CHARITY KGOTLAEBONYWE

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Email: ads979@r.postjobfree.com

Date of Birth: 05th May 1987

Gender: Female Marital status: Married

I am very hard working, learn fast, innovative and self-motivated person not afraid of new challenges

I am highly organised team worker and I capable of leading and motivating teammates to maximize levels of productivity, while forming cohesive team environments.

I possess first-rate communications and collaboration skills to lead and work with diverse groups effectively.

PhD Candidate (Earth and Environmental Sciences), University of Texas, Arlington, 2022 to present

Area of study: Tracer hydrology

Master of Sciences (Geology), Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2020 Area of study: Isotope hydro geochemistry

Thesis Title: QUATERNARY MEGAPALEOLAKE SYSTEM IN NORTHWEST BOTSWANA:

EVIDENCE OF LACUSTRINE DEPOSITION AND GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT

USING MULTIPLE GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES

Bachelor of Sciences (Geology), University of Botswana, 2010

Thesis Title: BOTSWANA NATIONAL GEOCHRONOLOGICAL DATABASE

Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint),

Grapher,

Surfer,

Corel Draw,

Arc View,

Oasis Montaj,

Sigmaplot,

Log Plot,

Map Source,

ArcGIS,

MapInfo Professional,

AquaChem,

R programming

University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Research Assistant September 2022 to present

Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Palapye Teaching/Research Assistant November 2013 – December 2018

Duties performed:

Assisting academic staff with teaching activities in the respective subjects with both laboratory and fieldwork courses (geological field mapping, water and sediment sampling)

Marking laboratory reports

Conducting tutorials and laboratory studies with undergraduates

Performing any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Head of department

Demonstrating use of laboratory equipment to undergraduate (optical microscope, ICS, multi- probe, compass, GPS, geophysics equipment) and enforcing laboratory rules

Analytika Holdings (Pty) Ltd, Gaborone

Engineering / Exploration Geologist November 2009 – October 2013

Duties Performed:

Mineral exploration- coal

Coal core logging, sampling and reporting of results

Fieldwork: Use of Jennings, Brink and Williams method for soil profiling

Geochemical Soil sampling

Compilation of basic geotechnical reports and producing acceptable recommendations for building foundations

Log plot software data entry

Dynamic Cone penetrometer (DCP) operations and software to determine Allowable Bearing Pressures of founding materials and roads.

Prospecting license new applications and renewals

Quarterly reporting to the Department of Geological surveys for numerous exploration programmes

Demonstration of Geophysical equipment, EESD BIUST, Palapye campus, Botswana, February 2016

Demonstration of Engineering Geology equipment, EESD BIUST, Palapye campus, Botswana, February 2016

Demonstration of Ion Chromatography System (ICS) instrument for chemical analysis, EESD BIUST, Palapye campus, Botswana, February 2016

Demonstration of IP-MS, IP-OES, EESD BIUST, Palapye campus, Botswana, 2018

MapInfo Software Training Course, Spatial Technologies, Midrand, South Africa, March 2012

Geotechnical Soil Profiling course, South African Institute of Engineering Geologist (SAIEG), Johannesburg, South Africa, February 2010

Geotechnical Core Logging course, South African Institute of Engineering Geologist (SAIEG), Johannesburg, South Africa, February 2010

International Association of hydrological sciences

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World

2022-23 TWRI Graduate Student Grant Program funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

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