CURRICULUM VITAE SEPTEMBER 2008

• EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  • 1993 M.S. Biology Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
  • 1990 B.S. Biology Corpus Christi State University
  • 1979 Journeyman Carpenter United Brotherhood of Carpenters

• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • 2003-Present Research Specialist III—Hydrodynamic, meteorological, and water quality monitoring on the Western Gulf Coast of Mexico. Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science, Division of Nearshore Research, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.

  • 2008 Technical Assistant to the TAMU-CC National Spill Control School, as a Spanish translator at the Oil and Hazardous Material Simulation Test Tank (OHMSETT), Leonardo, New Jersey.

  • 2007 Technician on the RV Justo Sierra southern Gulf of Mexico Chapapote Cruise, Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico.

  • 1991-Present Principal Investigator—Salinity monitoring in the Nueces Estuary. Division of Nearshore Research, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.

  • 1991-2003 Field Research Specialist—Hydrodynamic, meteorological, and water quality monitoring on the Texas Coast. Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.

  • 1995-1996 GPS & Ground Truth Survey, Tabsaco, Chiapas, Veracruz, & Campeche, Mexico

  • 2001 Seagrass & Depth Survey in Nueces Bay, Texas, for abandoned oil pad removal. Coastal Zone Consultants. Corpus Christi, Texas.

  • 1998 Seagrass & Depth Survey in St. Charles Bay, Texas, for abandoned oil pad removal. Coastal Zone Consultants Inc. Corpus Christi, Texas.

  • 1997 Seagrass & Depth Survey in the lower Laguna Madre, Texas, for abandoned oil pad removal. Coastal Zone Consultants. Corpus Christi, Texas.

  • 1993 Seagrass & Depth Survey in the upper Laguna Madre, Texas, for abandoned oil pad removal. Coastal Zone Consultants. Corpus Christi, Texas.

  • 1990-1993 Masters project research: Faunal utilization by benthic and nektonic organisms in a creasted estuarine habitat. Nueces Bay Delta, Texas.

  • 1992 Qualitative assessment of Alcionarian Corals in the Carribian Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

  • 1991 Vegetation mapping of Oso Bay and Mustang Island, Texas. Coastal Zone Consultants. Corpus Chrsiti, Texas.

  • 1990 Quantitative assessment of the windward slope at Enmedio Reef, Veracruz, Mexico.