Drs. Stephen Wooding (University of California, Merced) and Devon Graham (Project Amazonas) will be leading an undergraduate research expedition in the Peruvian Amazon. Setting out from the port city of Iquitos, the group will venture 100 miles downriver to conduct research with an indigenous Huitoto community, in the heart of the rainforest. Student-oriented projects will investigate the biology and culture of yuca, a traditional Amazonian crop. Working side-by-side with villagers, we will study biological diversity in the plant, gardening techniques, food and diet, and day-to-day life on the river.