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Peru (2020)

a. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realise these goals? My goals were quite specific: gain experience in planning, collecting and curating trait and ecosystem function data and; meet other like-minded scientists in the field of trait ecology to build an international […]

PFTC blog post

30/04/2020 in Peru (2020) / Will J (UK) tagged TraitTrain by willj

This PFTC5 course was a wonderful experience at strange times. Thanks a bunch to all who were involved! I am super happy to have met everybody and made new friends. My primary goals coming into this course were to improve my knowledge about remote sensing and meet new people and […]

Post course blog PFTC5

27/04/2020 in Paul Efren Santos A (Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by Paul Efren

What were your goals for this course in Peru and to what extent did you realize these goals? My first goal for this course was to learn more about plant functional traits. Specifically I was interested in learning methods, the gaps in literature, and how my PhD project fits within […]

PFTC5 Blog Post

25/04/2020 in Peru (2020) / Tasha-Leigh J. G (Canada) tagged TraitTrain by tashaleighg

Hello! My name is Jocelyn Navarro. I am from California and recently graduated from Connecticut College. I will be starting my PhD at the University of Arizona in Brian Enquist’s lab. Participating in Plant Functional Trait Course 5 surpassed my exceptions. Before attending the course, I sadly had to take […]

PFTC Blog

25/04/2020 in Jocelyn N (US) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by jonathans

I. ¿Cuáles fueron tus objetivos para el curso en Perú? ¿En qué medida te diste cuenta de estos objetivos? Por favor, dar ejemplos específicos si es posible. También nos gustaría saber hasta qué punto covid-19 afectó su capacidad para alcanzar sus objetivos. Entre mis objetivos estaban ampliar los conocimientos en […]

PFTC5 post course blogpost

24/04/2020 in Korina O-Z (Chile/Colombia) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by korinaoz

It was four days after the end of the pre-course that I packed my bags, ready for the actual in-person Plant functional Trait Course (PFTC) in Peru. I had a lot of expectations – both science and non-science related. In as much as I looked forward to exploring the forest […]

Post-blog Mickey_Boakye PFTC5

22/04/2020 in Mickey B (US/Ghana) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by mickeyb

Of course, it is impossible to think back on the course without seeing it in the context of the pandemic. I was fortunate to have made it out of the country with the Oxford contingent before the borders closed, and I am especially grateful to the PFTC leadership for how […]

PFTC5 Peru Post-Course Blog

22/04/2020 in Marcus S (UK) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by marcuss

I’m so happy for having had the opportunity of participating in the PFTC5. It was very interesting to learn about traits and how to measure them. The course combined different ways of doing science, as taking online lectures, discussing papers, giving oral presentations, writing proposals and analyzing data. Discovering Wayqecha […]

Post course Blog

21/04/2020 in Fernanda C (Argentina) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by fernandac

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. I’m very happy to have met and gotten to […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

21/04/2020 in Hilde Stokland R (Norway) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by hilder

One of my main goals for the course in Peru was to learn how to work and communicate with others from different parts of the world and at different stages in their education or career. My nerves boarding my flight on my way to Peru was skyrocketing. Would I, a […]

From imposter to confident in just a week

21/04/2020 in Kristine B (Norway) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by kristineb

i. ¿Cuáles fueron tus objetivos para el curso en Perú? ¿En qué medida te diste cuenta de estos objetivos? Por favor, dar ejemplos específicos si es posible. También nos gustaría saber hasta qué punto covid-19 afectó su capacidad para alcanzar sus objetivos. Los objetivos que tenía para el curso estaban […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

21/04/2020 in Fiorella G (Chile/Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by fiorellag

One of my goals for this course was to meet my future colleagues at the University of Bergen, since I just got a position there a few weeks before the field course. The crisis situation in which we ended up gave me a lot more than what I could have […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

21/04/2020 in Joseph G (Switzerland/Norway) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by josephg

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. The reason I applied to the course was to […]

Eva L post-course blog post

20/04/2020 in Eva L (Norway) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by eval

What were your goals for the course and did you realise them? I definitely realised some of my goals. I connected and collaborated with researchers from around the world, and felt inspired by their work and the possibilities of working together. The process of measuring functional traits was demystified for […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

20/04/2020 in Jess R (Scotland) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by jessr

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. My goals, for the PTFC5, were to gain knowledge […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

20/04/2020 in Natalia L Quinteros C (US/Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by jonathans

So that was quite an experience. Just as I had expected beforehand, and yet in a quite different way. I saw breathtaking landscapes, had a very intense learning experience, and got to know a great bunch of people. Yet, given the circumstances under which PFTC5 ended, it is still challenging […]

A crew for the deserted island: lessons from not just ...

20/04/2020 in Jonathan von O (Denmark/Germany) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by Jonathan

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which COVID-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. The objectives I had for the course were, first, to […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

19/04/2020 in Lucely Vilca B (Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by lucelyvb

“Wait I need to add the correct hashtags first… okay and… send tweet!” At the beginning of this course the thought of me sharing my experiences and being a (somewhat) active member of the science community on ‘The Twitter’ never crossed my mind. Yet, after my (unexpectedly) extended stay in […]

How COVID-19 possibly enhanced my educational experience: the post-course musings ...

16/04/2020 in Peru (2020) / Tanya S (Sweden/S Africa) tagged TraitTrain by tanyas

In entering this course, I had set goals to understand how to organize and conduct an efficient and successful field campaign, to learn about the natural history and ecology of alpine grasslands, and to walk away with a high-quality scientific product. In some ways I was successful in meeting these […]

PFTC5 post-course blog post

10/04/2020 in Josef G (Canada) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by josefg

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which covid-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. My goals for the course in Peru were to […]

PFTC5 Post-Course Blog Post

09/04/2020 in Mackenzie L (US) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by jonathans

i. What were your goals for the course in Peru? To what extent did you realize these goals? Please give specific examples if possible. We’d also like to know the extent to which COVID-19 affected your ability to realize your goals. Before starting the course, my goals were to learn […]

Post course blog post

09/04/2020 in Eugenia Sanchez D (Argentina) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by eugeniasd

We have all underestimated this. And all of us are currently going through a very stressful phase. Still, I want to share some thoughts and experiences from my recent stay in Peru as a participant of the 5th Plant Functional Traits Course, and especially from the trip back to Europe. […]

Incalculable times

24/03/2020 in Jonathan von O (Denmark/Germany) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by Jonathan

¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Hola, soy Paul Efren del Cusco – Perú. Estudie Biología en la Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco. He tenido la fortuna de formar parte de diferentes proyectos en el bosque tropical, […]

Paul_Efren_SA_Pre-Course_blog_post

09/03/2020 in Paul Efren Santos A (Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by Paul Efren

What is your background? Where are you from? what do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am an undergraduate student in biology at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, in La Paz Bolivia, where I was born. Currently, I am working in my thesis that […]

Hello from Samuel!

08/03/2020 in Peru (2020) / Samuel Pastor P (Bolivia) tagged TraitTrain by sehoyac

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? Hi, my name is Rudi Saul Cruz Chino and I am from Cusco, Perú. I did my undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, after that I […]

Hello from Rudi!

08/03/2020 in Peru (2020) / Rudi C (Peru) tagged TraitTrain by sehoyac

¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Mi nombre es Jhonatan Sallo Bravo, nací en la ciudad del Cusco, donde vivo actualmente, soy estudiante de maestría de la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. En general estoy interesado […]

Hello! from Jonathan S-B

07/03/2020 in Jhonatan Sallo B (Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by sehoyac

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am a plant (functional) ecologist with a background in environmental/ecosystem sciences and invasion biology currently doing a PhD in my hometown at Oxford University. My research works at the […]

Hello! From Sara M.

07/03/2020 in Peru (2020) / Sara M (UK) tagged TraitTrain by sehoyac

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am from a small town in Michigan, USA. I went to school for a Bachelor of Music degree in an even smaller town in Michigan. I took a forest ecology […]

Hello! from Laura J

07/03/2020 in Laura J (US) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by sehoyac

My name is Mickey Boakye, a Ghanaian, studying for my Ph.D. in the Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley. I study plant functioning and interactions with their environment including their physiological response to climate change. Though I am interested in whole plant functioning I am […]

Mickey_B_Pre-Course Blog Post

06/03/2020 in Mickey B (US/Ghana) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by mickeyb

-¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Soy Fiorella Gonzales de Arequipa (Perú), soy Bióloga, he estudiado mamíferos y plantas (principalmente arboles). Actualmente soy estudiante de doctorado de Ecología en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, mi tesis está enfocada […]

Fiorella G_Pre-course_Blog

06/03/2020 in Fiorella G (Chile/Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by fiorellag

Lucely_V_Pre-Course Blog Post ¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Hola mi nombre es Lucely Lucero Vilca Bustamante. Soy de Perú, de la ciudad de Cusco. Estudie biología en la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. A finales […]

Lucely_V_Pre-Course Blog Post

05/03/2020 in Lucely Vilca B (Peru) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by Paul Efren

Hola! My name is Kristyna and I live in Prague (Czech Republic). I am a plant ecologist by training with special emphasis on paleoecology. I study silica microparticles called phytoliths that emerge in living plants and thanks to their high durability in sediments (sometimes even 100 mil. years) they serve […]

Kristyna_H_Pre-Course Blog Post

05/03/2020 in Kristýna H (Czech Republic) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by kristynah

First blog post on the upcoming PFTC5 course in Wayqecha, Peru! a. What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I’m from a small town in the south-east of Norway, currently living and studying in Oslo. I am doing […]

Hilde_R_Pre-Course Blog Post

05/03/2020 in Hilde Stokland R (Norway) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by hilder

What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? Ciao! I am Maria Elisa Pierfederici. I was born and grew up in the beautiful land of Italy where I was enough lucky to spend a lot of time on the […]

MariaElisa_P_Pre-Course Blog Post

05/03/2020 in Maria Elisa P (Norway/Italy) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by mariaelisap

a. What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I was born in Cordoba city, in Argentina and then moved to Mendoza, where I have lived most of my life. I have also lived in United States, Nepal and […]

Hello! from Agustina

05/03/2020 in Agustina B (Argentina) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by sehoyac

a.) What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am currently an undergraduate at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. I am planning on graduating this April with a degree in Biology and an emphasis in Ecology […]

Hello! from Mackenzie

05/03/2020 in Mackenzie L (US) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by sehoyac

a. What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I am originally from East China and studied for one year in Canada for my bachelor thesis but currently, I am doing my master in Nature Management at the University […]

Yaquan_C_Pre-Course Blog Post

05/03/2020 in Peru (2020) / Yaquan C (Denmark/China) tagged TraitTrain by yaquanc

a. ¿Cuál es tu experiencia? ¿De donde eres? ¿Que estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más te interesa, científicamente? Soy Eugenia Sánchez Díaz de Argentina. Estoy empezando mis ciencias biológicas Ph.D. en la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y estoy trabajando con la diversidad funcional de plantas en el centro de Argentina. […]

Eugenia_Sánchez_Díaz_Pre-Course Blog Post

05/03/2020 in Eugenia Sanchez D (Argentina) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by eugeniasd

1. ¿Cuál es su historia? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Qué estudias? ¿Qué es lo que más le interesa, científicamente? Colombiana viviendo en Valdivia, sur de Chile. Soy ecóloga de fuego, he realizado investigación en torno a la restauración ecológica post-fuego en bosque altoandino y páramo en Colombia. Actualmente estoy cursando el […]

Korina_OZ_Pre-Course Blog Post

04/03/2020 in Korina O-Z (Chile/Colombia) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by korinaoz

Will Johnson — Back to science again – better late than never! What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I’m from the UK, and a PhD student at Newcastle University. I have returned to science after a bit of a gap […]

Will_Johnson_Pre-Course Blog Post

04/03/2020 in Peru (2020) / Will J (UK) tagged TraitTrain by willj

Jess Rickenback What is your background? Where are you from? What do you study? What are you most interested in, scientifically? I live in Scotland, in Edinburgh, which is an incredibly beautiful city with an ancient volcano at its heart. Originally my academic background is actually in the humanities, […]

Jess_R Pre-Course Blog Post

04/03/2020 in Jess R (Scotland) / Peru (2020) tagged TraitTrain by jessr