University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO (Fall 2009 - present) Chancellor’s Fellow for Research and PhD student, Engineering for Developing Communities Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Research topics: appropriate technologies in water resources, low-cost adsorbents for drinking water purification, solar water disinfection, eco-sanitation University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (Fall 2001 – Spring 2005) Masters of Science in environmental biogeochemistry Graduate student researcher, Department of Earth and Planetary Science Research topics: environmental biogeochemistry, soil science, geomicrobiology, mineralogy Other topics of study: environmental philosophy and ethics, political economy of energy, ecological economics, history of economics Universidad De Las Americas, Cholula, Mexico (Spring 1998) Topics of study: Spanish language, Mexican literature, photography Clemson University, Clemson, SC (Fall 1995 - December 2000) With Honors, Summa Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in chemistry, minor degrees in environmental engineering and Spanish Research in electron transfer rate kinetics and methods of chemical analysis agrarian themes: permaculture, organic farming, natural building, etc. The Ashevillage Institute, Asheville, North Carolina, USA (April 2008) Residential Rainwater and Greywater Harvesting Workshop Panya Sustainable Living Project, Chiang Mai province, Thailand (November 2007) Permaculture Design Course International Society for Ecology and Culture, Ladakh, India (August – September 2007) Learning From Ladakh Farm Project. Cultural immersion with Ladakhi family; participated in farming, household and community work; attended workshops on globalization, sustainability and economic localization at the Women’s Alliance of Ladakh Pun Pun Organic Farm and Seed Saving Center, Chiang Mai province, Thailand (Dec 2006 – March 2007) Farming/building internship: organic gardening, seed saving and food crop biodiversity preservation, natural building (e.g. adobe, cob, bamboo, timber framing and carpentry) Lost Valley Intentional Community and Educational Center, Dexter, OR (October 2006) Permaculture Design certification program with emphasis on ecovillages and sustainable community development California Straw Building Association, Yorkville, CA (June 2006) Weekend intensive workshop on straw bale building—participant and production support Building Education Center, Berkeley, CA (April 2006) Alternative building materials short-course: straw bale and cob other Landmark Education, San Francisco, CA (April – August 2006) Landmark Forum; Landmark seminar series: “Being Extraordinary”; Landmark Advanced Course Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, CA (January 2004) Course: “Liberating Nonviolence.” Topics of study: religion and social movements, nonviolence theory and praxis, liberating theology Niebyl-Proctor Library, and Long Haul Infoshop, Berkeley, CA (Fall 2003 - Fall 2004) Topics of study: Marxism, history and philosophy of anarchism, political economy, critical theory, political ecology |