Curriculum Vitae Alejandra Sarmiento Soler PERSONAL INFORMATION Alejandra Sarmiento Soler Address: Schiefer Weg 2 37073 Göttingen, Germany Cell phone: (+49) 017631284990 E-mail: alesarmientosoler@gmail.com/asarmie@gwdg.de Nationality: Spain and Colombia Date of birth: 16.08.1987 WORK EXPERIENCE 01.01.2015 - currently PhD Student Crop Production Systems in the Tropics Department of Crop Science (George-August-Universität Göttingen) Project: Trade-offs and Synergies in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Coffee and Cocoa systems 01.04.2014 31.12.2014 Research assistant at German Federation for the Curation of Biological Data (GFBIO) Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (George-August- UniversitätGöttingen) Market survey Design of Outreach strategy Training materials production: e-modules, videos, factsheets Workshop organization Data management Data analysis (R) Scientific text production 01.01.2013-01.01.2014 Student assistant in the Phd project Scales of bacteria interactions on Plant Leave Surfaces Department of Ecosystem Modelling Use () Microscopic photographs processing using ImageJ64 Preparation of dataset Quality assurance 01.11.2011-30.03.2012 Student assistant at the Faculty of Forest Science and Forest Ecology (GeorgeAugust-Göttingen University) Support to international students Preparation of leisure activities and excursions for new international students Promote integration 1
01.10.2011-31.12.2011 Student assistant at Modelling the influence of social and Economic factors on the adoption of agricultural innovations and land use change in culturally diverse Southern Ecuador Department of Agricultural Economy and Rural Development (George-August- Göttingen University) Digitalization of interviews Coding and quality assurance EDUCATION 01.10.2011-31.03.2014 Msc Forest Science and Forest Ecology (Tropical and International Forestry) George- August-Göttingen University (1,5) Biometrical Research Methods Biotechnology and Forest Genetics Ecopedology of the Tropics and Subtropics Forest Utilization and Wood Processing International Forest Policy and Economics Monitoring Forest Resources Project Planning and Evaluation Tropical Forest Ecology and Silviculture 01.11.2012-12.12.2012 Project leader and Forest Inventory coordinator in Student Project: Sustainable Forest Management Plan of Lowland Dipterocarp Forest and Exotic Plantations in Barangay Puntana, Southern Leyte, Philippines. German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, Göttingen University and The Visayas State University. 15.04.2013-15.08.2013 Visiting researcher for master thesis in Siberut Conservation Program, Indonesia Comparing the productivity of cacao agroforestry systems in Siberut. Deutsches Primaten Zentrum (DPZ), Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and George- August-Göttingen University 1.09.2005-30.06.2010 Degree in Science, Biology, Environmental and Ecological Systems Salamanca University (Spain) TRAINING 04.08.2014-15.08.2014 Course in Disaster Risk Management SLE training for International Development Cooperation, Humboldt University in Berlin
15.02.2014-27.02.2014 Course in Agents-based modelling for spatial processes in geography with NetLogo Angers University, France 16.09.2013-27.09.2013 Course in Increasing Resilience to Climate Change through Sustainable Resource Management SLE training for International Development Cooperation, Humboldt University in Berlin OTHER SKILLS Mother tongue(s) Spanish Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C2 C2 C2 C2 C1 2011 TOEFL 97 Master Degree carried out in English 2011-2014 German C1 B2 B2 B2 B1 Georg-August Universität, Language courses Swedish B1 B1 A2 A2 B1 Vuxen Utbildung Västeras Bahasa A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Personal skills Leadership and Teamwork prone Adapted to an international and multidisciplinary work environment Presentation skills Scientific writing skills Outdoor experience (hiking, orientation with compass, maps or GPS) Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods Social survey and interviews Programming in R Organization skills (Large number of Samples and Large Datasets)
Computer skills Good command of Microsoft Office tools Good command R Good command of GIS tools, QGIS and Monteverdi Good command of STATISTICA Good command of ImageJ64 Good command of Sibyla (forest dynamics) Good command of Zotero Good command of html Good command of Netlogo
REFERENCES Dr. Stefan Schwarze Tel: (+49 ) (0) 551 39-33901 E-mail: sschwar1@gwdg.de Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Dr. Fernando Silla Tel: (+34) 923294464 E-mail: fsilla@usal.es Department of Ecology Faculty of Biology, University of Salamanca (Spain) Professor Dr. J. Saborowsky Tel: (+49 ) (0) 551 39-33450 E-mail: jsaboro@uni-forst.gwdg.de Department of Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth, Dr. Jens Nieschulze Tel: (+49) (0) 551/39-13733 E-mail: jens.nieschulze@zvw.uni-goettingen.de Forschungsreferent für Datenmanagement