Santiago B.
Private tutor in Great Neck, NY
Education
State University of New York-CESF Syracuse, NY Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Resources Management, GPA: 3.593 May 2009 • Concentration: Quantitative Methods in Forest Science and Management • J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship recipient • Relevant Coursework: Sampling Techniques, Regression Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Analysis of Variance, Forest Mensuration, Natural Resources Information Systems, Advance Silviculture, Quantitative Silviculture. Master of Science in Forest Resources Management, GPA: 3.431 August 1991 • Concentration: Forest Nursery Soils • Agency for International Development-ONAPLAN Scholarship recipient • Recipient of multiple SUNY_ESF Tuition Scholarship Awards as Research Project Assistant Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Santiago, DR Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, GPA: 3.100 June 1985 • Concentration: Forest Resources Management
Experience
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Santiago, Dominican R. Natural and Forest Resources Researcher May 2010-January 2015 • Identified and prioritized weaknesses in knowledge base concerning management of natural and forest resources in the Dominican Republic, and wrote several research proposals to address the need of robust scientific information, producing four winning research projects in the last three years and totaling more than US$ 760,000 in funds for the lab under my leadership. • Designed and tested experimental designs, sampling techniques, and analytical methods in several research projects, applying different scientific techniques to study the effects of silvicultural treatments on growth of individual trees and forest stands, expediting field data collection and saving significant amounts of resources. • Developed, compared and evaluated several growth and yield statistical models to accurately quantify timber resources, taking into account forecasting needs of clients, and providing the means for simple appraisal of forest resources. • Planned research projects to address climate change mitigation potential by estimating carbon stocks in critical land-use systems such as forest, resulting in the development of accurate and precise allometric models, essential tools required by the country and small forest owners to gain access to carbon credit markets. • Adapted and applied sampling methods to collect and analyze water quality data and its relationship with different land use types, allowing the development and implementation of critical strategies by regional NGO’s working with the sustainable management of forest and natural resources on the most critical watersheds, in the north-central portion of the Dominican Republic. New York State Research Foundation Syracuse, NY Research Assistant May – August 2008 Associate Researcher June 2009-May 2010 • Applied sampling techniques and statistical computations to summarize performance from more than 12 clones of Willow (Salix Spp.) being evaluated for bioenergy production. • Classified, sorted and processed two sets of forest inventory data to accurately estimate periodic annual increment on New York State 18 million acres of forest land. State University of New York-CESF Syracuse, NY Teaching Assistant: Department of Natural Resources (fall & spring) August 2006-May 2009 • Provided learning assistance and tutoring to graduate and undergraduate students in the classroom and field labs. • Graded assignments, homework and tests of graduate and undergraduate students in four different courses during five semesters. • Visualized the need to provide Ph.D. students with real life examples of applied statistical research, resulting in the creation of a special seminar taught every few years in the Forest and Natural Resources Department in CESF. Universidad ISA Santiago, Dominican R. Professor and Researcher: Department of Natural Resources January 2003-August 2004 • Prepared and presented lectures for different courses taught to Forest Engineering students, and conducted more than 20 scientific applied research studies in less than two years. • Designed course material and delivered lectures and seminars covering such disciplines as Analysis of Variance, Probability and Statistics, Regression Analysis, Forest Mensuration, Silviculture, Forest Biometrics, Quantitative Methods. • Developed learning topics for natural resources applications such as Desertification, Climate Change Mitigation and Water Quality Assessment. • Conducted research in the application of Statistical Modeling Techniques to estimating allometric relationships in individual trees.
Availability
Any day at any time, Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 5 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Science Fiction Reading; Acoustic Guitar Playing, Camping, Trail Back Packing, Chess.
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