B.Sc. Biology and Marine Science majors, and chemistry minor. University of Miami; Coral Gables, FL, USA. Thesis: “Reef Succession and Dynamics in Correspondence to Climate and Sea Level Changes During the Pleistocene in the Dominican Republic”
Ph.D. Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; Miami, FL, USA. Dissertation: “Deposition and Diagenesis of Subtropical Microbial Carbonates”