Our Team

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Gonzalo Rivas-Torres

TBS Director

grivast@usfq.edu.ec

Read more about Gonzalo here

Consuelo Barriga

General Administrator

tbs@usfq.edu.ec

Tomi Sugahara

Planning Coordinator

tsugahara@usfq.edu.ec

Ciara Wirth

Investigation Coordinator

cwirth@usfq.edu.ec

Daniel Fiallos

Administrative Coordinator

dfiallos@usfq.edu.ec


Carla Larrea

Reservations Coordinator

reservastbs@usfq.edu.ec 

Carlos Valle Pinuela

Field Supervisor


Santiago Arroyo

Field Supervisor

sarroyo@usfq.edu.ec


Melanie Valente

Research Assistant

mvalente@usfq.edu.ec

Nicolás Zapata

Research Assistant

nzapata@usfq.edu.ec

Valeria Porras

Community Manager Junior

vporras@estud.usfq.edu.ec


Juan Francisco Herrera

Mariela Bustillos

Maierly Moreno

Research Assistant

jmorenop@estud.usfq.edu.ec

Field Staff

Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Santiago Shiguango

David Conforme

Froilán Macanilla

Mariano Grefa

Ramiro Sanmiguel

José Macanilla

Enrique Llerena