Lorena Nascimento, Ph.D Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Spatial analysis and geostatistics applied for urban ecology research. Cartography, vector and raster analysis, interpretation of sociodemographic data, coding of PPGIS interviews, introduction to R, Python, and SQL. Review of journal articles, recommendations for advisory boards.

Teaching assistant for the following classes: GIS for Planners, GIS for Community Development, Public Participation GIS, Advanced GIS, Urban Environmental Planning, Urban Landscapes, Introduction to Urban Planning, Foundations of Community Leadership, Urban Ecology, Intensive English through Sustainability, Korean Popular Culture. My tasks included coordination of final projects (liaison between students, professors, and community partners), GIS lab technician, lab/office hours, technical support, guest speaker in lectures, grading exams and assignments, preparation of exam questions, feedback for students, student grade report

Portland, Oregon Area

Prepared and taught a GIS Workshop for high school students, data analysis, liaison communication, community outreach, event organizer. Coordinated a Wayfinding Plan project for better accessibility in low-income neighborhood, supported PSU students in a PPGIS network analyst project, used community-based learning approach.

Portland, Oregon Area

Teacher for the following classes: Garden Club, Science Club, Geography, Literature, Biology, Arts, and Music in K-8 after school program. My tasks included class planning, administrative work, environmental education, recreational activities with children that increase leadership and group skills.

English teacher for staff of multinational companies FORUM Energy Technologies and Ecolab/NALCO, Natural Sciences teacher for high school students. Wrote community garden projects for local schools and neighborhood association, finalist project for Brazilian Youth Parliament

Seropédica, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Forestry nursery, landscape projects, research with wood milling and wood structure with different eucalyptus species, ethonobotanical research, academic event organization, coordination of interpretative trails, presentations in congress and symposiums.

Corvallis, Oregon E Região, Estados Unidos

Lodgepole pine Biomass Project for growth model - inspection of field material, data management, report, staff training

Quality control inspector in a offshore tool industry; tool part inspections, measurements tools, non-conformance reports, databooks, receive raw materials and ship tools and tool parts.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Urban Studies/Affairs

Engineer’S Degree, Forestry

Activities and Societies: Research projects in wood science and ethonobotany (government grant), Science without Borders scholarship.

Forestry

Exchange year - Science without Borders scholarship

Associate’S Degree, Industrial Mechanics And Maintenance Technology

Activities and Societies: Edible Plastic Project - Participation in Rio de Janeiro's Science State Fair in 2006