Funding, Awards and Distinctions

• Postdoctoral Fellow Beach Erosion Authority Control Authority (BEACON) Joint Powers Authority composed of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties and the six cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, Carpentaria, Ventura, Oxnard, and Port Hueneme 2018

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• Award Member of the Month CA resiliency Network Nov 2017.

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• Sponsored Webinar CA resiliency Network " 2017. Coastal Resiliency and Adaptation Measures for a Coastal Lacunae System, Mangroves and Wetlands of the Gulf of Mexico, Tabasco.

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• Intern BEACON Beach Erosion Authority Control Authority (BEACON) Joint Powers Authority composed of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties and the six cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, Carpentaria, Ventura, Oxnard, and Port Hueneme, 2017.

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• California Chapter Director Florida Earth Foundation, 2016. “United States Netherlands Connection.”

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• Fellowship 2014,2015,2016, 2018. Florida Earth Foundation “United States Netherlands Connection.”

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• “International Travel Award” DPPD Doctorate 2014 Spring USC Graduate School, Academic and Professional Development . USC Graduate School, Diversity Outreach, Academic Professional Development, McNair Scholars and EDGE Fellows Program. University of Southern California, Office of the Provost.

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• “Dissertation Writing Workshop-Grant” DPPD Doctorate 2014 Spring USC Graduate School, Academic and Professional Development . USC Graduate School, Diversity Outreach, Academic Professional Development, McNair Scholars and EDGE Fellows Program. University of Southern California, Office of the Provost.

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• "Diversity, Academic and Professional Development Seminar". DPPD Doctorate 2014 Spring USC Graduate School, Academic and Professional Development . USC Graduate School, McNair Scholars and EDGE Fellows Program. University of Southern California, Office of the Provost.

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• “Publication Writing Workshop-Grant” DPPD Doctorate 2013 Fall USC Graduate School, Academic and Professional Development “10 Weeks Research Institute”. USC Graduate School, Diversity Outreach, Academic Professional Development, McNair Scholars and EDGE Fellows Program. University of Southern California, Office of the Provost.

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• Inductee Sidney Harman Academy of Sciences 2012.

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• "Sustainable Cities Fellowship" PhD Geography Department Dornsife College of Letters Arts and Science USC 2010.

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• Research Assistantship. DPPD Doctorate: School of Policy, Planning and Development, USC. Research assistantship full tuition and stipend and several hourly appointments 2009-2011

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• Teacher Assistantship. Doctorate: School of International Relations, Dornsife College of Letters Arts and Science USC. Teacher assistantship full tuition and stipend and several hourly appointments 2011-2012.

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• Research Assistantship / Teacher Assistantship. Doctorate: Keck School of Medicine and School of Policy, Planning and Development. Teacher and Research Assistantship 2013-2014.

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• "Diversity Outreach & Academic Professional Development Research symposium". Doctorate Spring 2013. USC Graduate School, Diversity Outreach & Academic Professional Development University of Southern California, Office of the Provost.

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• "Research Enhancement Institute". Doctorate Fall 2013. USC Graduate School, Diversity Outreach & Academic Professional Development Research symposium. USC Graduate School, Diversity Outreach & Academic Professional Development University of Southern California, Office of the Provost.

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• Center for Sustainable Cities Summer Fellow 2010. National Science Foundation. Climate Change and Sea-Level-Rise.

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• Research assistantship and Teacher assistantship. PhD Geography Department USC. Three years of Doctoral Research funding, full tuition plus stipend 2001-2004.

 

• International Speaker Award. Master’s Degree Coastal Zone Management .

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• International Sponsorship Scripps Institution of Oceanography.  Four consecutive professional promotions as research Staff 1997-2001.

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• Student Career Educational Program (SCEP) 2001. Army Corps of Engineers hired as the highest grade Student Career Educational Program for professional and academic merits.

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• Four Years Fellowship. Army Corps of Engineers full Doctoral Scholarship 2001-2005. Plus several Performance Bonus. Army Corps of Engineers cash bonuses for excellence in professional development 2003.

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• Army Corps of Engineers several promotions and awards from direct supervisor, South Pacific Division and Headquarters recognition.Waiver of Morro Bay National Estuary Review Conference due to project merits, and unanimous consensus during public meetings and QA/QC review by the local sponsors.

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• Cambridge “Who is Who Award” as Professional of the Year 2010.

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• Bachelor’s Degree Dissertation, Presidential Fellowship 1994.

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