MEET OUR TEAM
Israel Mesen
Growing up in a small town surrounded by tropical rain forest, Israel became interested in biodiversity and conservation at an early age. Since 2003 he has assisted students and professors conducting research in Costa Rica and worked at multiple biological field stations. Israel received his General Tourism Guide in 2010 and is the founder of Tayra Travel.
Terry Master
Terry Master is a professor of biology at East Stroudsburg University where he teaches courses in ornithology, behavioral ecology and predator-prey relationships. Dr. Master has taught classes on tropical ornithology and ecology in Costa Rica annually since 1996 and has published articles on a variety of Costa Rican bird species. Terry maintains an avid interest in the conservation of tropical forests.
Diane Husic
Diane Husic is the Dean of the School of Natural and Health Sciences and Professor of Biology at Moravian College in Pennsylvania. She has taught a course entitled Costa Rica as a Model of Tropical Ecology and Sustainability for several years. Trained as a plant biochemist, much of her work focuses on ecological restoration and monitoring climate change impacts on habitat and biodiversity in mountain landscapes. She leads a number of citizen science initiatives and has been a credentialed observer for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change since 2009.
Thomas LaDuke
Thomas C. LaDuke is a professor of biological sciences at East Stroudsburg University where he has teaches Herpetology, Tropical Ecosystems, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and Field Zoology. Dr. LaDuke has taught field courses in Costa Rica most years since 1995. He has also been a co-founder of two non-profit organizations devoted to conservation, one for amphibians and reptiles in Pennsylvania and other northeastern states and one for conservation of chimpanzees in West Africa.
Eduardo Cruz Palma
Eduardo is a Civil Engineer who is a talented and supportive member of the Camaquiri family.
