 I studied biology at the National University of Piura in NW Peru, graduating in 2006. As a field researcher for Nature and Culture International (NCI), I then surveyed birds of the Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area, one of the world's most threatened regions. After this, I worked for the Peruvian Marine Research Institute collecting data on the diet of Guanay cormorants and Peruvian boobies to assess the distribution and abundance of Peruvian anchovy stocks. Since October 2007 I have been working with Nat and Joe, collecting behavioural and ecological data on a colour-ringed population of warbling antbirds at Los Amigos.
 I graduated from Oxford University in Biological Sciences in 2005, and after a year undertaking a variety of lab and field based work completed an MSc in Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology at the University of Exeter. My MSc dissertation explored the role of prior experience in alternative mating strategies in burying beetles. My DPhil investigates the processes responsible for generating and maintaining high avian diversity in Amazonia. Focusing on three species of antbird, and working at Los Amigos, I will test existing speciation hypotheses, with particular emphasis on speciation in the face of gene flow. I am also working in collaboration with BirdLife International to apply my findings to future conservation policy decisions.
 I graduated from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's of Science in Environmental Studies. As an undergraduate, I pursued my interests in natural history and ornithology through field research in Australia and Pennsylvania, building trails and educating youth for non-profits in Washington and New York, and through keeping my class-time from surpassing valuable time in the field. My research interests lie mainly in examining how birds cope with competitive and predatory pressures, e.g. foraging specialization, interspecific flocking, and intra- and interspecific communication. I have been working with Claire and Diego at Los Amigos since June 2008.
 I graduated from St John's College, Oxford in 2008 with a MEng in Engineering Science. For my masters project I worked in the Animal Behavior Group (Department of Zoology, Oxford) studying the effects of varying environmental conditions on the mechanical properties of silkworm silks. I am continuing to apply my technical background to the life sciences in my work as a research assistant for Nat and Joe. My research aim is to quantify the acoustic structure of the main vocalizations of the ovenbirds and to generate a dataset with which to test some key hypotheses concerning signal evolution and speciation.
 Graduating in 2006 with a degree in biology from the National University of Piura, I have always been interested in ecology and natural sciences and have been involved in a variety of different field projects. Despite my main focus being tropical plants, I have worked in different projects relating to birds, such the assessment of the population of the endangered Peruvian Plant-cutter (Phytotoma raimondi). Now I am writing my undergraduate thesis on Pteridophites of the Piura department, funded by Nature and Culture International (NCI). From May-August 2008, I worked in the Warbling Antbird Project and soon start a Masters in ecology and conservation.
 I graduated in biology from the National University of Arequipa, Peru, in 2006. As part of my degree, I carried out research on the biology and conservation status of three species of flamingo in the high Andes. I went on to work as an assistant for the Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica (ACCA), before assisting in a doctoral study of forest falcons (Micrastur spp.). I joined the warbling antbird project at Los Amigos in March 2007, where I worked as field project manager until October 2007. Since then I have been carrying out biodiversity surveys in Camisea and conducting surveys of migratory birds. I plan to carry out a Masters degree before starting a PhD in behavioural ecology.
Job Aben (Masters student, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Jorjany Botero (field assistant, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia)
Dominic Cram (field assistant, University of Oxford)
Julissa Cabrera (field assistant, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru)
Paulo C. Pulgarín-R (field assistant and project manager, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia)
Richard Merrill (Masters student, University of Oxford)
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