About
I am a forest ecologist and remote sensing scientist, currently working as a Research Scientist in the Cavender-Bares Lab at Harvard University.
My research focused on mapping forest diversity and disease at the large scale, in particular at the North American temperate forests. I also collaborate with ASCEND Biology Integration Institute as postdoc; and institute that seeks to understand the causes and consequences of plant biodiversity across scales in an era of rapid global change.
I’m particularly focused on developing a deeper understanding of ecological mechanisms that enable the observation and monitoring of forest diversity and its changes at various spatial and temporal scales. To accomplish this goal, my research heavily uses AI/ML to bridge the gap between remotely sensed information and ecological processes that drive biodiversity patterns, but most importantly, as a tool that facilitate a meaningful and scaled impact on the monitoring and management of forest diversity. To this end, my research uses a combination of field, and remote observations, trait-plant collections, bioinformatics, and novel quantitative modeling approaches.
I have had an multidisciplinary career, and because of that, sometimes it’s hard to describe myself in a single field. I have been working in fields such as geographic information systems, remote sensing, ecology, physiology, and modeling. All of that applied to 🌱🌳!
I am always open to working-collaborating with people on my research topics. Therefore, do not hesitate to contact me.
🇨🇷 Pura vida 🇨🇷!
J. Antonio Guzmán Q. Ph.D.
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University
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