Diana Guzmán Colón

Diana Guzmán Colón earned her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying the role of landscape connectivity and land use on the distribution and genetic connectivity structure of the small Indian mongoose in Puerto Rico. Her work leverages habitat distribution, connectivity modeling, and genetic tools to understand species population dynamics in the Caribbean tropics. Diana has worked with the USDA Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service s well as in private consulting, leading projects related to invasive species control efforts that promote inclusion of biological context in management strategies. Diana is an ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow with the USDA Caribbean Climate Hub. During her appointment, she will team up with Silmarie Crespo-Velez to work on science-based climate adaptation guides for tropical forestry an agriculture in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. She hopes to engage and collaborate stakeholders to understand their needs and share accurate climate adaptation practices that healphelp reach management goals.