Brief Overview

EDUCATION

• George Mason University Ph.D. student (currently)
• Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, MFS
• University of Costa Rica, Organization for Tropical Studies
• Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, BS
• University of Texas at Brownsville
• SCUBA (PADI): Open Water Diver

TEACHING

• George Mason University:  Ecology
• George Mason University:  Biology
• Smithsonian: Amazon GIS lecturer

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, Conservation & Science:  Amazon GIS Project
• The World Bank:  Amazon GIS
• U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, TX:  Ocelot research program
• National Biological Survey, MN:  Wolf Trapping Team
• Texas Agricultural Experiment Station:  Attwater’s prairie chicken program
• Gladys Porter Zoo, TX:  Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Project (Mexico station)
• Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
• Gorgas Science Society, Rancho del Cielo Biological Station, Mexico; President
• University of Texas, Brownsville, Biology Department

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

• Adobe and Microsoft Suite software  - various programs
• Graphic Design / Web Design / Media software
• Scanners/Printers/Cameras/Video
• Mac and PC OS fluent
• GPS / various GIS software programs
• GIS Training, Sheperdstown, WV USFWS: GIS for Regional Managers
• GIS Training, Vienna, VA ESRI: ArcIMS
• GIS Training, Front Royal, VA:  GIS and Remote Sensing for Wildlife Managers
• Digital photography

GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Produced numerous flat graphics, exhibit installations, on-line media.  Portfolio available

PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL / PRESENTATIONS (selected)  

• KENYA, Mpala Research Centre (meetings)
• COLOMBIA, Bogota and Leticia, National Univ. of Colombia
• USA Washington, DC, American University
• USA New Haven, CT, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
• USA San Antonio, TX, University of Texas
• USA Washington, DC, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
• BRAZIL Manaus, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
• FRENCH GUIANA Cayenne, Ariane Gold Corporation
• USA Borrego Springs, CA, Society for Conservation GIS
• USA San Diego, CA, ESRI International User conference
• HUNGARY Budapest, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure conference
• BRAZIL Manaus, Amazon photography / video of research stations
• PERU Cusco, Amazon “Energy, Environment and Population" workshop
• USA Chicago, IL, Shedd Aquarium, Math and Science Academy of Chicago
• USA Boston, MA, American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• PANAMA Barro Colorado Island, Amazon climate change workshop
• COLOMBIA Cartagena, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure conference
• COLOMBIA Santafe de Bogotá, Art Exhibit development - Smithsonian
• USA Brownsville, TX,  University of TX
• MEXICO: Numerous academic and work-related trips

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS

• ASPRS: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• SCB: Society for Conservation Biology
• AAAS: American Academy for the Advancement of Science
• SCGIS: Society for Conservation GIS
• GSDI: Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
• NGS: National Geographic Society
• ESRI UC: Environmental Systems Research Institute Conference
• YFES:  Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
• OTS: Organization for Tropical Studies

GENERAL TRAVEL

Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bonaire, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, England, French Guiana, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saba, St Barths, United States.

for a detailed resume, please contact rgvaldez@hotmail.com