Where the tropics speak and stories grow – from canopy to community.
Welcome to the Tropical Studies Blog that takes you behind the scenes of OTS fieldwork, told by students, researchers, staff, and communities on the front lines of discovery.
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Luisa Castillo pioneers research on pesticides in Costa Rica
Luisa Castillo pioneers research on pesticides in Costa RicaDuring graduate school in the 1980s, Luisa Castillo knew she wanted to be a scientist who studied the impact of pesticides on living creatures, an ecotoxicologist. There was just one problem: she...
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Please welcome Dr. Sofia Rodriguez to the OTS family!
Sofia will serve as the Manager of Costa Rica Education Programs with initial responsibility for our FLAGs program and our Costa Rica graduate and undergraduate courses. Dr. Rodriguez will join us on November 1, 2019 and will be based at...