Curriculum
vitae
Alberto José González-Negrón
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez
Departamento de Biología
P. O. Box 9012
Mayagüez, PR 00681-9012
E-MAIL: a_gonzalez27@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
August 2001 – present Master in
Science in Biology
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
May 2001 Bachelor in Science in
Biology
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus,
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
TEACHING AND RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Summer 2004
Biology professor of the Science and Math Upward Bound Summer Program.
August 2003 – present
Member of the Science on Wheels
Educational Center. As a member of the GLOBE Program, school
teachers and students were instructed in environmental sciences throughout
workshops and seminars.
August 2001- May 2003
Instructor of Biological Sciences, Zoology.
May of 2001, 2002, and 2003. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
November of 2000 and 2003
Undergraduate and graduate volunteer
research under the supervision of Dr Gary Breckon and
Dr Duane Kolterman, Restoration of the Coastal Plain
of Mona Island, Puerto Rico.
January 2002
Graduate
research under Dr Carlos Santos-Flores, studying communities of aquatic insects
of
December- May 2000
Undergraduate research under supervision of Dr Fernando Bird-Picó, performing population census of amphibian species of
the genus Eleutherodactylus from
Spring and summer of 2001 to 2003 Department of Natural and
Environmental Resources
Volunteer for Sea Turtles vigilance at
May of 2000 and 2002 Department of Natural and
Environmental Resources
Volunteer research under Mr E. Ventosa supervision, population census and conservation of
the Puerto Rican Yellow Shouldered Black Bird (Agelaius xanthomus) at
ADVANCE AND GRADUATE COURSES
*Herpetology *Entomology
*Animal Behavior *Ornithology
*Behavioral Ecology *Remote
Sensing and GIS
*Population Ecology *Biometry
*Limnology *Biometry
for Marine Sciences
*Zoogeography
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND
PUBLICATIONS
Posters
April 2004- XXIII Symposium of Flora and Fauna of the
April 2004 - Sigma Xi Symposium
Poster Day,
Mayagüez Campus.
January 2002- Symposium Long-Term Ecological Research in
April 2001- Sigma Xi Symposium
Poster Day,
Mayagüez Campus
Seminars and Workshops
¿Cómo prepararse para un viaje a Isla de Mona?. May of 2003 and 2004. Seminar sponsored by Biology Students Association (AEB). University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Análisis de datos e
inferencias. May 2004. Third CIENTEC Symposium. Upward Bound Program. Interamerican University
of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus.
Distribution
of the genus Hemidactylus (Sauria:Gekkonidae) in the Central-Western region of
Muestreo ecológico y
análisis estadístico. April 2004. Workshop sponsored by Science on
Reptiles de Puerto Rico. September 2003. Workshop sponsored by Science on
Taxonomía y nueva distribución del género Hemidactylus
(Sauria: Gekkonidae) en
Puerto Rico. April 2003. Biology Students Association 11th Biology
Symposium,
Peer Review
Martinez-Rivera, C.C., A. González-Negrón, M. Bertrand,
and J. Acosta. 2003. Hemidactylus mabouia (Sauria: Gekkonidae), host of Geckobia hemidactyli (Actinedida:
Pterygosamatidae) throughout the