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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.
[Manipulacion de datos
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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
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.