Prof Judith Rosales Godoy

RELEVANT EDUCATION

PhD in Geography. 2000. Birmingham University, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences.

Thesis.: Ecohydrological basis for riparian biodiversity conservation in large rivers

Supervisors Prof. Geoffs Petts and Nigel Maxted.

External Examiner Dr. Ghillean Prance

MPhil in Ecology. 1989. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Centro de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales.

Thesis: Flooded forest of Mapire River a tributary of the Orinoco.

Supervisor.: Dr. Rafael Herrera

External Examiners Prof. Ernesto Medina, Dr. Giusseppe Colonello and Prof. Valois Gonzales

Licenciate, 5 years program, equivalent to a BSc Hon.plus MSc. in Biology. 1984.. Universidad Central de Venezuela

Thesis.: Comparative analysis of a tree community in a Trachypogon Savanna: effect of fire and cattle ranching exclusion.  

Supervisor Dr. Jose de Jesús San Jose and Prof. Luis Bulla

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT TRAINING

1. 2017. Briefing of Experts for Capacity Building in Higher Education Call. European Commission

Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Brussels, Belgium.

3. COBRA Training Session. How to find and share Community Owned Solutions: a new approach to community engagement. February 25, 2015. Brussels. Belgium. Speaker in the conference on "Future Challenges, Local Solutions: The role of community owned solutions in sustainable environmental management and governance in the Global South" to be held in Brussels on 22 January 2015.

2. ArcGIS online. 2015. UNEG-ACOANA-IBG Venezuela

4. ArcGIS. ESRI, 2004. UNEG. Venezuela.

5. MCTI. 2003. International Technical Cooperation Fundación Para El Desarrollo De La Ciencia Y Tecnología - Edo. Bolívar. Venezuela.

6. Remote sensing Imagine software. Stirling University.  Scotland. 1999.

7. Remote sensing ErMapper software y Geographic Information Systems in Cartography of Vegetation. Turku University.  Finland. 1997

8. Qualitative Modelling: Applications in Ecologic Studies and Environmental Analysis. Universidad de los Andes, Cielat. 1992. Veenzuela.

9. Workshop on Training and Calibration of Crop Models. PAN-EARTH PROJECT VENEZUELA CASE STUDY. PAN-EARTH FONAIAP. 1989 Maracay.

10. Ethnobotany Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, CIEG. 1995

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

University of Guyana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana

September 2017 – Professor, Guyana. Duties.

Since 2017 Coordinator of PhD of Biodiversity. Reviewed the Program and Developed Strategy for the Program Activation. Semester 1 2017-2018. Dictate PhD/MPhil Courses of the Biodiversity Programme BDS6001 Independent Study, BDS6003 Research Proposal. Semester 2 2017-2018. Dictate Undergraduate Courses GEO3204 Biogeography and ENV1201 Tropical Ecology and Environmental Systems. Currently Coordinator of PhD of Biodiversity and dictating the Course of the Biodiversity Programme BDS6001 Independent Study.

Coordinator 2018 - FAO Guyana Climate-Resilient Agricultural Development in Coastal regions of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana – UG Coordinator

Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG), Venezuela.

May 2014 Retired

April 2012-– March 2014.  Professor

2006-2012. Associate Professor.

2002-2012. Assistant Lecturer.

1995-2002. Lecturer.

Academic duties. Research and Teaching in Postgraduate Programs of Environmental Sciences.  Research and Postgraduate administration. Director of the Research Line Ecohydrology and Watershed Management.

Coordinator of Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Sciences 2001-2005. During that time wrote Projects of PhD of Environmental Sciences, Master of Sciences in Applied Ecology, Master of Sciences in Environmental Management, Specialization in Environmental Management. All Nationally acredited. Wrote the Program Phd in Environmental Sciences. One PhD already graduated. Graduate Courses Ecological theory, Research and Methods in Ecology, Research Seminar. Coordinator of Research Center of Ecology of the Venezuelan Guayana.  Wrote and won a National Grant for Infrastructure Building of the Center and Streghtening Research Capabilities. Wrote the Institutional Project Institute of Research and Development Pehr Loefling now approved. Created the Orinoco Research Station. Created the Regional Program BioGuayana.

Assistant of Botany of the Project “ Botanical-Ecological Inventory of the Bioma Savanna in the Bolivar State, Venezuela. Project S1 CONICIT. Dr. Otto Huber. Jan 1987 to Dec de 1988.

Assistant of Computation and Statistics in the Laboratoy of Vegetal Productivity. Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas. Dr. José de Jesús San José. 1987

INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

1989 - 1994 CVG-EDELCA National Hydroelectric Enterprise. Department Basic Studies for Environmental Management . Venezuela. Generation of information for environmental evaluation and environmental impact assessments of hydrolectrical projects.

Services in Studies of Vegetation. CVG-EDELCA. Orden de Servicios Nº P-8910/402. April-Nov 1989.

GENERAL SKILLS

Botanist curatorial process and collection, field work. Phytosociological methodologies. General skills in research and project management, statistical data analysis, GIS and remote sensing. Specific expertise and interests in ethnobotany, water related issues, wetlands, riparian and gallery forests, restoration focused at the river basin and landscape levels including local communities participation, genera inclusion. Higher education research and capacity building.

Computing Skills: Microsoft Office, Internet, Arcgis 9, Imagine,

Teaching Skills: Postgraduate Demonstrator. Regularly supervise practice and research projects for undergraduate, master and PhD students.

Other skills:  Organising academic events, congress, conferences, seminars, expeditions and field work logistics, Knowledge of research methodologies, Multivariate Statistical Analysis: extensive experience with SPSS, Remote sensing, Data and information collection, Writing and presenting reports