Alex Liu (Cheng-ying)

EDUCATION

Rice University, Houston, TX May, 2015

M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering Analysis & Decision Making (GPA: 3.7/4.0) Focus: Environmental Risk Assessment, Water Quality, Statistical Modeling, Air Quality Analysis, Environmental Law, Ecosystem Management, Sustainable Design, Engineering Economics National Taiwan University, Taiwan Sep., 2012

M.S., Agricultural Chemistry (GPA: 3.9/4.0)

Thesis: The Study of Growth Competition of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Focus: Bacteriology, Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Experiment design, Biochemistry National Taiwan University, Taiwan Jun., 2010

B.S., Agricultural Chemistry (GPA: 3.4/4.0)

Focus: Analytical Chemistry, Toxicology, Fate and Transport of contaminants, Biology, Soil Chemistry ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE

Researcher, SSPEED Center, Houston, Texas

Houston-Galveston Rainfall Region Remodeling Aug., 2014 – Present

Conducted geo-spatial analysis on big data of the Houston-Galveston area precipitation from 94 gages

Remodeled the Houston-Galveston area into east & west rainfall regions using time series method and cluster analysis, observed similar trends in new regions and provided reference for 100-year rainfall recalculation Intern, City of Houston, Houston, Texas

Community Water System Assessment, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability May – Aug., 2014

Analyzed water system data from the City of Houston using Sustainable Tools for Assessing & Rating system

Studied drinking water quality, supply, NPDES compliances and water conservation plans for public & private facilities in order to define sustainability of water system and make recommendations for future improvements Graduate Researcher, Rice University, Houston, Texas Phase II Lavaca Bay Mercury Contamination Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment Mar., 2014

Designed Stratified and depth-increment samplings on mercury and methyl-mercury pollution at Lavaca Bay

Determined the high risk habitat and soil depth portion compared with the state background level Phase I/II Vashon-Maury Island Environmental Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment Feb., 2014

Derived weighted pollution levels

using sampling methods such as Stratified, and Systematic sampling

Observed migration trend of contamination through depth-increment sampling and statistical interpretation, marked high risk regions and recommended actions to cleanup the health threatening contamination Baker Hughes Site Environmental Risk Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment Nov., 2013

Researched groundwater flow, contaminant concentrations, and built conceptual exposure model of Polk St. site

Conducted risk assessment using RAGS, Domenico & leaching models, IRIS, ProUCL, and statistical tools, revealed the higher possibility of arsenic and benzene risk for the residents through groundwater consumption LEADERSHIP

VP, Student Association, College of Bioresources & Agriculture, National Taiwan University Year 2009

Led the biggest academic college student association organize more than 20 events in one calendar year, raised the annual funding from $12000 to $20000 and held extra events such as career mentorship & career expo ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Skills: Spatial-Temporal Statistics & Modeling, Regressions, SAS, R programming, GIS, EPA ProUCL, MS Office Language: English (fluent), Chinese Mandarin (native) 7315 Brompton St. #339B, Houston TX 77025 323-***-**** acq2mf@r.postjobfree.com