduction to Tidyverse

Plant Functional Trait Course - PFCT5

Cusco, Peru

2020

Assessing how long-term shifts in species and functional composition have impacted carbon and water cycling the southern Rocky Mountains

AGU Fall Meeting 2020

Online

2020

  • Julia Chacon-Labella, Connor Wilson, Lindsay Backhaus, Paul Efren Santos - Andrade, Sandra Milena Duran, Alex Brummer, Amanda Henderson, Lorah Seltzer, Nicola Falco, Haruko M. Wainwright, Eoin Brodie, Charles F. Williams, Susan S. Hubbard, Vigdis Vandvik, Brian Joseph Enquist, Kenneth Hurst Williams

Assessing the sensitivity of evapotranspiration to shifts in plant traits, changing climate, and earlier snowmelt: Long-term observations from a 1,000m elevation gradient in the East River Watershed, Colorado, USA

AGU Fall Meeting 2020

Online

2020

  • Brian J. Enquist, Julia Chacon-Labella, Alex Brummer, Sandra Milena Duran, Paul Efren Santos-Andrade, Nicola Falco, Amanda Henderson, Haruko Murakami Wainwright, Vigdis Vandvik, Eoin Brodie, Susan S Hubbard, Kenneth Hurst Williams

Publications

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

Nature

N/A

2022

  • Bauman, D., Fortunel, C., Delhaye, G., Malhi, Y., Cernusak, L.A., Bentley, L. P., Rifai, S. W., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Oliveras, I., Phillips, O. L., McNellis, B. E., Bradford, M., Laurance, S. G. W., Hutchinson, M. F., Dempsey, R., Santos-Andrade, P. E., Ninantay-Rivera, H. R., Chambi Paucar, J. R. & McMahon, S. M.

Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate is driven by species intrinsic growth rate and leaf traits

Global Change Biology

N/A

2021

  • Bauman, D., Fortunel, C., Cernusak, L. A., Bentley, L. P., McMahon, S. M., Rifai, S. W., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Oliveras, I., Bradford, M., Laurance, S. G. W., Delhaye, G., Hutchinson, M. F., Dempsey, R., McNellis, B. E., Santos-Andrade, P. E., Ninantay-Rivera, H. R., Chambi Paucar, J. R., Phillips, O. L., & Malhi, Y.

Reduced tree density and basal area in Andean forests are associated with bamboo dominance

Forest Ecology and Management

N/A

2021

  • Belen Fadrique, Paul Santos-Andrade, William Farfan-Rios, Norma Salinas, Miles Silman, Kenneth J. Feeley

Tropical forest leaves may darken in response to climate change

Nature Ecology & Evolution

N/A

2018

  • Christopher E. Doughty, Paul Efren Santos-Andrade, Alexander Shenkin, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Lisa P. Bentley, Benjamin Blonder, Sandra Díaz, Norma Salinas, Brian J. Enquist, Roberta E. Martin, Gregory P. Asner, Yadvinder Malhi

Can Leaf Spectroscopy Predict Leaf and Forest Traits Along a Peruvian Tropical Forest Elevation Gradient?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

N/A

2017

  • Doughty C.E., Santos Andrade P.E., Goldsmith G.R., Blonder B., Shenkin A., Bentley L.P, Chavana Bryant C., Huaraca Huasco W., Díaz S., Salinas N., Enquist B.J., Martin R., Asner G.P., Malhi Y.

Poster Presentations

Evaluating the effect of sampling scale to quantify different components of plant biodiversity with imaging spectroscopy.

AGU Fall Meeting 2021

New Orleans, LA
Online Everywhere

2021

  • Sandra M Duran, Nicola Falco, Paul Efren, Jesus N Pinto Ledezma, Haruko M Wainwright, Heidi Steltzer, Eoin Brodie, Brian Joseph Enquist and Jeannine Cavender-Bares.

Hyperspectral derived traits and vegetation indices predict rates of above- and below-ground carbon fluxes in alpine meadows

AGU Fall Meeting 2021

New Orleans, LA
Online Everywhere

2021

  • Sandra M Duran, Nicola Falco, Sergio Marconi, Paul Efren, Amanda Henderson, Haruko M Wainwright, Heidi Steltzer, Eoin Brodie, Scott R Saleska and Brian Joseph Enquist.