Denisse Hernández Lara

***W ***rd st #**

New York, NY 10031

787-***-****

acfux2@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

Graduate Studies:

The City College of New York June 2013- Present

New York, NY GPA: 3.67

Expected Graduation: 12/2014

• Master’s degree in Earth System and Environmental Science and Technology

o Focus: Water Resources Systems

o Main Courses: Environmental Modeling, Water Resources Systems Analysis, Hydrology,

Macro-Scale Hydrology, Global and Environmental Hazards, Statistics and Non-Linear

Analysis, etc.

• Awards: ESES/NOAA-CREST Fellow

University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez June 2012 - December 2012

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico GPA: 3.75

• Additional undergraduate level courses

o Courses taken: Calculus 2 and 3, “Geomorphology” and “Algorithms and Computer

Programming”.

Undergraduate Studies:

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus May 2007 – May 2012

San Juan, Puerto Rico GPA: 3.24

• Bachelor’s degree in Natural Science with mayor in Environmental Science

o Main courses: Land use and Management, Geophysics, Ecology, Environmental Emergency

Management, Environmental Management and Conservation Techniques, Planning and

Regulation of Natural Resources, Statistics, Air Resources Management, Energy Production,

etc.

High School:

Pedro Albizu Campos High School August 2005 – May 2007

Levittown Toa Baja, P.R. GPA: 4.0

• General Studies (Advanced level)

o Awards:

Highest inner-scholar score on the college admission exam (“College Board”)

Robert C. Byrd scholarship for academic excellence (Department of Education of PR)

Outstanding Score on Advanced level Exam by the “College Board”

Academic Excellence Awards

Work Experience:

• NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 2014 – August 2014

Pasadena, California

o Intern

Mapping palm swamp wetlands using UAVSAR data over Pacaya-Samiria’s Natural

Reserve in Peru.

o Supervisor: PhD. Erika Podest - (818) 354- 6086

• The City University of New York June 2013 - Present

New York, New York

o Position: Research Assistant

Land cover classification, analysis and processing of UAVSAR data over Pacaya-

Samiria’s Natural Reserve in Peru.

o Supervisor: PhD. Kyle McDonald – 212-***-****

• NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center August 2011 – December 2011

Greenbelt, Maryland

o Position: USRP Intern (“Undergraduate Student Research Program”)

Industrial Hygiene/ Environmental Health

Duties: Indoor air quality monitoring, noise monitoring, ergonomic assessments,

updated the “Expanded Health Standard and Medical Risk Database” using the

HMMS (“Hazardous Materials Management System”), conducted an Industrial

Hygiene follow-up survey, etc.

Supervisor: Jeff Dalhoff – 301-***-****

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• University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus February 2009 – January 2010

San Juan, Puerto Rico

o Position: Research Assistant

Conducted a research project on “The effects of urbanization on sediment

accumulation in streams”.

Field work- measurement of depth and width of streams, collection of sediment

samples.

Sample Assessment –separation of sediments by sizes (using nested mesh sieves and

microfiltration), weighing samples, data analysis (statistical evaluation), etc.

o Supervisor: PhD. Alonso Ramirez – 787-***-****

Professional Organizations and Experience:

• Completed FEMA’s Incident Command System Online Course (2011)

• Completed 40-hr OSHA’s HAZWOPER (2011)

• Moderator on panel about Incineration (UPR- Rio Piedras, 2011)

• Presented undergraduate research on LTER-2011 (“Long Term Ecological Research”) poster session and on

PRISM-2010 (Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting)

• Ex- member of “BSA (Boys Scouts of America) Venturing Program” and staff of “BSA, Camp. Guajataka”

• Member of the Geological Society at UPR-Mayaguez (2012)

Software, Training and other skills:

Fully bilingual (English and Spanish)., MATLAB, ENVI, PolsarPro, MapReady, QGIS, Microsoft Word, Excel,

Outlook and Powerpoint.

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