Para-taxonomist, Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador
Roles: AI database training acquisitions, ground truthing species identification, on-the-ground solution tester
Language: Spanish
Wilmer is an Ecuadorian from Baeza, Ecuador and he has been working as a field para-taxonomist for a variety of biological projects for the past 15 years at Yanayacu Biological Station. He has an exceptional ability to find and identify thousands of species of lepidopteran caterpillars in the rainforest. He is highly skilled at database management, macro photography of insects, rainforest navigation, and the organization and identification of insects from photographs. Wilmer also has decades of experience identifying plants in the field and recognizing important herbivore and plant patterns in rainforest communities.