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ASLO Global Outreach Initiative: Aquaboricuas
ASLO Global Outreach Initiative: Aquaboricuas
September 2021 - present
PI: Bianca Rodríguez Cardona
co-PIs: Katherine Pérez Rivera, Zulimar Lucena & Carla López Lloreda
[ Español ]
Con apoyo de la Asociación de Limnología y Oceanografía (ASLO) desarrollamos unas actividades dirigadas a traer las ciencias acuáticas a comunidades puertorriqueñas.
Aprende sobre este proyecto en sites.google.com/view/aquaboricuas!
[ English ]
With the support of the Association for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) we developed activities aimed at bringing aquatic sciences to Puertorrican communities.
Learn more about our project at sites.google.com/view/aquaboricuas!
Flip the Fair Event
Flip the Fair Event
August 2021 - March 2022
Organizing team: Abigail Lewis, Amanda Hensley, Gates Pallisery, Grace O'Malley, Emma Bueren, Claudia Perez, Heather Wander, Sophie Drew & Carla López Lloreda
We organized a flipped fair in which graduate students presented their research to elementary school students (ages 8-10) who served as judges. The event was held at a local library and counted with the participation of 28 graduate students and over 250 participants.
Check out this video highlighting this event starting at minute 7:40!
Conversatorio: El Manifiesto de estudios de desastres
Conversatorio: El Manifiesto de estudios de desastres
5 de mayo de 2022
Panelistas: Elvia Mélendez Ackerman, Chris Nytch y Carla López Lloreda; Organizadoras: Tania López Marrero y Tamara Heartsill Scalley
[ Español ]
Este evento reunió a tres panelistas investigadores para discutir las implicaciones de la investigación ecológica después de un desastre, especificiamente despues del huracán María en Puerto Rico. La discusión abordó temas de equidad y justicia social dentro del ambiente académico.
[ English ]
This event brought together three panelists to discuss the implications of ecological research after a disaster, specifically after Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. The discussion addressed issues of equity and social justice within the academic environment.
Puerto Rico NEON Data Jam
Puerto Rico NEON Data Jam
August 2020 - July 2021
Coordinadoras: Noelia Báez Rodríguez, Mayrelis Nárvaez y Carla López Lloreda
[ Español ]
Con el apoyo del National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) implementamos un programa virtual de un semestre con el proposito de apoyar a maestr@s y ayudar a estudiantes desarrollar habilidades de analisis de datos usando datos reales de sitios de estudio de NEON en Puerto Rico. El programa culminó con un simposio donde los estudiantes presentaron sus proyectos de investigación.
¡Puedes leer más sobre el programa en este artículo! ¡O puedes ver a l@s maestr@s y estudiantes hablar sobre sus experiencias en este video!
[ English ]
With support from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and Batelle we implemented a semester-long virtual program aimed at supporting teachers and helping students develop data analysis skills using real-world data from NEON sites in Puerto Rico. The program culminated with a symposium where students presented their own research projects.
You can read more about our project in this article by NEON! Or watch our organizers and students talk about their experiences in this video!
Luquillo LTER Schoolyard
Luquillo LTER Schoolyard
January 2017 - July 2020
Developed and delivered workshops for the Data Jam project that works with teachers and students to train them on research methods and using long-term data
Led field protocol training on water quality and aquatic ecology for 6th-12th grade students and teachers
ESA SEEDS Graduate School Panel
ESA SEEDS Graduate School Panel
October 21, 2020
Participated as a panelist in the Ecological Society of America's SEEDS event on graduate school alongside other members of minoritized identities in the sciences.
The panelists answered questions from the audience on how to apply to graduate school, how to choose a lab, and general advice on how to prepare and go through grad school.
Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory Seminar Series at University of Puerto Rico
Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory Seminar Series at University of Puerto Rico
Fall 2019
Along with other early career LCZO researchers, we collaborated with the Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Puerto Rico and presented 4 seminar speakers in the department's weekly graduate seminar series.
I was also invited to give the talk "Hydrology and Biogeochemistry in El Yunque" in Dr. Jorge Ortiz Zayas' undergraduate Water Resources course and at the Environmental Sciences undergraduate seminar series.
Outreach with the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory (LCZO)
Outreach with the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory (LCZO)
August 2016 - July 2020
During my time as a technician of the LCZO, I worked on education efforts related to water resources and the critical zone. Some examples were:
LUQ LTER REU (Summer 2019): gave a talk to REU students on the work done by LCZO and invited students for field activities to teach them about water quality sampling methods
World Water Quality Monitoring Day (April 14, 2018)
Celebrating Earth Day on the Espíritu Santo (April 2017): gave a talk on water quality and LCZO research efforts to the Environmental Leadership Project which seeks to bring together high school students with interests in becoming environmental leaders in their communities
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