Objective
Opportunity to grow, to follow a MSc ad PhD. Deal with marine animals, studying their ecology and behaviour. Conduct field work, as well as lab work, and lab maintenance.
Experience
*From March 2009 to June 2010
Technician in Ecology of Rocky Shores Laboratory
Conduct field work, laboratory analysis, and logistic work, as well as helping other graduate students on their experiments.
Prof Dr. Augusto Alberto Valero Flores
CEBIMar – Centro de Biologia Marinha da USP
Rod. Manoel Hippólyto do Rego, km 131,5
São Sebastião-SP – Brazil CEP:11600-000
*January 2005 - March 2005
Internship in Center of Aquatic Mammals - Manatee Project - Ibama/Brazil
Responsible for starting the construction of a marine mammals stranding and rescue database; conduct visitors trough the eco-park, mainly foreign visitors; cleaning and restoration of skeletons of marine mammals; production of a handbook for teachers.
Education
*January 2007 – December 2007
Major in Coastal Management
Coastal Management, Hydrographic Basin Management, Mapping and Navigation, Sanitation, Environmental Management and Planning, Geoprocessing, Management System and Environmental Auditing.
UNESP
ISCED 5
*March 2003 - December 2006
Graduation in Biological science, Major in Marine Biology
Ecology of Rocky Shores, Ecology of Sandy Beaches, Evolution of the South Atlantic and Paleo-Oceanography, Aquaculture, Toxicology of Aquatic Animals, Ecology of Estuaries and Mangroves, Ecology of Soft-bottom, Ecology of Streams Seaside, Planctonology, Zoological Techniques. Electives: Animal Behaviour, Biology of Sharks, Rays and Chimeras of Brazil.
UNESP
ISCED 5
Certification
*Open water SCUBA diver - (PADI)
*Drivers license
*TOEFL ibt - 99 pts.
Skils
- Team spirit; good ability to work with multicultural environments, due to previous internships in different places in Brazil; good communication skills improved through monitoring of an eco-park.
- Leadership (handball team, and dealing with freshman students processing samples); sense of organization (experience doing animal collection database).
- Very good handling ecosense and pHmeter, performing field work methodologies in ecology, identifying animals in stereomicroscope (bivalvs and crabs), measure chlorophyll-a (experience gained in previous work).
- Observation and identification of dolphins at fixed point and boat (internship and completion of course work)
- Good command of Microsoft OfficeTM tools.
- Basic knowledge of Geographic Information System (GIS) program ArcGIS ArcView.