From Plant Press, Vol. 26, No. 3, July 2023.
Nicolli Cabello joined the ForestGEO team in April 2023. She is an intern of David Kenfack doing data management and monitoring for the List of Threatened Species of Plants in the Korup’s plot in Cameroon, Africa. Over the next 6 months, she will complete the same conservation status monitoring for all the species in ForestGEO’s Africa plots. Cabello is a Brazilian forest engineer interested in tropical forests, the Amazon, Lecythidaceae, and biogeography. These foci set her up to work on the recensus of a 100 ha plot in Central Amazon between 2018 and 2019, where she helped to identify, measure, tag, and georeference more than 15,000 Lecythidaceae trees. Once she completes her internship, Cabello plans to apply for a PhD program and continue studying the same botanical family.
Isabella (Bella) Valli joined the ForestGEO team in May 2023 as an Administrative and Programs Assistant. She received her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, with Minors in Animal Behavior and French Studies, from Indiana University in 2022. Before coming to ForestGEO, Bella worked with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service of the Chesapeake Bay performing fieldwork geared towards the preservation of marshland and its threatened and endangered species (avian species in particular) and authoring refuge proposals. In her new role, Valli is able to use her scientific background to support the science that ForestGEO does by ensuring administrative tasks run smoothly and enhancing community outreach.
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