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 Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at Ponce Campus

Biology professor of the Science and Math Upward Bound Summer Program.

 

August 2003 – present University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

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 University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

            Instructor of Biological Sciences, Zoology.

 

May of 2001, 2002, and 2003. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

Mona Island field trips guide and trip coordinator for the Biology Students Association (AEB).

 

November of 2000 and 2003 University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

            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 University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

Graduate research under Dr Carlos Santos-Flores, studying communities of aquatic insects of Guánica Forest. 

 

December- May 2000 University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

Undergraduate research under supervision of Dr Fernando Bird-Picó, performing population census of amphibian species of the genus Eleutherodactylus from Puerto Rico.

 

Spring and summer of 2001 to 2003 Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

            Volunteer for Sea Turtles vigilance at Rincón Beach, Puerto Rico.

 

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 Mona Island.

 

 

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 Caribbean, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus.

 

April 2004 - Sigma Xi Symposium Poster Day, University of Puerto Rico,

Mayagüez Campus.

 

January 2002- Symposium Long-Term Ecological Research in Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.

 

April 2001- Sigma Xi Symposium Poster Day, University of Puerto Rico,

Mayagüez Campus

 

 

Seminars and Workshops

 

            Mona Island: The Caribbean Galapagos. May 2004. Seminar sponsored by Biology Students Association (AEB). University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

 

            ¿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 Puerto Rico. April 2004. XXIII Symposium of Flora and Fauna of the Caribbean, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus.

 

            Muestreo ecológico y análisis estadístico. April 2004. Workshop sponsored by Science on Wheels Educational Center. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.

 

Reptiles de Puerto Rico. September 2003. Workshop sponsored by Science on Wheels Educational Center. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

 

Taxonomía y nueva distribución del género Hemidactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) en Puerto Rico. April 2003. Biology Students Association 11th Biology Symposium, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.

 

 

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 Caribbean and South America. Caribbean Journal of Science. 39(3): 321-326.