Cristina Lefemine

Huntington Beach, CA 805-***-**** adioqb@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristina-lefemine-431062171/ Github: https://github.com/clefemine Summary

Research and Lab Assistant with a background in Earth Science. Recognized as organized, resourceful, and team oriented. Excellent communication skills both interpersonal and written. Three years of experience aiding in academic research labs and in a nonprofit museum research project focusing on paleobiology scientific studies. Technical Skills

Tools: R, VBA, Advance Excel, Python, Pandas, ETL, Bootstrap, HTML MatPlotlib, SQLAlchemy, Tableau, Leaflet, Plotly Databases: SQL, Postgres/pgAdmin, MongoDB, ArcGIS

Projects

● Data Analysis on Paleo Horse tooth enamel using R. Running data functions to create data visualizations to show statistical trends. Plots such as; box and whisker plots, density plots, scatter plots and more.

● Conducted soil analysis in the field using USBR for standardizing. Interpreted findings into a cohesive written report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_wPIVTmpZCaiRpSMcuHxkNBWhmfKBQ7tNLCHg2E-hFY/edit?usp=sharing.

● Created and presented a poster project that displayed strong technical writing skills and ability to visually present the data was collected by using ArcGIS to calculate the amount of solar panels that could fit on the tops public parking structures in downtown Santa Barbara. View poster here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R9lGqsVNpF3GzQjrEKu9uw8jRAtyiHOj/view?usp=sharing Experience

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2018 – PRESENT Research Assistant/ Volunteer

● Co-author in paleo research. Experience in collecting, organizing/cleaning, and analyzing the data using Excel and R to perform ANOVA tests, PCAs, and other statistical analysis. The data collected will supplement the overall research and will be accredited for the data analysis performed within the scientific papers to come.

● Collaborate with the lead Researcher on what steps to take for analyzing the data, discuss further methods, and interpret data results as the project progresses.

FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY 2010 – PRESENT

Server / Floor Supervisor / Coordinator / Manager

● Work as a team to provide excellent and attentive service to customers.

● Responsibilities included problem solving, logistic set-up, and overall excellent customer service. UCSB BREN SCHOOL RESEARCH 2019

Research Assistant

● Marine Biology Research: understanding the box crab species to determine the effects that fisheries have on them. Tasks include; measuring individual crabs with caliber, record data, transcribe research observations, aid in crab dissection, and photograph procedure for visual records. UCSB PALEOCLIMATE RESEARCH 2017-2018

Research Assistant

● Reviewed scientific literature to supplement lab work and to interpret further the data results. Strong understanding of chemistry, physics, climate science and scientific method/procedure.

● Trained in and practiced lab protocols and procedures. Maintained a clean lab space and equipment.

● Prepared hundreds of samples for mass spectrometer by cleaning and preparing samples, picking foraminifera samples, crushing and pipetting samples in preparation for mass spectrometer analysis. Education

Certificate of Data Analytics 2020 University of California, Berkeley OSHA 40-HAZWOPER 2020

Bachelor of Science Earth Science 2018 University of California, Santa Barbara Associate of Art Geologic Science & Liberal Arts 2011-2015 Santa Barbara City College