Victor Alonso Huyhua Cornejo is a Peruvian biologist and Research Center Manager at Hoja Nueva. Trained at Ricardo Palma University, he works at the intersection of ecological research, field operations, student mentorship, and long-term wildlife monitoring in the Las Piedras landscape.

As manager of Hoja Nueva’s research center, Alonso oversees day-to-day operations, coordinates field activities, manages research equipment, prepares weekly schedules, and organizes food and supply orders. He also serves as a key point of communication between the research team and organizational management, ensuring that fieldwork and station operations run smoothly.

Alongside his management responsibilities, Alonso conducts his own ecological research, leading a primate research project and a smaller study investigating armadillo habitat associations. His broader interests span Amazonian mammals, including felids, primates, and armadillos.

He also contributes to Hoja Nueva’s long-term wildlife monitoring programs. Camera traps are used not only to study wild populations but also to monitor animals following release, making the research team an important part of Hoja Nueva’s rewilding program.

While his primary responsibilities center on research and site management, Alonso continues to support interns and visiting researchers, helping them develop practical skills in wildlife surveys, data collection, camera trapping, research design, and conservation fieldwork.

His role helps connect Hoja Nueva’s research institute with the broader organization: generating ecological knowledge, supporting conservation decisions, training future researchers, and ensuring that field research remains grounded in the realities of the landscape where it takes place.