Jorge Valdes

Research Technician

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Jorge is a Panamanian botanist who graduated from the University of Panama. In recent years, he has conducted ecological studies of forests in the Chocó region and the dry arc of Panama’s Los Santos province, compiling, identifying, and analyzing tree and liana species. Currently, he is collaborating on collecting and taxonomically processing drone images of canopy trees and lianas for biodiversity studies.