Working with Undergraduates Since 2001
Mission
As a professor at a four-year undergraduate institution, my research is highly synergistic with my teaching. I am committed to providing students with opportunities to integrate knowledge acquisition with the creative process of doing research.
I am very fortunate to work with colleagues who care deeply about how people learn. In my department, we operate on the principle that doing research is key to future success in science.
My current research interest has evolved from my interactions with students. In my courses, students have shown great interest to learn about the biology and functioning of soils
Courses
Organismal and Population Biology – BIOL 002
Fundamentals of Ecology – BIOL 036
Fall
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning – BIOL 137
Spring
First Year Seminar: Making Earth – BIOL 004
Spring
Projects
in USA (Crum Woods of Swarthmore College), in Colombia (Paramos in the Andes Mountains – Boyaca and Cundinamarca Departments), in Panama (Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal, STRI)
High altitude grasslands (Paramo) ecosystem in the Andes Mountains – Boyaca and Cundinamarca Departments, Colombia
Eastern temperate forest – native and non-native plant species -Crum Woods, Swarthmore College, PA, USA
First Year Seminar: Making Earth – BIOL 004
People
Jose-Luis Machado
Summer 2023
