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Positions
Research Assistant Apr 2021 -
- Fine-tuning of biological techniques.
- Phytoplankton, periphyton, zooplankton, and macroinvertebrates identification and counting of freshwater.
- Entry, collector, and analysis of field and laboratory data (Excel).
- Technical and scientific reports writing.
- Support customer requests in biological and ecotoxicological analysis.
- Support in indoor and outdoor scientific experiments.
- Maintenance of freshwater cyanobacteria and algae cultures.
- Co-author of scientific papers.
- Drafting of technical protocols.
- Field support.
- Knowledge of the different laboratory techniques: antibiotic resistance, DNA extraction, SPE, and Microcystin quantification.
Skills: Technical Analysis · Technical and Scientific Writing · Laboratory Equipment · Statistical Data Analysis · Analytical Reasoning · Project Planning · RStudio · Science communication · Analytical Reasoning · Statistical Data Analysis
Posdoc Apr 2018 - May 2020
Institute of Science, National University of General Sarmiento
Relationship between Diversity and ecology Stresses of the Communities in the Global Change Context: an Experimental Approach
- Project planning and management.
- Design of the Experiments (indoor mesocosms) using freshwater periphyton as an experimental ecological community.
- ETL of Data of freshwater food webs of the Pampean streams.
- Data Analysis of the freshwater food webs using R programming.
- Physico-chemical and microbiological analysis of the samples.
- Scientific and academic communication and writing.
Skills: Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) · Data analysis · Project Management · Scientific writing · Design of experiments (DOE) · R · GitHub.
PhD student Apr 2013 - Mar 2018
Laboratory of Toxicology, CONICET - CCT La Plata
Factors of growth and production of metabolites of Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) under laboratory conditions
- Design of experiments under laboratory conditions using bacteria and cyanobacteria.
- Entry, collector and analysis of field and laboratory data (Excel, SigmaPlot, RStudio).
- HABs predictive models (SigmaPlot, RStudio).
- Technical and scientific reports writing.
- Fine-tuning of laboratory techniques.
- Knowledge of the different laboratory techniques: Microbiology, Physic-chemical like nutrients, organic matter, and pigments, Microscopic cell counting, Enzymatic assays, SPE and HPLC-UV.
- Maintenance and isolation of freshwater bacteria and cyanobacteria.
- Public communication of science.
- First-author and co-author of book's chapters and scientific papers.
Skills: Project Management · Scientific writing · Communication · Design of experiments (DOE) · Mathematical modeling
Student Internship Jul 2009 - Dec 2011
Comisión Administradora del Río Uruguay
Assistance to the Technical Sector
- Review of water quality data of the Uruguay River for the period 1987-2003 (Excel).
- Technical and logistical support in the monitoring of cyanobacteria blooms in the Salto Grande reservoir.
- Data analysis of the monitoring of cyanobacteria blooms (Excel).
- Technical reports.
- Purchases of supplies, equipment, and technical services.
- Conducting training courses.
Skills: Field monitoring · Databases · Cyanobacteria · Data analysis · Microsoft Excel
Education
National University of La Plata 2013 - 2018
Field of study: Biological Science
Degree: PhD
Factors of growth and production of metabolites of Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) under laboratory conditions
- Design of experiments under laboratory conditions using bacteria and cyanobacteria.
- Entry, collector and analysis of field and laboratory data (Excel, SigmaPlot, RStudio).
- HABs predictive models (SigmaPlot, RStudio).
- Technical and scientific reports writing.
- Fine-tuning of laboratory techniques.
- Knowledge of the different laboratory techniques: Microbiology, Physic-chemical like nutrients, organic matter, and pigments, Microscopic cell counting, Enzymatic assays, SPE and HPLC-UV.
- Maintenance and isolation of freshwater bacteria and cyanobacteria.
- Public communication of science.
- First-author and co-author of book's chapters and scientific papers.
Skills: Project Management · Scientific writing · Communication · Design of experiments (DOE) · Mathematical modeling
Autonomous University of Entre Ríos 2007 - 2012
Field of study: Environmental Management
Degree: Licentiate degree