Mike Huben
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[[Image:Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper).jpg|thumb|Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper)]] | [[Image:Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper).jpg|thumb|Haemactis sanguinalis, female (Blood-Red Skipper)]] | ||
| − | Right now, I'm in transition from teaching in the US to becoming an entomologist in Ecuador. You can read about it in my new blog [http://ecuadormetamorphosis.blogspot.com Metamorphosis]. I am engaged to [http://www.neotropicos.net/ Alina Freire Fierro], who is now a research professor at | + | Right now, I'm in transition from teaching in the US to becoming an entomologist in Ecuador. You can read about it in my new blog [http://ecuadormetamorphosis.blogspot.com Metamorphosis]. I am engaged to [http://www.neotropicos.net/ Alina Freire Fierro], who is now a research professor at IKIAM University. |
I'm doing some [http://extension.referata.com/wiki/Página_principal evaluations for disease resistance in tomatoes], with 38 varieties growing so far at IKIAM. I have seed for another 80 varieties, seed for 50 varieties of peppers, and much more seed besides. | I'm doing some [http://extension.referata.com/wiki/Página_principal evaluations for disease resistance in tomatoes], with 38 varieties growing so far at IKIAM. I have seed for another 80 varieties, seed for 50 varieties of peppers, and much more seed besides. | ||
| − | Alina and I both have sizable libraries. I love the folding bookshelves that I brought from the US, but we don't have nearly enough. So we | + | Alina and I both have sizable libraries. I love the folding bookshelves that I brought from the US, but we don't have nearly enough. So we had 25 [[new custom folding bookshelves]] built by a local carpenter. |
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| + | I've been living in 4 cities in Ecuador: | ||
| + | * [[Quito]]: the high-altitude capital (2800m), quite large, with access to almost anything. Crowded and polluted. | ||
| + | * [[Tena]]: a rainforest city (600m) and a delight to live in. Ikiam University where my sweetheart is employed. | ||
| + | * [[Latacunga]]: a cold, high-altitude city (2800m), where my sweetheart was employed for 2 years at Universidad Technica Cotopaxi. | ||
| + | * [[Banos]]: a wonderful tourist town at cloud forest altitude (1800m) at the entrance to the rain forest. A perfect climate and excellent restaurants. My sweetheart's home town, and where we will be living and eventually retiring. | ||
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