Researchers

Norma Salinas

Norma is a researcher in plant ecology and the biogeography of the Andes with special emphasis on the impact of plant anatomical and structural traits on the physiology, herbivory and adaptation to altitudinal and climate gradients. Currently, her main focus is to analyse and correlate leaf and wood traits associated with the carbon cycle in tropical forests along an Andes to Amazon transect in Peru by means of an exhaustive collection of data along this altitudinal gradient.
E-mail: nsalinasr[at]pucp.pe

Eric G. Cosio

Eric works in plant biochemistry and physiology, with focus on plant secondary metabolism and its role in interspecific interactions and in food chemistry. His group does research in the biochemistry and chemical ecology of compounds involved in plant protection and defense and how they impact on the environment and in the properties of plant food products for humans. Current projects focus on terpene and other BVOC emissions in tropical forests and food crops, as indicators of physiological condition, and in the postharvest metabolism of glucosinolates and lipids.
E-mail: ecosio[at]pucp.pe

Lucas Garibaldi

Research by Lucas focuses on achieving ecological, economical, and social sustainability in agricultural and forestry systems. His areas of interest are agroecology, ecosystem services, socio-economic valuation, plant-insect interactions, ecological intensification and biodiversity. He has teached at the University since he was 18 years old, nowadays several courses on statistical modeling. He is director of the Institute of Natural Resources, Agroecology and Rural Development at the National University of Río Negro, where he is also professor. He is a researcher of the National Scientific Research Council of Argentina (CONICET).

Luis Cayuela

​Research interests by Luis are broad, including the ecology of plant communities in tropical forests, the effects of human impacts on biodiversity, the dynamics of pests in Mediterranean forests and agroecosystems, and the development of new methodological statistical approaches to data analyses. He collaborates actively with research institutions from different countries, including Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, UK, Finland, and the United States.

Bastien Castagneyrol

Main interest of Bastien lays in plant-insect interactions in forests. In particular, his research addresses the effect of tree diversity on insect herbivory. He combines observations in mature forests, experimental approaches in a long term tree diversity experiment (ORPHEE) and meta-analyses to investigate the top-down and bottom drivers of forest resistance to pest insects. Ultimately, his work contributes to increase knowledge needed to managed biotic risk in forest ecosystems.