PICANTE!
| Overview | The Challenge | Partners | Peppers | Team Science | Education |
PICANTE Peppers
| Folashade Agusto Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence | ![]() |
| Blas Armién Department of Emergent and Zoonotic Diseases, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama | ![]() |
| Steven Bradfute Center for Global Health and Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Santiago Burneo Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | ![]() |
| M. Alejandra Camacho Monge Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Ciencias Biológia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | ![]() |
| Judy Cannon Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Jessica Carey-Webb Spanish and Portuguese Cultural Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Juan Pablo Carrera Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad-INABIO, Ecuador | ![]() |
| Carlos Carrion Bonilla Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | ![]() |
| Lissette Chang Center for Disease Control (CDC), Panamá | |
| Marlon Cobos Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence | ![]() |
| Joseph A. Cook Museum of Southwestern Biology, Biology Department, University of New Mexico | ![]() |
| Jocelyn P. Colella Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence | ![]() |
| Jaime Costales Cordero Centro de Investigacíon para la Salud en América Latina, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | |
| Darrell Dinwiddie Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Daryl Domman Division of Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Jonathan L. Dunnum Museum of Southwestern Biology, Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Jeremy Edwards Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Luis Escobar Disease Ecology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia | ![]() |
| Nicté Ordóñez-Garza Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad-INABIO, Ecuador | ![]() |
| Emma Goldberg Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos | ![]() |
| Publio Gonzalez Department of Emergent and Zoonotic Diseases, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama | ![]() |
Mario J. Grijalva Center for Research on Health in Latin America (CISeAL), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | ![]() |
| Yi He Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Eric P. Hoberg Museum of Southwestern Biology, Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Alison Kell Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, UNM Health Sciences Center | ![]() |
| Yan Lin Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Center for the Advancement of Spatial Informatics Research and Education (ASPIRE), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Sofia Ocana Mayorga Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina (CISeAL), Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador | ![]() |
| Robert Miller Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Melanie Moses Computer Sciences Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Donald O. Natvig Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Robert Nofchissey Center for Global Health and Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Adriana Romero Olivares Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces | ![]() |
| Ethan Romero-Severson Theoretical Biology & Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545; New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos | ![]() |
| Paris Salazar-Hamm Center for Global Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Irene Salinas Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Andrew Skidmore Department of Internal Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | |
| Nestor Sosa Division of Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Kelly Speer Director of the Michigan Pathogen Biorepository, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan | ![]() |
| Bruce Struminger Project Echo and Division of Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Fernando Torres Perez Institute of Biology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile | |
| Helen Wearing Biology and Math and Stats Departments, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Liping Yang Department of Geography & Environmental Studies and Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
Graduate Student Investigators
| Antonia Androski Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Akil Andrews Computer Sciences Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | |
| Cory Henn Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Sarigai Sarigai Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Shelby Showalter Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |
| Sarah Shrum Davis Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | ![]() |














































