My name is Christopher Gurguis and I am not unfamiliar with Costa Rica and Leaves and Lizards. Two years ago, I was part of the plant group with Lorea Ormazabal and Mary Boyum. That Mayterm was to be my last course at the University of Dallas, although I had developed strong connections and friends with whom I kept contact. Hector Quijada I met first semester of my freshman year in college, for example.
I have spent the last year-and-a-half at Loyola University Chicago. There I earned a B.S. in biology (emphasis in ecology) and picked up a minor in anthropology. But it was the course in 2008 that enkindled my love of field work, and directed my course choices while I was at Loyola. This process culminated with an acceptance to Columbia University's MA program in Conservation Biology.
This year, I hope to gain some valuable experience in a teaching element as well as lend my prior experience to this year's plant project. The biogeography and microhabitat study should prove a good learning experience. I look forward to getting back to the tropics and the place where I learned to love field biology.
I have spent the last year-and-a-half at Loyola University Chicago. There I earned a B.S. in biology (emphasis in ecology) and picked up a minor in anthropology. But it was the course in 2008 that enkindled my love of field work, and directed my course choices while I was at Loyola. This process culminated with an acceptance to Columbia University's MA program in Conservation Biology.
This year, I hope to gain some valuable experience in a teaching element as well as lend my prior experience to this year's plant project. The biogeography and microhabitat study should prove a good learning experience. I look forward to getting back to the tropics and the place where I learned to love field biology.
