Laboratory Technician seeks position

Academic background

• High School diploma in science. Colegio Francia. Caracas, Venezuela, 1999.
• Bachelor degree in Biology, mention Botany, Science Faculty, Universidad Central de Venezuela. December 2009. Special degree work entitled “Physiological and anatomical responses of Nicotiana glauca Graham to drought and salinity”.

NARIC Statement of Comparability. August 2011. Considered comparable to British Bachelor degree standard.

Recognition Certificate. Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. February 2012. Recognized as Spanish official degree in Biology.

• Intensive English Course. January to September 2010. Level acquired: Proficient. Kaplan International Colleges. London, UK.
• Cambridge ESOL Examinations. Certificate in Advanced English. March 2013. Pass at grade B (may be verified online). ID Number: FUK924303 Secret Number: 4001.
• MSc. Plants Biology Under Mediterranean Conditions. Universitat de Les Illes Balears. Spain. January 2012. Ongoing.

Presentations

• Speaker at the VII Congreso Venezolano de Ecología, November 2007, Presentation entitled “Hydric shortage effects over photosynthesis in three species of the genus Lantana (VERBENACEAE)”.
• Speaker at the VIII Congreso Venezolano de Ecología, November 2009, Presentation entitled “Physiological and anatomical responses of Nicotiana glauca Graham to drought and salinity”.

Publications

• González A, Villalobos V, Pereyra G, Rengifo E, Marín E, Tezara W. Ecophysiological comparison of three species of the genus Lantana L. (Verbenaceae). Acta Botanica Venezuelica. 32 (2): 417-432, 2009.
• González A, Tezara W, Rengifo E, Herrera A. Ecophysiological responses to drought and salinity in the Cosmopolitan invader Nicotiana glauca. Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology. 24 (3): 213-222, 2012
• Herrera A, Urich R, Rengifo E, Ballestrini C, González A, León W. Transpiration in a eucalypt plantation and a savanna in Venezuela. Trees. 26: 1759-1769, 2012

Work experience

• High School Chemistry Teacher. Colegio Nuestros Símbolos. From October to December 2009. Charallave, Venezuela.
• Retail assistant. Patisserie Valerie, Charing Cross, London, UK. From July 2010 to December 2011.

IT skills

Very good command of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet. Statistics software, Statistica 5.5. Scientific graphs software, SigmaPlot.